Fluent API for selenium - options
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Fluent-selenium, Selenide, and FluentLenium are Java libraries that provide a fluent API for Selenium. Selenide has the most extensive documentation and is actively developed with frequent commits. While it hides the WebDriver, it provides additional capabilities like screenshots. FluentLenium's documentation is adequate but development is infrequent. Fluent-selenium has poor documentation and infrequent updates despite being developed by Selenium.
Fluent API for selenium - options
- 1. Fluent API for Selenium - options ● Fluent-selenium ● FluentLenium ● Selenide
- 2. fluent-selenium ● Developed by Selenium team ● Available on GitHub ● Poor documentation (only readme-s on GitHub) ● Infrequent commits (once every 3 months on average) ● Hides WebDriver (direct interaction requires subclassing) ● https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/fluent-selenium
- 3. Selenide ● Extensive documentation with examples ● Actively developed (commits every few days) ● Extends WebDriver with new capabilities (including screenshots etc) ● Access to WebDriver capabilities through main Selenium object and static methods of WebDriverRunner ● http://selenide.org/documentation.html
- 4. FluentLenium ● Infrequent commits (once every few months) ● Ok documentation (README only, but moderately extensive) ● ● https://github.com/FluentLenium/FluentLenium
- 5. Summary - features Fluent-selenium Selenide FluentLenium Access webdriver Only if you subclass and expose Not direct (exposes methods) Not direct (exposes through functionality) Use selenium WebDriver ‘By’ Yes, direct use and additional features Yes, direct use and additional features Yes, direct use (you can use css selector or By object) Select by XPath No Yes, $(By.xpath(...)) No, CSs selectors only Wait (condition) Limited, for example isDisplayed().within(secs (10)) Or ifInvisibleWaitUpTo(millis (500)) Yes, waitUntil(Condition, timeout) Yes, either annotation (@AjaxElement) or API for example await().atMost(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS).until(". small").withText().startsWith ("start").isPresent() Browser lifecycle none Static methods (Selenide) Annotations (@SharedDriver)
- 6. Summary - nonfunctional fluent-selenium Selenide FluentLenium Up to date with latest Selenium Yes Yes Yes Last commit Month ago Few days ago 3 months ago Commits frequency Once every few months Once every few days Once every few months Documentation and examples Poor, one README file Good, website + javadocs Ok, one README but extensive Google trends* 0 50 1