Upgrading to Selenium WebDriver version 3

What are the differences between
Selenium WebDriver v 2.53.1 and v
3.0.1
And how do I upgrade?
By Alan Richardson
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Summary of differences
For
Browser
2.53.1 3.0.1
HTMLUnit use v 2.21 use v 2.23
Chrome No change No Change
IE No change No Change
EDGE No change No Change
Firefox <
48
FirefoxDriver
FirefoxDriver set
marionette capability to
false
Firefox >=
48
MarionetteDriver,
geckodriver.exe renamed
to wires.exe
FirefoxDriver,
geckodriver.exe on
path

Using maven, how do I upgrade?
Change the  pom.xml
  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
  <artifactId>selenium‐java</artifactId>
  <version>2.53.1</version>
  </dependency>
Becomes:
  <dependency>
  <artifactId>selenium‐java</artifactId>
  <version>3.0.1</version>
  </dependency>

Q: Do I need to upgrade Any Drivers?
A: GeckoDriver and HTMLUnit Driver

How do I upgrade  HTMLUnit  Driver?
<dependency>
    <artifactId>htmlunit‐driver</artifactId>
    <version>2.21</version>
</dependency>
Becomes
<dependency>
    <artifactId>htmlunit‐driver</artifactId>
    <version>2.23</version>
</dependency>

How do I upgrade GeckoDriver?
Download the new  0.11.1  release
https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases
add  geckodriver.exe  to your path
in your  @Test  code use  FirefoxDriver  or  MarionetteDriver

Can I continue to use Firefox versions
before 48
A: Yes

If the firefox binary is on your path
then
DesiredCapabilities capabilities =
DesiredCapabilities.firefox();

capabilities.setCapability("marionette", false);
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(capabilities);

I want to use Firefox version below 48
and it isn't on my path
DesiredCapabilities capabilities =
           DesiredCapabilities.firefox();

capabilities.setCapability("marionette", false);
String pathToFirefox ="type your path here";
capabilities.setCapability("firefox_binary",  pathToFirefox);
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(capabilities);

I get issues with GeckoDriver!
Yes, you might. It is still a work in progress.
I recommend ChromeDriver as your default driver.

What if I want to switch back to  2.53.1
For version  2.53.1  with Marionette I get more consistent test
results using v  0.9.0  of geckodriver.exe (renamed to wires.exe)
For version  3.0.1  with Marionette v  0.11.1  seems to work
better.
Sometimes v  0.11.1  works fine with  2.53.1
I too sometimes get issues with v  0.11.1

My current setup of Marionette to
support both v 2.53.1 and 3.0.1 of
WebDriver
To support both v 2.53.1 and v 3.0.1 I currently have:
My Marionette folder on the path:
C:webdriversmarionette
version  0.11.1  of geckodriver in the folder as
geckodriver.exe
version  0.9.0  of geckodriver in the folder as  wires.exe
I can then use  MarionetteDriver  and only change the version of
webdriver to run the tests.

Or use ChromeDriver
You don't have to change anything between v
2.53.1 and 3.0.1 if you use ChromeDriver.

For more information
http://seleniumsimplified.com/2016/10/upgradingtoselenium
3withmyfirstseleniumproject/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf9up6t1U34
http://seleniumsimplified.com/2016/10/qshouldyouuse
selenium3aprobablyihave/
http://seleniumsimplified.com/2016/10/updateonmarionette
geckodriverv0111qshouldyoutryitayesyoushould/

Alan Richardson
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