Webinar: A Sneak Peek at Selenium 4 with Simon Stewart
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Selenium 4 introduces a revamped IDE, stable user-facing APIs, W3C WebDriver protocol implementation, and improvements in grid management compatible with Docker and Kubernetes. New features include relative locators and enhanced observability for better testing. The update aims to modernize Selenium for contemporary development environments while ensuring compatibility with existing services.
Webinar: A Sneak Peek at Selenium 4 with Simon Stewart
- 1. A Sneak Peak at Selenium 4 Simon Stewart (@shs96c) Selenium Project Lead
- 2. TL;DR • How the Selenium project runs • A new IDE • Stable user-facing APIs • New tricks • CDP integration • Relative locators • A Modernised Selenium Grid • Works with Kubernetes • Observability
- 3. Selenium, the SFC & PLC, the TLC, and you https://unsplash.com/photos/xFjti9rYILo
- 4. The SFC & PLC The “bridge to the SFC”
- 5. The TLC Lead the technical direction of Selenium
- 6. Talking to us and contributing https://unsplash.com/photos/V5vqWC9gyEU
- 7. Why the Major Version Number Bump?
- 8. IDE: Revivified! Thanks, SideX and Applitools
- 9. We have adopted the W3C WebDriver protocol It’s already implemented in Selenium 3.141.59 https://unsplash.com/photos/ywqa9IZB-dU
- 10. What does the mean for users? Probably nothing https://unsplash.com/photos/i55tj_BBwa0
- 11. Who Cares About Protocol Dialects? “Selenium as a Service” providers
- 13. Drop-in upgrade With caveats https://unsplash.com/photos/wbx3FeGOEQ0
- 14. If it was deprecated It’s probably gone https://unsplash.com/photos/TW62wXQ6Omc
- 15. Demo time!
- 16. Legacy wire protocol support Provided by the java bindings and legacy jars https://unsplash.com/photos/CeZypKDceQc
- 17. .Net, JS, Ruby, & Python: W3C only Even Java will require you to make extra effort https://unsplash.com/photos/V862kywlKkw
- 18. All third party drivers use the W3C protocol already Even Edgium! https://unsplash.com/photos/IuLgi9PWETU
- 19. Does this matter? Probably not https://unsplash.com/photos/Ar5FGfHXwMU
- 20. New Tricks
- 21. What do Puppeteer and Cypress offer? (A gross simplification of reality follows) https://unsplash.com/photos/j0vIeF69Jgc
- 22. Can listen for events from the browser Enabled via the Chrome Debugging Protocol https://flic.kr/p/5keRVg
- 23. Demo time!
- 24. Finding things is hard The provided “By” implementations are limited https://unsplash.com/photos/yxvRh0C-aVA
- 25. Relative locators: a history Sahi started it https://unsplash.com/photos/NywSG9q3wC8
- 26. Relative locators “near”, “above”, “below”, “left of”, “right of”, https://unsplash.com/photos/C5XyLljkMrY
- 27. Demo time!
- 28. Pluggable locators Add new location strategies on the fly https://unsplash.com/photos/bfJjBskA3gA
- 29. A Modernised Selenium Grid
- 30. The Selenium Farm Thanks, Google! https://unsplash.com/photos/XemjjFd_4qE
- 31. The Original Grid Thanks, Philippe! https://unsplash.com/photos/TixcqTuuVsE
- 32. Problems with The Original Grid “Selenium RC” https://unsplash.com/photos/G-zsrSWvKmc
- 33. Selenium Grid 2 Thanks, Francois! https://unsplash.com/photos/BW0vK-FA3eg
- 34. Problems with Selenium Grid 2 2011 was a long time ago https://unsplash.com/photos/RfAEjh_J6e0
- 35. The modern world Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure https://unsplash.com/photos/rSFxBGpnluw
- 36. Zalenium is excellent Docker and kubernetes support, nicer UI https://unsplash.com/photos/eA2t5EvcxU4
- 37. Problems with Selenium Grid 2 The selenium codebase https://unsplash.com/photos/hKVg7ldM5VU
- 38. Selenium Grid 4 Because we can’t count https://unsplash.com/photos/GFpxQ2ZyNc0
- 39. Selenium Grid 4 The moving parts Router Directs requests to the Grid
- 40. Selenium Grid 4 The moving parts Router Directs requests to the Grid DistributorDetermines where to run a session
- 41. Selenium Grid 4 The moving parts Router Directs requests to the Grid DistributorDetermines where to run a session Session Map Maps session IDs to where the session is
- 42. Selenium Grid 4 The moving parts Router Directs requests to the Grid DistributorDetermines where to run a session Session Map Maps session IDs to where the session is NodeActually hosts the session
- 43. Selenium Grid 4 Standalone Router Session Map Distributor Node
- 44. Selenium Grid 4 Hub and Nodes Router Session Map Distributor NodeNodeNode
- 45. Selenium Grid 4 Distributed Session Map Distributor RouterRouterRouter NodeNodeNode
- 47. Demo
- 48. Docker Support Built into the Selenium Server https://unsplash.com/photos/71kHyBGC6dQ
- 49. GraphQL Query the Grid! https://unsplash.com/photos/L9EV3OogLh0
- 50. Selenium 4 • A new IDE • WebDriver • Same user-facing APIs • “Only” the W3C WebDriver protocol • Relative locators • New options for testing • Grid • Better suited to the modern world • Cleaner code base https://unsplash.com/photos/ceLRoyy1p9Y