When I use Selenium, I know the browser supports everything that the end user wi... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		wildmXranat on March 22, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PhantomJS 1.5 released (headless WebKit with JavaS... When I use Selenium, I know the browser supports everything that the end user will and that includes, javascript evaluation, plugin loading, whatever. To make a comparison for our heavy Selenium use, I can't clearly see what is lacking in PhantomJS that would be a show stopper. Does anybody know if other than lack of Flash support, it covers all aspects of what the end user would experience ?

lazerwalker on March 22, 2012 [–]

The main advantage of Selenium is that it allows you to test cross-platform compatibility, since it can be configured to run on pretty much every major browser/OS combo.

For everything other than that, though, PhantomJS is fantastic. It's infinitely more pleasant to deal with than Selenium.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact