Puppeteer 简明教程

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Puppeteer

Selenium

1

Puppeteer is developed mainly for Chromium so the tests developed are mainly executed in Chrome.

Selenium can be used to execute tests on multiple browsers like Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari, and so on.

2

Puppeteer code can be implemented only in JavaScript.

Selenium code can be implemented on multiple languages like Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, and so on.

3

Puppeteer provides APIs to manage headless execution in Chrome by using the DevTools protocol.

Selenium requires additional external browser drivers that trigger tests as per the user commands.

4

Puppeteer manages the Chrome browser.

Selenium is primarily used to execute tests to automate the actions performed on the browser.

5

Puppeteer is faster in executing tests than Selenium.

Selenium is slower in executing tests than Puppeteer.

6

Puppeteer is a module in node developed for Chromium engine.

Selenium is a dedicated test automation tool.

7

Puppeteer can be used for API testing by utilising the requests and the responses.

API testing with Selenium is difficult.

8

Puppeteer can be used to verify the count of CSS and JavaScript files utilised for loading a webpage.

Selenium cannot be used to verify the count of CSS and JavaScript files utilised for loading a webpage.

9

Puppeteer can be used to work on the majority of features in the DevTools in the Chrome browser.

Selenium cannot be used to work on the majority of features in the DevTools in the Chrome browser.

10

Puppeteer can be used to execute tests on various devices with the help of the emulators.

Using an emulator with Selenium is not easy.

11

Puppeteer can be used to obtain the time needed for a page to load.

Selenium cannot be used to obtain the time needed for a page to load.

12

Puppeteer can be used to save a screenshot in both image and PDF formats.

Selenium can be used to save a screenshot in both image and PDF formats only in the Selenium 4 version.

13

Puppeteer was first introduced in the year 2017.

Selenium was first introduced in the year 2004.

14

In Puppeteer, we can verify an application without image loading.

In Selenium, we can verify an application without image loading.