watir-webdriver vs selenium-webdriver

[yawshikwa]

Just curious, as I was having a discussion with someone else about
this topic, but for those here who have directly compared watir-
webdriver vs selenium-webdriver, what are the reasons you selected one
over another?

I prefer watir-webdriver, and one of the main reasons is I feel the
api allows for more flexibility with object recognition. After having
used both, I just find watir to be more user friendly and pleasant to
work with. The only reason I sometimes still consider selenium-
webdriver is for access to a cross browser solution such as Sauce
Labs. I'm not aware that something like that exists for watir yet.

Thought/opinions? Thanks!

[Rahul Sharma]

This should pretty much answer all your questions: http://watirmelon.com/2011/12/03/a-tale-of-three-ruby-automated-testing-apis-redux/

:)

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[Željko Filipin]

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 4:36 PM, yawshikwa <sham...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The only reason I sometimes still consider selenium-
> webdriver is for access to a cross browser solution such as Sauce
> Labs. I'm not aware that something like that exists for watir yet.

I think a couple of guys from Sauce Labs had a talk last year at Watir Day (at Selenium Conference) on how watir-webdriver works on their platform.

Željko
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