Why I Don’t Use Selenium-Grid?
It is too complex and missing key features of CT. I have been using BuildWise to manage automated UI test execution for ~10 years.
I am a big fan of Selenium WebDriver. I have been practising/coaching web test automation using raw Selenium WebDriver since 2011 (yes, when it was first released). Also, I published six books on Selenium, including “Practical Web Test Automation with Selenium WebDriver” and the Selenium WebDriver Recipes series.
But I don’t use Selenium Grid.
“Selenium Grid allows you to run test cases in different machines across different platforms. The control of triggering the test cases is on the local end, and when the test cases are triggered, they are automatically executed by the remote end.
After the development of the WebDriver tests, you may face the need to run your tests on multiple browsers and operating system combinations. This is where Grid comes into the picture.” — Selenium Documentation (home page)
I attempted Selenium Grid several times and found it not useful in practice (OK for demo. I wrote my opinion…
