What are the limitations of Protractor?
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What are the limitations of Protractor?
Disadvantages of Protractor:
- It supports only javascript.
- It runs very well in chrome browser. It don’t have much support on other browsers.
- Robot class support is not there in Protractor.
What are the differences between Protractor and selenium?
Both are used to automate Angular Applications. As Protractor is specially designed for angular applications, so if you are testing angular applications, it is better to opt for a protractor….Protractor vs Selenium: What are the major differences?
| Comparison Basis | Selenium | Protractor |
|---|---|---|
| Debugging | Easy | Difficult |
| Test Script Stability | Less stable scripts | More stable scripts |
How does a protractor help automation?
Protractor is a wrapper around Selenium Webdriver that provides an automation test framework, which simulates user interaction with an Angular web application for a range of browsers and mobile devices. It provides all features of Selenium WebDriver along with Angular specific features for seamless end to end testing.
What is Protractor framework in selenium?
Why do we use Protractor in selenium?
Selenium includes the Selenium Server, the WebDriver APIs, and the WebDriver browser drivers. Protractor works in conjunction with Selenium to provide an automated test infrastructure that can simulate a user’s interaction with an Angular application running in a browser or mobile device.
Why Protractor is getting deprecated?
The Angular team plans to end development of Protractor at the end of 2022 (in conjunction with Angular v15). Why? Protractor was created in 2013 when WebDriver APIs were not yet a standard and end-to-end (e2e) tests were hard to write due to lack of support for async / await .
Can I use Protractor without Angular?
Protractor can be used for non angular applications.
Are there any drawbacks of Selenium testing tool?
Difficult to use, takes more time to create Test cases. Difficult to Setup Test Environment when it compares to Vendor Tools like UFT, RFT, SilkTest etc. Limited support for Image Testing. New features may not work properly.
What is the difference between protractor and selenium webdriver?
Protractor runs on top of the selenium webdriver. Hence all the capabilities of webdriver are supported in protractor. It has extra locators compared to selenium webdriver those are model,repeater, binding etc. It has default waits which waits for angular which is not present in selenium webdriver.
How to run protractor selenium test scripts on lambdatest Selenium Grid?
Running Protractor Selenium test scripts on LambdaTest Selenium Grid is as easy as changing a few lines of code. To start with, you would have to invoke Selenium remote webdriver instead of local browser webdriver. In addition, since we are using remote webdriver, we have to define which browser environment we want to run the test.
Why protractor on top of selenium is used for AngularJS?
Angular JS applications have some extra HTML attributes like ng-repeater, ng-controller, ng-model.., etc. which are not included in Selenium locators. Selenium is not able to identify those web elements using Selenium code. So, Protractor on the top of Selenium can handle and controls those attributes in Web Applications.
What is protractor test framework?
Protractor is an E2E (End-to-End) framework for testing an AngularJS application. Protractor test framework provides a sound evaluation of your web application by interacting with it just as an end user would, and executing tests through a real browser.