Difference between IDE,RC and web driver:

Difference between IDE,RC and web driver:

Selenium IDE:
Works only on mozilla
Record and run tool
No server required to start
Core engine is Javascript based
Very simple to use. If using User extentoins, you require knowledge on
javascript which makes the work a little bit tough.
Not at all object oriented
Cannot move mouse with it
Full xpaths have to be appended with ‘xapth=\\’ syntax
No Listeners
Cannot test iphone/Android applications

Selenium RC:
Works on almost all browsers.Does not work on latest version of
firefox/IE
No Record and run
Server is required to start
Core engine is Javascript based
Its a simple and small API
Less Object orinted API
Cannot move mouse with it
Full xpaths have to be appended with ‘xapth=\\’ syntax
No Listeners
Cannot test iphone/Android applications

Webdriver:
Works on latest versions of almost all browsers – Firefox, IE(6,7,8),
OPera, Chrome
No Record and run
No server required to start
Interacts natively with browser application
Complex and a bit large API as compared to RC
Purely Object oriented API
Can move mouse cursor
No need to append ‘xpath=\\’
Implementation of Listeners is provided
Can test iphone/Android applications