Is there a Selenium 2 version of Selenium IDE?

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I'm new to Selenium and I'm a bit confused about the version numbers. Selenium 2.0 was released in 2011. I just downloaded the Selenium IDE Firefox extension and it is version 1.7.2. Is there also a 2.0 release of the IDE, or does the 1. x series confusingly contain the 2.0 code?

I checked Selenium HQ, which states that 1.7.2 is currently the latest release of the Selenium IDE.

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 12 '12 at 13:45

Versioning of Selenium releases has always been kind of confusing. The essential difference between Selenium 1 and 2 is that Selenium 1 used the Selenium Remote Control interface, while Selenium 2 is based on WebDriver. That means: Selenium 2 tests are such ones that you write in code, e.g. in Java, in an object-oriented manner. Everything you record or script using the Selenium IDE uses the Selenium RC interface, which still works with Selenium 2 for backwards compatibility. So there is no Selenium IDE 2.

There is also an option in Options -> WebDriver where you can enable WebDriver playback - so it is close to Selenium 2. — Alex, May 15 '15 at 15:29

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 13 '12 at 14:02

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As it happens, I'm actually working on an alternative to Selenium IDE called Se Builder that does support Selenium 2. It's still under development, but the first beta version is due to be released in the next few days.

answered Apr 13 '12 at 14:02

Zarkonnen

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Cool, I'll keep an eye on it too. – Rob Apr 13 '12 at 14:45

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 23 '12 at 08:59

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There is no Selenium IDE 2.0. You can use Selenium IDE with Selenium 1.0 as well as selenium 2.0

answered Jun 23 '12 at 08:59

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 17 '12 at 09:31

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Currently selenium IDE get released only 1.9.0.

So do not have 2.0 IDE, you can download and update IDE 1.9.0 for firefox.

but Selenium server get released 2.25.0

answered Aug 17 '12 at 09:31

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I don't think there is a connection between major version of Selenium IDE and Selenium itself. – vvondra Aug 18 '12 at 11:52

Ripon Al Wasim · Answer 5 · 2016-02-23T11:52:39.287

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You can use Selenium IDE 2.9.x and during exporting code from IDE to java you can export as "Java / TestNG / WebDriver" or "Java / JUnit4 / WebDriver" whatever you need.

You can also convert the code to C#, Python, Ruby etc. Selenium 2 is based on WebDriver.

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answered Aug 12 '12 at 05:49

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The latest version of Selenium IDE is 1.10.0 now – Ripon Al Wasim Dec 24 '12 at 05:22

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 27 '15 at 19:29

Well, there's also this: https://github.com/samitbadle/seleniumide/, "the latest build of Selenium IDE 2.0 that will be officially released soon".

Its last commit was 2 years ago, so maybe that "soon" aspect never happened. The maintainer wrote quite a bit about it while development was in progress (http://blog.reallysimplethoughts.com/tag/selenium-2-2/) but nothing under the tag since it was meant to be released.

I haven't run the code yet, but I carefully guess that it's abandonware.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 26 '12 at 06:56

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Selenium IDE 1.7 is the latest version.. which updated with selenium commands and compatible with the firefox ... we dont have any selenium IDE 2 for the same

thanks

answered Apr 26 '12 at 06:56

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 06 '12 at 14:40

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latest version of ide is 1.9.0. for the web driver supports you need to download additional formatters like php formatters etc.

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Is there a Selenium 2 version of Selenium IDE?

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