What is the difference between Selenium and WebDriver seleniumProtocol in DefaultNode.json?

Question

I am trying to set up Selenium Grid 2 and grabbed a sample json config file from here. My tests are written in C# using Selenium WebDriver. I am trying to figure out the difference between these two protocols and which one I should be using for WebDriver test.

Answer 1

There is another file here only for WebDriver . My understanding is "seleniumProtocol": "Selenium" provides the mechanism for Selenium 1 and "seleniumProtocol": "WebDriver" for Selenium WebDriver.

{
  "capabilities":
      [
        {
          "browserName": "firefox",
          "maxInstances": 5,
          "seleniumProtocol": "WebDriver"
        },
        {
          "browserName": "chrome",
          "maxInstances": 5,
          "seleniumProtocol": "WebDriver"
        },
        {
          "platform": "WINDOWS",
          "browserName": "internet explorer",
          "maxInstances": 1,
          "seleniumProtocol": "WebDriver"
        }
      ],
  "configuration":
  {
    "proxy": "org.openqa.grid.selenium.proxy.DefaultRemoteProxy",
    "maxSession": 5,
    "port": 5555,
    "host": ip,
    "register": true,
    "registerCycle": 5000,
    "hubPort": 4444,
    "hubHost": ip
  }
}

Depending on the protocols commandline arguments changes too. I have another post here related to commandline to start the nodes