How to use Selenium RC?

I've always found it hard to use Selenium with Java since for a long time I had to use WebDriver in an abstract way because for some reason, all the tutorials on the web explained how to implement this thing with only PHP or Ruby.

Now that I decided to use seleniumrc I still didn't find the full example of how to use it. The main idea was quite simple but I couldn't find any example of it on the web and it's quite hard to imagine without knowing what to implement.

Let's say I have a page with a link Sign-In that will be my login button and let's say I want to implement a script so the person who enters the link will be redirected to a page where the user is redirected to this link: How to do it with selenium RC and Java? Thank you in advance.

What is Selenium RC vs WebDriver?

Selenium RC was the first WebDriver (Driver for Selenium) released, and is still the oldest driver. It allows you to test against your own web browsers through a remote server. The RC refers to the release candidate, meaning it's not meant for public use.

Today, all browsers can be tested using Selenium. The most common and easiest way of testing is the Selenium RC.

WebDriver is the new driver from Selenium, available for use in all browsers. You can easily switch between different browsers using WebDriver.

For our example, we will be using Selenium Remote Control on Windows machines with Firefox or Chrome as our browser, so that we are not forced to use all of our browsers at once. This comes in handy when we have many machines that are going to be used for the same project.

Note that the RC also supports IE, but it was discontinued. Prerequisites. All of the commands shown here must be run from a command prompt window, and logged in as an admin user. For most projects, you should be able to just enter cmd.exe and log in without needing admin access.

Configure your network settings correctly. To get the latest version of Selenium (in our case, v2.41.1), run the following command:

C:Program Filesselenium-serverselenium-server-standalone-2.1bin>java -jar selenium-server.jar

If you see a window that says Stopping .NET bindings with text Could not bind to local port 8080: No such host is known, then it means your firewall has some issue blocking the connection.

To verify if the port is blocked by your firewall, open command prompt and run the following command: ping selenium-server-standalone.localdomain -n If the pinging of the domain is successful, then your port 8080 is free and open. You can then continue with step 2.

Run Selenium RC. After setting up our Selenium Server, let's take a look at how to test using the RC. Note that you need to have the RC installed on your machine.