What is web driver in selenium?

Question

I am new to selenium. Could you explain the web driver in Selenium in simple words?

Answer 1

Web driver in Selenium is an automation testing framework for tests against web browsers. Web driver can be used for browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera Browser, Safari, Internet Explorer, etc. Web driver supports programming languages like Java, .Net, PHP, Python, Ruby, Perl to create test scripts. Web driver accepts the commands from Selenium or client API and directly interacts with the browser.

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