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About the Selenium WebDriver

Selenium WebDriver is an open-source browser automation framework that provides a powerful and flexible way to control web browsers programmatically. It is a core component of the broader Selenium suite, often used for automated web application testing but also for web scraping and other browser automation tasks. Unlike older tools, WebDriver directly communicates with web browsers through their native automation support (via browser-specific drivers), eliminating the need for an intermediary server (though a Selenium Server/Grid can still be used for remote execution and parallel testing). It offers language-specific bindings (APIs) that allow developers to write automation scripts in their preferred programming languages. WebDriver is a W3C recommendation, ensuring standardized browser interaction.