A Smattering of Selenium #96 was a Selenium community link roundup by Adam Goucher, published on June 27, 2012. “#96” is the roundup’s installment number—not a Selenium software release. The post collected links about test samples, developer tools, behavior-driven development (BDD), and browser automation services.
What the 2012 roundup covered
Goucher’s post was a collection of links rather than a release announcement or a single tutorial. Its subjects ranged from example projects and development tools to ways of organizing and running browser tests. The links are useful as a snapshot of the Selenium community’s interests in 2012, but the post does not establish that the linked tools and services remain available or work the same way today.
Samples and developer tools
The roundup linked to a jbehave-selenium sample project and the Light Table Playground. It also included Jasmine, a JavaScript testing framework, and VsVim, a Vim-emulation extension for Visual Studio. These references point to different parts of a developer’s toolkit; they are not all Selenium components.
BDD and test organization
Several links focused on behavior-driven development and test readability: pytest-mozwebqa 1.0, Py.Saunter, the Python BDD frameworks pyccuracy and SpecLoud, and guidance about naming Cucumber features and scenario outlines. The post also linked to a Sauce Labs discussion about giving tests meaningful names.
#1 Best Overall
Browser automation services
Joyride appeared in the post as a service for browser automation without programming. That description belongs to the 2012 roundup. The post does not confirm Joyride’s present availability, capabilities, or terms, nor does the Sauce Labs link establish current product details.
Does “Selenium 96” mean Chrome 96?
No. The “96” in the post title is the roundup number, and the post dates to 2012. Chrome 96 appears in a separate Selenium context from 2021: Selenium’s Technical Leadership Committee meeting notes for November 10 list Chrome 96 CDP bindings among work remaining for Selenium 4.1.0. Selenium’s JavaScript changelog for 4.1.0 records CDP v96 support, along with removal of v93 and Shadow DOM handling. These are historical version records, not current compatibility guidance.
Rank #2
Sources: Selenium TLC meeting notes, November 10, 2021 and the Selenium WebDriver JavaScript changelog.
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