ChromeDriver for Windows 10 - Full description
Widely used by web developers? and? software? testers,? ChromeDriver? is a standalone server provided by the Chromium team to? add Chromium-specific capabilities to the W3C WebDriver standard.? Its purpose is to? streamline? automated testing and interaction with Chromium-based user agents.?
It is worth mentioning that? ChromeDriver? requires Google Chrome to be installed and, furthermore, its version must be the same as Chrome’s for the driver to work properly. To put it another way, the only? option? if you want to use? ChromeDriver? is to keep it? in sync? with? Chrome to avoid compatibility issues.
Commonly used alongside? the? Selenium WebDriver for? the automation of the? web application testing,? ChromeDriver? can? be? used as? a bridge between your code and the user agent (Chrome), turning the commands you give into a language that can be easily understood by Chrome.? In other words, ChromeDriver is the translator that helps Chrome understand what the commands in your source code are.?
ChromeDriver? allows? real-browser automation and testing, helping you check whether your website (or? any other web-based app? you create and want to test for? compativility? with Chromium-based browsers) is still? working as it should? after a code update.? Its? role is essential in the? testing process of your web apps.?