Answer:
We use Selenium RC for:
Selenium-IDE does not directly support:
1. Condition statements.
2. Iteration.
3. Logging and reporting of test results.
4. Error handling, particularly unexpected errors.
5. Database testing.
6. Test case grouping.
7. Re-execution of failed tests.
8. Test case dependency.
9. Capture screen shots on test failures.
The reason behind why Selenium-IDE does not support the above mentioned
requirements is IDE supports only HTML language. Using HTML language we
cannot achieve the above mentioned requirements. Because HTML does not
support conditional, looping and external source connectives.
To overcome the above mentioned problems Selenium RC is used.
Selenium-IDE does not directly support:
1. Condition statements.
2. Iteration.
3. Logging and reporting of test results.
4. Error handling, particularly unexpected errors.
5. Database testing.
6. Test case grouping.
7. Re-execution of failed tests.
8. Test case dependency.
9. Capture screen shots on test failures.
The reason behind why Selenium-IDE does not support the above mentioned
requirements is IDE supports only HTML language. Using HTML language we
cannot achieve the above mentioned requirements. Because HTML does not
support conditional, looping and external source connectives.
To overcome the above mentioned problems Selenium RC is used.