Why Are Selenium WebDriver Scripts Slow

We use the Selenium WebDriver framework for automating website testing.

Automation scripts are created using

• a programming language

• a unit testing framework

• the Selenium WebDriver framework

When the automation script is executed, the following happen

• the browser is started on the computer

• the site is loaded in the browser

• the script interacts with the site in the browser

Many factors can impact the script's speed:

• if the computer is not fast, starting the browser is slow

• if the internet connection is not fast, loading the site is slow

• the site can be slow for many reasons (high number of concurrent users, slow servers)