Advantages of using selenium IDE

1. Selenium IDE can be used to check whether the application is compatible or not to automate. You can record few scenarios and check that whether the tool is generating the script or not. If it is generating the scripts then we can conclude that the application is compatible with selenium. 

2. If you are facing any problem to identify the locator/target then it can be overcome by using selenium IDE. (We can take the locator from Selenium IDE). We will learn these locators and target in later chapters. 

3. We can convert the recorded script to specific language and it can be used in the scripting also.  To learn to export recorded scenarios to specific language code refer the chapter “How to export selenium ide test case to java junit web driver code”. 

4. To automate any big applications, we have to use the scripting by using webdriver, and while scripting if you are facing any issues then it can be overcome by using selenium IDE. 

5. By using additional pug-in selenium ide can be enhanced with Logging capabilities. 

6. Selenium IDE supports debugging and break points. 

7. Main advantage of Selenium is, user require 0% coding knowledge and very easy to use. 

8. Has quick help feature and it will display documentation on the current selenese commands and parameters being entered or modified in Table mode. (We will learn selenese commands and parameters in later chapters).