Why to Use Protractor for E2E Testing of AngularJS Applications instead of Selenium?

Protractor is automation framework or tool for AngularJS is rapidly gaining momentum as it can quickly launch applications by extending the functionality of HTML.

Protractor is a Node.js program that supports test frameworks like Jasmine, Mocha, and Cucumber

The following are some of the features of Protractor that make it worthy for testing AngularJS applications.

• Protractor is a wrapper around WebDriverJS and supports behavior-driven development frameworks.
• It offers some new locator strategies and functions that automate the testing of AngularJS applications. 
• It makes use of Selenium grid to run multiple browsers at once.





Advantages of Protractor: -

• No need to add waits and sleeps.
• Page Object: It is easy to set up page objects. Protractor does not perform WebDriver commands till an action is needed, i.e., set up page objects so that tests can operate page elements without moving the HTML.
• Angular-specific locator support: Protractor supports Angular-specific locator strategies including binding, model, repeater.
• Protractor acts as an end-to-end testing framework for both Angular and non-Angular applications.