+++++++++++++++++
Why use Splinter?
+++++++++++++++++

Splinter is an abstraction layer on top of existing browser automation tools such
as `Selenium`_ and `zope.testbrowser`_. It has a :doc:`high-level API </api/index>`
that makes it easy to write automated tests of web applications.

For example, to fill out a form field with Splinter::

    browser.fill('username', 'janedoe')

In Selenium, the equivalent code would be::

    elem = browser.find_element.by_name('username')
    elem.send_keys('janedoe')

Because Splinter is an abstraction layer, it supports multiple web automation
backends. With Splinter, you can use the same test code to do browser-based
testing with Selenium as the backend and "headless" testing (no
GUI) with zope.testbrowser as the backend.


.. _Selenium: http://seleniumhq.org
.. _zope.testbrowser: https://launchpad.net/zope.testbrowser

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Why use Splinter?
+++++++++++++++++

Splinter is an abstraction layer on top of existing browser automation tools
such as `Selenium`_, `PhantomJS`_ and `zope.testbrowser`_. It has a :doc:`high-level API
</api/index>` that makes it easy to write automated tests of web applications.

For example, to fill out a form field with Splinter::

    browser.fill('username', 'janedoe')

In Selenium, the equivalent code would be::

    elem = browser.find_element.by_name('username')
    elem.send_keys('janedoe')

Because Splinter is an abstraction layer, it supports multiple web automation
backends. With Splinter, you can use the same test code to do browser-based
testing with Selenium as the backend and "headless" testing (no GUI) with
zope.testbrowser as the backend.

Splinter has drivers for :doc:`Chrome </drivers/chrome>` and :doc:`Firefox
</drivers/firefox>` for  browser-based testing, and :doc:`zope.testbrowser
</drivers/zope.testbrowser>` and :doc:`PhantomJS </drivers/phantomjs>` for
headless testing.


.. _Selenium: http://seleniumhq.org
.. _zope.testbrowser: https://launchpad.net/zope.testbrowser
.. _PhantomJS: http://phantomjs.org
Add PhantomJS to "Why use splinter"
Add PhantomJS to "Why use splinter"
