How to run selenium webdriver in the background?

Question

I\'ve been using Selenium for 2 weeks.

It\'s been really useful so far.

When developing, I like having the browsers pop up so I can see what\'s going on, b

Answer 1

Phantom is good headless option, but sssuming you want to stick with same tools you are using ... (the following assumes Linux as platform)

1. install xvfb (apt-get install xvfb)
2. You can then run selenium/firefox "headless" (assuming Linux) with the following command:-

DISPLAY=:1 xvfb-run java -jar [selenium JAR filename]

Now, when your test suite kicks off selenium, it will run using Firefox without browser windows popping up.