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Running without you, and running at scale

What changes on a build server, plus what Selenium Grid is and when a team actually needs it.

What you'll learn

What changes when tests run without you
What Grid is, and when a team actually needs it
Why a slow or flaky suite quietly stops being used

You write tests on your laptop. They do their real job on a build server: a machine that runs the whole suite automatically whenever someone changes the code. Most teams call this CI.

Three things change there.

There is no screen. The build server has no display, so the browser must run in headless mode, which means without a visible window:

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