{"id":4226,"date":"2017-02-14T16:59:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T21:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/?p=4226"},"modified":"2017-02-14T16:59:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T21:59:47","slug":"using-selenium-webdriver-run-scalable-load-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/using-selenium-webdriver-run-scalable-load-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Selenium WebDriver to Run Scalable Load Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce that you can now use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seleniumhq.org\/projects\/webdriver\/\">Selenium WebDriver<\/a> to create and run performance tests on RedLine13. You only need change how you load the driver; this will not impact your existing WebDriver scripts at all. 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