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joyzoursky / docker-python-chromedriver

Dockerfile for running Python Selenium in headless Chrome (Python 2.7 / 3.6 / 3.7 / 3.8 / Alpine based Python / Chromedriver / Selenium / Xvfb included in different versions)
https://hub.docker.com/r/joyzoursky/python-chromedriver/
MIT License
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noob question about xvfb #4

Closed ErichBSchulz closed 5 years ago

ErichBSchulz commented 6 years ago

thanks for this repo.

sorry I'm new to automated selenium - but I'm curious about what the value of xvfb is?

are you able to indicate what it's inclusion gives?

joyzoursky commented 5 years ago

xvfb is used to run the tests on browser headlessly before there is official headless mode released by Chrome or Firefox or else. ref: http://elementalselenium.com/tips/38-headless as some people maybe still using the old images with xvfb so i just keep them in the repository.