A simple Node.js script that uses synchronous APIs for automated testing with Selenium WebDriver. Yes, I said "synchronous". Deal with it -- 'cause it's awesome.

sync-is-great-for-testing.js

var WebDriver = require('webdriver-http-sync');
var sleep = require('teddybear');

driver = new WebDriver('http://localhost:4444/wd/hub', {browserName:"firefox"});

// Look, no callbacks!
driver.navigateTo('http://pinthing.com');

// Oh my, I need a break. I can't handle the awesome.
sleep(5000);

driver.close();

// It's time to bring some sanity back to the world. Stop the async madness!
// Here's a simple Node.js script that uses synchronous APIs to 
// do some notoriously asynchronous things -- like opening a web page or sleeping.
// Props to Sean Massa (@endangeredmassa) and Groupon for making webdriver-http-sync and 
// Andreas Madsen (@andreas_madsen) for making teddybear.

// This assumes you're running Selenium Server in a separate window:
// In terminal 1:
// $ java -jar bin/selenium-server-standalone-2.39.0.jar

// To run this script:
// In terminal 2:
// $ node sync-is-great-for-testing.js

// License: MIT

// Links:
//   teddybear:
//     https://github.com/AndreasMadsen/teddybear
//     (MIT License)
//   webdriver-http-sync:
//     https://github.com/groupon/webdriver-http-sync/
//     (BSD license)

@hugs how does this play out when you then need to wait asynchronously for some condition (e.g. ajax content to be rendered)

How to use this when we want to wait for an alert where we are using JavaScriptExecutor to get the text on the alert?