--- title: Medium | daily.dev description: A beginner-friendly comparison of Selenium's driver.get() and driver.navigate() methods. driver.get() is a simple, direct page loader that waits for full page... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/medium-enivjwleb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Medium | daily.dev og:description: A beginner-friendly comparison of Selenium's driver.get() and driver.navigate() methods. driver.get() is a simple, direct page loader that waits for full page... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/medium-enivjwleb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/enIVjWlEB.png og:image:alt: Medium og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Medium **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A beginner-friendly comparison of Selenium's driver.get() and driver.navigate() methods. driver.get() is a simple, direct page loader that waits for full page load, best for opening URLs. driver.navigate() provides additional browser controls like back(), forward(), and refresh(), making it suitable for simulating real user browsing behavior and testing browser history. The post includes code examples, a travel analogy, and a quick rule for choosing between the two. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Selenium Webdriver submit\(\) vs click\(\)](https://daily.dev/posts/selenium-webdriver-submit-vs-click--m5vne9kgu) · Baeldung · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Introduction to WebDriverManager](https://daily.dev/posts/introduction-to-webdrivermanager-pkrbsy5ho) · Baeldung · 5 upvotes · 0 comments - [Navigation API - a better way to navigate, is now Baseline Newly Available](https://daily.dev/posts/navigation-api---a-better-way-to-navigate-is-now-baseline-newly-available-y3ca6paet) · web.dev · 67 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#automation](https://daily.dev/tags/automation), [#selenium](https://daily.dev/tags/selenium) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/medium-enivjwleb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Medium","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/medium-enivjwleb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/medium-enivjwleb"},"datePublished":"2026-07-22T06:42:11.526Z","dateModified":"2026-07-22T06:43:35.397Z","description":"A beginner-friendly comparison of Selenium's driver.get() and driver.navigate() methods. driver.get() is a simple, direct page loader that waits for full page...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/medium-enivjwleb","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"testing,java,automation,selenium","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Medium"}]} ```