Introduction to Selenium

For maximum benefit:

• Some software development experience (recommended)
• General understanding of web-based applications (desired)
• Knowledge of Java programming (beneficial)

This introductory course is designed to familiarize testing professionals with the basics of testing web applications using Selenium. Testers can build, enhance, and maintain scripts using both the Selenium IDE and the Selenium 2 WebDriver.

Intended Audience

The target audience is software testers who are seeking to automate the testing of web applications using Selenium. These testers maybe new to test automation and may also include quality assurance practitioners, managers, or team leaders who are responsible for interacting with testers or who need to ensure that the tools are being implemented fully and appropriately.

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Describe the function and purpose of Selenium
• Understand the benefits and proper approach to test automation
• Record automated test cases
• Play back automated test cases
• Apply and use different verification techniques
• View and analyze results
• Configure and use the Selenium RC (Remote Control)
• Create and work with test suites
• Schedule automatic test runs
• Utilize different Selenium script formats
• Modify scripts to extend the capability to test the application
• Configure Selenium with Eclipse and the Selenium 2 WebDriver
• Understand and use RTTS helper files
• Convert selenium code to work with the Selenium 2 WebDriver
• Configure Custom Log Files
• Create a custom object map
• Create reusable modules to reduce script maintenance
• Use tools to help identify XPath

Introduction to automated testing

• Testing concepts
• Possibilities and limitations of Selenium

Locators

• Understanding locators
• ID, CSS, XPath and Name locator types

Advanced locators

• Dynamic locators
• Building a path
• Locating elements with desired text
• Best practices

Selenium WebDriver

• Java IDE
• WebDriver API

TestNG

• Assertions
• Annotations
• Test suite
• Parameters
• Cross-browser testing

Advanced Selenium WebDriver

• Dynamic content