Selenium Automation Testing Suite of Tools
What is Selenium? • Selenium is a robust set of tools that supports rapid development of test automation for web-based applications. • Works anywhere JavaScript is supported • Hooks for many other languages - Java, Ruby, Python • Can simulate a user navigating through pages and then assert for specific marks on the pages • All you need to really know is HTML to start using it right away
Selenium You can use open source - Selenium tool Selenium IDE is a plug-in to Firefox to record and playback tests (like WinRunner, QTP). You can then export the recorded test in most language e.g. HTML, Java , .NET , Perl , Ruby etc. The exported test can be run in any browser and any platform using "selenium remote control".
Where to get it? • You can use Selenium-Core and customize everything – deprecated. • But it is easier to just get a Firefox plug-in “Selenium-IDE” that helps you “record” test Cases. • You can record how an app is being used and then playback those recordings followed by asserts. • Get everything at: www.openqa.org/selenium/
Selenium-IDE Integrated Development Environment for building Selenium test cases. Operates as a Firefox add-on and provides an interface for developing and running individual test cases or entire test suites. Selenium-IDE has a recording feature, which will keep account of user actions as they are performed and store them as a reusable script to play back. It also has a context menu (right-click) integrated with the Firefox browser, which allows the user to pick from a list of assertions and verifications for the selected location. Offers full editing of test cases. Although it is a Firefox only add-on, tests created in it can also be run against other browsers by using Selenium-RC & specifying the name of the test suite on the command line.
Supported Browsers Browser Selenium-IDE Selenium-RC Operating Systems * Tests developed on Firefox via Selenium-IDE can be executed on any other supported browser via a simple Selenium-RC command line. Browser Selenium-IDE Selenium-RC Operating Systems Firefox 3 1.0 Beta-1 & 1.0 Beta-2: Record and playback tests Start browser, run tests Windows, Linux, Mac Firefox 2 1.0 Beta-1: Record and playback tests IE 8 Under development Windows IE 7 Test execution only via Selenium-RC Safari 3 Mac Safari 2 Opera 9 Opera 8 Google Chrome Test execution only via Selenium-RC(Windows) Others Partial support possible As applicable
Selenium IDE
Selenium IDE Test Suite Example
Commands, Targets (locators) & Values
Commands, Targets (locators) & Values
Commands, Targets (locators) & Values
WaitFor, Pause & SetTimeOut Commands
WaitFor, Pause & SetTimeOut Commands
WaitFor, Pause & SetTimeOut Commands
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Selenium Test Suite Demonstration Selenium Test Suite Demonstration - YouTube