Selenium Fundamentals

Selenium Fundamentals

by Diego Molina, Patrick Viafore
Released December 2018
Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
ISBN: 9781789804638

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Video description

Speed up your testing by automating user interaction with browsers and web applications

About This Video

  • Details the importance of automation with real-world examples
  • Paves an easy-to-follow path from configuring an environment to automation with Selenium Grid
  • Reinforces learning with real-world demos

In Detail

We’ll begin this course by understanding the importance of automating tests. Then, we will learn how to choose good selectors for navigating through your web application while highlighting best practices and techniques.

After writing your first tests, you will go through the object model to help create your own advanced test cases. You will learn how to analyze a test report, track timing errors, and separate real issues from "flaky" tests. You will also learn how to configure and connect to a local grid, a network grid, and a third-party service. By the end of the course, you will have the skills you need to run automated tests on your own web application.

Audience

Selenium Fundamentals is designed for you if you are a software quality assurance and development professional who wants to learn how to automate browser activity and web-based user interface tests with Selenium.

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Table of contents

  1. Chapter 1 : Getting Started
    1. Course Overview
    2. Lesson Overview
    3. Software Automation
    4. Selenium Overview
    5. Environment Configuration
    6. Lesson Summary
  2. Chapter 2 : WebDriver Functionality
    1. Lesson Overview
    2. Instantiating a WebDriver – Chrome
    3. An Overview of Frequently Used Methods
    4. Controlling the Browser Window
    5. Resizing
    6. Managing Alerts
    7. Managing Frames and Windows
    8. Lesson Summary
  3. Chapter 3 : WebElement Functionality
    1. Lesson Overview
    2. Using Browser Developer Tools – Chrome
    3. Overview of WebElement Functionality
    4. Interacting with Elements on a Page
    5. Element Locator Types
    6. Lesson Summary
  4. Chapter 4 : Advanced Element Location
    1. Lesson Overview
    2. Navigating the DOM
    3. Searching Within Previously Found Elements
    4. Creating Complex Locators to Reach Any Element
    5. Lesson Summary
  5. Chapter 5 : Waiting for Elements
    1. Lesson Overview
    2. Implicit Waits
    3. Explicit Waits
    4. Implicit versus Explicit Waits
    5. Waiting for an Element with a Custom Written Condition
    6. Lesson Summary
  6. Chapter 6 : Page Object Model
    1. Lesson Overview
    2. Introducing the Page Object Model
    3. Modeling a Web Application Using Page Objects
    4. Implementing Nested Page Object Instances
    5. Lesson Summary
  7. Chapter 7 : Writing Tests
    1. Lesson Overview
    2. Understanding a Test Framework
    3. Choosing a Test Framework
    4. Creating Test Scripts and Suites
    5. Validating and Viewing Results
    6. Lesson Summary
  8. Chapter 8 : Analysis and Troubleshooting
    1. Lesson Overview
    2. Analyzing a Test Report
    3. Tracking Down Timing Errors
    4. Separating Real Issues from Flaky Tests
    5. Lesson Summary
  9. Chapter 9 : Using a Selenium Grid
    1. Lesson Overview
    2. Configuring and Connecting to a Local Grid
    3. Configuring and Connecting to a Network Grid
    4. Connecting to a Third-Party Service
    5. Lesson Summary

Product information

  • Title: Selenium Fundamentals
  • Author(s): Diego Molina, Patrick Viafore
  • Release date: December 2018
  • Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781789804638