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Selenium Testing Tools Cookbook

Name: Selenium Testing Tools Cookbook
Author: UNMESH GUNDECHA
ISBN: 9781849515740

by UNMESH GUNDECHA

November 2012

Intermediate to advanced

326 pages

6h 41m

English

Packt Publishing

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Selenium Testing Tools Cookbook
Table of Contents
Selenium Testing Tools Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for

Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example codeErrataPiracyQuestions
1. Locating Elements
Introduction
Using browser tools for inspecting elements and page structure
How to do it...How it works...
Locating an element using the findElement method
How to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
Locating elements using findElements method
How to do it...How it works...See also
Locating links
How to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
Locating elements by tag name
How to do it...How it works...See also
Locating elements using CSS selectors
How to do it...Performing partial match on attribute valuesHow it works...See also
Locating elements using XPath
How to do it...How it works...
Locating elements using text
How to do it...How it works...
Locating elements using advanced CSS selectors
How to do it...How it works...See also
Using jQuery selectors
How to do it...How it works...There's more...
Locating table rows and cells
How to do it...How it works...There's more…See also
Locating child elements in a table
How to do it...How it works...See also
2. Working with Selenium API
Introduction
Checking an element's text
How to do it...How it works...There's more...
Checking an element's attribute values
How to do it...How it works...
Checking an element's CSS values
How to do it...How it works...See also
Using Advanced User Interactions API for mouse and keyboard events
How to do it...How it works...See also
Performing double-click on an element
How to do it...How it works...See also
Performing drag-and-drop operations
How to do it...How it works...See also
Executing JavaScript code
How to do it...How it works...There's more...
Capturing screenshots with Selenium WebDriver
How to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
Capturing screenshots with RemoteWebDriver/Grid
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...
Maximizing the browser window
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...
Automating dropdowns and lists
How to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
Checking options in dropdowns and lists
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
Checking selected options in dropdowns and lists
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
Automating radio buttons and radio groups
How to do it...How it works...
Automating checkboxes
How to do it...How it works...
Controlling Windows processes
How to do it...How it works...
Reading a Windows registry value from Selenium WebDriver
How to do it...How it works...See also
Modifying a Windows registry value from Selenium WebDriver
How to do it...How it works...See also
3. Controlling the Test Flow
IntroductionPop ups and Alerts
Synchronizing a test with an implicit wait
How to do it...How it works...See also
Synchronizing a test with an explicit wait
How to do it...How it works...See also
Synchronizing a test with custom-expected conditions
How to do it...How it works...There's more...Waiting for element's attribute value updateWaiting for an element's visibilityWaiting for DOM events
Checking an element's presence
How to do it...How it works...See also
Checking an element's status
How to do it...How it works...
Identifying and handling a pop-up window by its name
How to do it...How it works...There is more...NoSuchWindowExceptionSee also
Identifying and handling a pop-up window by its title
How to do it...How it works...See also
Identifying and handling a pop-up window by its content
How to do it...How it works...See also
Handling a simple JavaScript alert
How to do it...How it works...There is more...NoAlertPresentExceptionSee also
Handling a confirm box alert
How to do it...How it works...See also
Handling a prompt box alert
How to do it...How it works...See also
Identifying and handling frames
How to do it...How it works...See also
Identifying and handling frames by their content
How to do it...How it works...See also
Working with IFRAME
How to do it...How it works...See also
4. Data-driven Testing
IntroductionData-driven approach – workflowBenefits of data-driven testing
Creating a data-driven test using JUnit
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Creating a data-driven test using TestNG
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
Reading test data from a CSV file using JUnit
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Reading test data from an Excel file using JUnit and Apache POI
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Reading test data from a database using JUnit and JDBC
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Creating a data-driven test in NUnit
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Creating a data-driven test in MSTEST
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Creating a data-driven test in Ruby using Roo
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...
Creating a data-driven test in Python
How to do it...How it works...
5. Using the Page Object Model
Introduction
Using the PageFactory class for exposing elements from a page
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...FindBy annotationsCacheLookUp Attribute
Using the PageFactory class for exposing an operation on a page
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...
Using the LoadableComponent class
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...
Implementing nested Page Object instances
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Implementing the Page Object model in .NET
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...
Implementing the Page Object model in Python
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...
Implementing the Page Object model in Ruby by using the page-object gem
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...
6. Extending Selenium
Introduction
Creating an extension class for web tables
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...
Creating an extension for the jQueryUI Tab widget
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...
Implementing an extension for the WebElement object to set the element attribute values
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Implementing an extension for the WebElement object to highlight elements
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Creating an object map for Selenium tests
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…
Capturing screenshots of elements in the Selenium WebDriver
How to do it...How it works...See also
Comparing images in Selenium
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
7. Testing on Mobile Browsers
Introduction
Setting up the iWebDriver App for the iPhone/iPad simulator
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
Setting up the iWebDriver App for an iPhone/iPad device
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Running tests on iOS using the iWebDriver App and iPhone driver
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...
Setting up the Android emulator for Selenium
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Setting up the Android device for Selenium
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
Running tests using AndroidDriver
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...Running the test with RemoteWebDriver
8. Client-side Performance Testing
Introduction
Measuring the response time using a timer
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...StopWatch in .NET bindingsSee also
Measuring performance with the Navigation Timing API
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...
Using the BrowserMob proxy for measuring performance
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Using dynaTrace for measuring the performance
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
Using HttpWatch for measuring performance
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Client-side performance testing with Watir-WebDriver-Performance in Ruby
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...
9. Testing HTML5 Web Applications
Introduction
Automating the HTML5 video player
How to do it...How it works...Video playbackSee also
Automating interaction on the HTML5 canvas element
How to do it...How it works...See also
Web storage – testing local storage
How to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
Web storage – testing session storage
How to do it...How it works...See also
Cleaning local and session storage
How it works...See also
10. Recording Videos of Tests
Introduction
Recording videos of tests using Monte Media Library in Java
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...
Recording videos of tests using Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 SDK in .NET
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...
Recording videos of tests using Castro in Python
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...
11. Behavior-driven Development
Introduction
Using Cucumber-JVM and Selenium WebDriver in Java for BDD
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…See also
Using SpecFlow.NET and Selenium WebDriver in .NET for BDD
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Using JBehave and Selenium WebDriver in Java
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Using Capybara, Cucumber, and Selenium WebDriver in Ruby
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Index

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Using Capybara, Cucumber, and Selenium WebDriver in Ruby

Capybara is an acceptance test framework for web applications in Ruby. It integrates with Ruby-based BDD frameworks such as Cucumber and RSpec along with Selenium WebDriver for web testing capabilities. Capybara is widely used in testing Rails applications.

In this recipe, we will see how to use Capybara, Cucumber, and Selenium to test BMI Calculator application.

Getting ready

You need to install Capybara Gem by using the following command:
```
gem install capybara
```
Additionally, you also need to install Cucumber and RSpec Gem on a fresh Ruby installation, as follows:
```
gem install cucumber
gem install rspec
```

How to do it...

In Capybara, we need to create a features file for the stories under test. ...

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