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How do I automate in Selenium

Selenium is a leading web automation testing framework that supports multiple programming languages and browsers, making it versatile for automated testing of web applications. The automation process involves creating a Selenium WebDriver application, configuring the browser, navigating to web pages, locating elements, performing actions, and validating results. Selenium's open-source nature and compatibility with various operating systems and browsers enhance its utility for testers and QA managers in automating repetitive testing tasks.

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How do I automate in Selenium

Selenium is a leading web automation testing framework that supports multiple programming languages and browsers, making it versatile for automated testing of web applications. The automation process involves creating a Selenium WebDriver application, configuring the browser, navigating to web pages, locating elements, performing actions, and validating results. Selenium's open-source nature and compatibility with various operating systems and browsers enhance its utility for testers and QA managers in automating repetitive testing tasks.

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How do I automate in Selenium?

Selenium Automation
Selenium is still the most popular and well-developed web automation testing framework. It is
positioned to lead the industry in all aspects compared to other trending frameworks like
Cypress, Puppeteer, Playwright, and others. It is one of the most excellent automation
frameworks with constantly expanding capabilities. Furthermore, Selenium allows you to utilize
other programming languages for Selenium automation testing, such as C#, Ruby, Perl, Java,
Python, and others and different operating systems and web browsers.

Selenium is a set of tools that lets you write automated tests for web applications in various
programming languages. The Selenium project is maintained on GitHub by SeleniumHQ and
includes various open-source Selenium projects.
The Selenium IDE, Selenium WebDriver, and Selenium Grid are all part of the Selenium suite,
each having its approach to browser automation.

Automation testing demands a thorough understanding of various automation technologies and


frameworks.
Selenium is the most popular of these tools due to its ease of use and useful features. Selenium
is a tool for automating website testing and monitoring their performance.

Prerequisites for Selenium Automation

Skills in coding
The majority of testers are unable to code. However, even if you're one of the few that does, the
time it takes to set up and manage your test cases will rapidly outstrip the time to run the tests
manually.

The rest of the pipeline's integration


You'll need to make sure that your code speaks with the rest of the release pipeline and set up
and update the script. As a result, you'll need to understand how your Git repository handles
code versioning as a tester.

Creating suitable test environments


Setting up your test environment is a difficult task in and of itself. Setting up parallel test
environments and cross-browser testing is achievable using Selenium, but it can take months
even for a talented coder.
Maintenance
You'll have to maintain your scripts in addition to writing them.
You might be able to detect and correct any problems in your script if you're good with code and
have a very skilled programmer with a lot of free time.

Automation steps with Selenium


There are a few primary stages to writing a test case for the login functionality that must be
followed before starting automation testing:

1. Make a Selenium WebDriver application


Specify the system properties to the path of the required browser's driver to run the website in
that browser. In this example, Selenium Webdriver will be used to automate logins using
ChromeDriver.

The following is the syntax for the same:

2. Configure your browser if necessary.


When the test case is run, the web page is usually in a reduced format. Increase the size of
your browser to get a better view of the test cases you've run.
To do the same, type the following command:

3. Go to the necessary web page.


Open the desired URL in the browser. For example, to open the URL in the preferred
instantiated browser, type the following command:
4. Find the appropriate web element.
Locators are an essential component of any Selenium script since they indicate the elements
with which the test script will interact to duplicate user actions.
5. Perform Action on the Located Web Element
Testers must then perform the desired action after locating the element. The action in this
example is to type text into the email and password fields before clicking the login button.
The script accomplishes this by employing the sendKeys and click methods, as demonstrated
below:

6. Verify & Validate the Action


Assertion can be used to verify the findings. The use of assertions in comparing predicted and
actual results is critical. The test case passes if it matches. If not, the test case will fail.
The final assertion will look like

Conclusion
Selenium is a free, open-source project that offers a variety of software tools for performing
automated testing. Its key characteristic is that it can be used to run tests across many
operating systems and web browsers with ease. Selenium is widely used by testers and QA
managers to automate the most repetitive and dull testing activities, and for a good reason. It is
a popular tool that can improve the accuracy and dependability of your tests if used correctly. In
addition, Selenium is compatible with various browsers, including Internet Explorer, Chrome,
Firefox, Opera, and Safari. Running tests and testing them across multiple browsers
simultaneously becomes useful.

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