A Practitioner's Guide to Test Automation using Selenium

Description

Selenium is an open source tool for the test automation of web-based applications, rapidly becoming one of the most popular test automation tools. It is a multi-platform, multi-language and a multi-browser tool that enables you to test your applications seamlessly. The features which Selenium offers are comprehensible, enabling the learner to try out the advanced features in no time. The book proceeds to unfold the features of Selenium using examples that readers can bring into practice and apply in varied situations. The book aims to assist novice testers who plan to venture as professionals in Automation Testing and also serves the interests of experts in the industry with practical applications and insights. Salient Features: Starts with the basics and gradually builds on complexity. A lot of ready-to-use code snippets to kick-start your test automation project. Helps to avoid and get around most commonly made mistakes using relevant examples. The book covers all aspects and levels of the tool giving you a peek into the future trends in Selenium. TITLE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 TEST AUTOMATION 2 GETTING STARTED WITH SELENIUM IDE 3 INSTALL JAVA 4 USEFUL TOOLS FORWRITING TEST CASES—FIREFOX ADD-ONS 5 BASIC HTML THEORY 6 CREATE SELENIUMTEST SUITE 7 TOUR OF SELENIUMIDE—SIMPLE FEATURES 8 TOUR OF SELENIUMIDE—SIMPLE FEATURES 9 APPLYING CSS TOSELE NIUM TEST CASES 10 S ELENIUM CONCEPTS 11 SELENIUM CONCEPTS 12 PATTERN MATCHING 13 ELEMENT LOCATORS 14 SELENIUM RC OVERVIEW 15 INSTALL AND RUNSELENIUM RC 16 THE ECLIPSE IDE 17 RUNNING A TEST USING THE JUNIT EXPORT FROM SELENIUM-IDE 18 RUNNING A TEST USING THE TESTNG EXPORT FROM SELENIUM-IDE 19 DATA DRIVEN TESTINGUSING TESTNG 20 SELENIUM GRID 21 SELENIUM TEST MANAGEMENT USING BROMINE 22 SELENIUM 2.0 – FUTURE OF TEST AUTOMATION AUTHORS’ PROFILES