Testing Web Applications using Selenium

About the speaker Debashish Chakrabarty Senior Consultant, Project Lead More than 8 years of industry experience SCWCD & SCJP Varied exposure in Java/J2ME/J2EE Exposure to several open-source frameworks Recent experience on Vignette Portal, Template engine (Freemarker) & RIA toolkits such as Ext-JS, Scriptaculous Avid Blogger & Podcaster. http://www.debashish.com

Debashish Chakrabarty

Senior Consultant, Project Lead

More than 8 years of industry experience

SCWCD & SCJP

Varied exposure in Java/J2ME/J2EE

Exposure to several open-source frameworks

Recent experience on Vignette Portal, Template engine (Freemarker) & RIA toolkits such as Ext-JS, Scriptaculous

Avid Blogger & Podcaster. http://www.debashish.com

Overview An introduction to Selenium , which is a suite of tools such as Selenium IDE and Selenium RC used for automated testing of web applications.

An introduction to Selenium , which is a suite of tools such as Selenium IDE and Selenium RC used for automated testing of web applications.

Agenda Introduction to Selenium What is Selenium? Selenium IDE, RC & Grid overview Detailed look at Selenium IDE Selenium Tests Selenium IDE Screen-cast demo Selenium Core Selenium Limitations Summary

Introduction to Selenium

What is Selenium?

Selenium IDE, RC & Grid overview

Detailed look at Selenium IDE

Selenium Tests

Selenium IDE Screen-cast demo

Selenium Core

Selenium Limitations

Summary

What is Selenium? Test automation tool for web applications Functional / Acceptance tests Can be used for reproducing bugs Developed in Java Script. Can be used for most of the browser / platform combinations. Supports many languages including Java, Ruby, Python, and so on. Free and Open Source Developed and maintained by Thoughtworks

Test automation tool for web applications

Functional / Acceptance tests

Can be used for reproducing bugs

Developed in Java Script.

Can be used for most of the browser / platform combinations.

Supports many languages including Java, Ruby, Python, and so on.

Free and Open Source

Developed and maintained by Thoughtworks

Selenium IDE Firefox extension IDE for Selenium Tests Auto complete common selenium commands Record & Playback Save/Export/Load tests Export tests in different formats like HTML, Java etc.

Firefox extension

IDE for Selenium Tests

Auto complete common selenium commands

Record & Playback

Save/Export/Load tests

Export tests in different formats like HTML, Java etc.

Selenium RC Automate Selenium tests from Java/.NET/Ruby etc Execute in multiple browsers, on remote machines Integrate into wider business tests and CI tools

Automate Selenium tests from Java/.NET/Ruby etc

Execute in multiple browsers, on remote machines

Integrate into wider business tests and CI tools

Selenium Grid Run tests on multiple machines in parallel Solves the biggest problem with Selenium, speed Supports EC2

Run tests on multiple machines in parallel

Solves the biggest problem with Selenium, speed

Supports EC2

Detailed Look at Selenium IDE Tests are a list of commands written in “Selenese” Commands = actions, such as “type into this field”, & “assert an element exists”. May be saved in several formats

Tests are a list of commands written in “Selenese”

Commands = actions, such as “type into this field”, & “assert an element exists”.

May be saved in several formats

Selenium IDE Demo Movie

Selenium Core

Selenium Limitations Selenium IDE only available for Firefox Test Language is Selenese, unless using Driver mode Selenium Core has to be deployed with application to overcome cross-site scripting issue

Selenium IDE only available for Firefox

Test Language is Selenese, unless using Driver mode

Selenium Core has to be deployed with application to overcome cross-site scripting issue

Summary Selenium is a testing framework for Web Applications Drivers with Selenium RC allow web testing in language of choice

Selenium is a testing framework for Web Applications

Drivers with Selenium RC allow web testing in language of choice