Discover
Web Automation Testing
Using Selenium

manual testing is
time consuming
Reading
Clicking
Typing
Creating test data
Remembering test data

enter Automation
speed
repeatability

Why Selenium?
widely used
free and open source
drives a real browser
multiplatform
supports most modern browsers
can be used with different
programming languages

What can it do?

locate elements
id attribute
name attribute
link text
XPath
DOM
CSS selectors

act on located elements
open
click
type
select

return info
current URL
text of elements
attributes of elements
values of form fields
presence of text
presence of an element

be used with many
programming languages
iterations
conditional statements
data driven tests
database connections
test frameworks
reports

manual testing is
time consuming
but not useless
UI defects
usability issues
verification of failed tests
writing test cases and automated test scripts

When to automate?
automate unless: automate if:
UI is still considerably long-term efficiency
changing
frequent regression testing
short-term project
rapid feedback during development
tight deadline
disciplined test case documentation
continuously increasing test coverage

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