#SFSE: XPath Alternative for Browser Automation in IE

XPath alternative for BrowserAutomation in IE

Mridul BansalGraduate Student, Software Engineering (Dec’11)San Jose State UniversitySoftware QA Intern @Citrix, CASoftware Test Development Intern @Hara, CASoftware Test Engineer @Covelix, Indiahttp://www.linkedin.com/in/mridulbansalAbout Me

Automation in IE using Webdriver!!!Problem Statement

  n00b  Lot has already been said…  Take with a pinch of saltCaution!

IE9Caution!

  Dynamic id  XPath  Handles XPath differently  Painfully SlowWhy?

  Increase timeout  CSS  Alternate locatorsFix?

  Nokogiri (Ruby) http://nokogiri.org/gem install nokogirirequire ‘nokogiri’iFix

Earlier@driver.find_element(:xpath => "//span[contains(., ABC)]").click Nowsrc = "<div id=""treeForm:tree:childs"">#{@driver.page_source()}</ div>"curr_id = Nokogiri::HTML(src).xpath("//div[@id = treeForm:tree:childs]/div[1]/div[2]/table[11]").attribute("id")@driver.find_element(:id, curr_id).clickHow?

  Test execution time on FF3.6 using Webdriver = 3:00  Test execution time on IE9 using Webdriver = 4:50Benchmarks

  HtmlCleaner - http://htmlcleaner.sourceforge.net/Alternatives

  http://nokogiri.org/  http://php.jglobal.com/blog/? tag=selenium  http://www.qaautomation.net/?p=216  http://blog.altom.ro/2010/10/selenium- xpath-and-internet-explorer.htmlReferences

  Selenium Meetup  Hara  Huynh KangCredits

Mridul BansalGraduate Student, Software Engineering (Dec’11)San Jose State UniversitySoftware QA Intern @Citrix, CASoftware Test Development Intern @Hara, CASoftware Test Engineer @Covelix, Indiahttp://www.linkedin.com/in/mridulbansalThanks for bearing!!

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