Introduction Slides for the Berlin Selenium Meetup.

1. A QUICK INTRO TO
SELENIUM
MICHAEL PALOTAS
28.05.2015
Berlin
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2. Michael Palotas
Gerbiweg 2
8853 Lachen
SWITZERLAND
Email: michael.palotas@gridfusion.net
@michael_palotas
WHO AM I?
GRIDFUSION
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3. AUTOMATION
… is software development
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4. A LITTLE HISTORY
Selenium was so named because Huggins,
dissatisfied with testing tools on the market, was
seeking a name that would position the product
as an alternative to Mercury Interactive QuickTest
Professional commercial testing software. The
name, Selenium, was selected because selenium
mineral supplements serve as a cure for mercury
poisoning, Huggins explained.
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5. WHAT IS SELENIUM?
SELENIUM AUTOMATES BROWSERS
THAT'S IT
... Almost
Selenium is becoming a W3C standard:
http://www.w3.org/TR/webdriver
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6. SELENIUM FLAVORS
Selenium IDE Selenium Selenium GRID
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7. WAS IST SELENIUM?
Protocol describing user interactions
Supports most browsers
Supports most programming languages
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8. WHAT IT IS NOT?
performance testing tool
reporting tool
testcase management tool
test data generator
drag & drop tool
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9. SELENIUM 2 / WEBDRIVER
JSON
WIRE
PROTOCOL
Client
Java
C#
Ruby
Python
Server
i.e.
Selendroid,
iOS-­‐Driver
Server
Server
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…

10. SCALING - SELENIUM GRID
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11. SCALING – SELENIUM GRID
CI
DEV
….
SELENIUM
GRID
HUB
IOS
ANDROID
LINUX
WINDOWS
OSX
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12. OPEN SOURCE
It is free
Invest into people instead of licenses
Faster innovation
Independence
Employee engagement
Hiring advantage
Requires a different mindset
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13. THANK YOU
Email: michael.palotas@gridfusion.net
Twitter: @michael_palotas
LinkedIn: http://ch.linkedin.com/in/michaelpalotas
XING: http://www.xing.com/profile/Michael_Palotas
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