This document provides an overview of getting started with Selenium and running tests in the cloud. It discusses why automating testing is important to increase test coverage across different browsers, operating systems, and devices while allowing tests to be reused each time. The document defines what Selenium is and its benefits like being open source, supporting multiple languages and browsers, and enabling parallel testing. Best practices for Selenium like using robust locators, the page object model, and implicit waits are also covered. Finally, it demonstrates a sample test case and shows how tests can be run both locally and in the cloud on CrossBrowserTesting's grid.

1. Getting Started With Selenium
In The Cloud
With Chase Cook, Technical Success Engineer

2. Housekeeping
• This webinar will be recorded
• Please add any questions into the Question Box. We will have a 10
minute FAQ at the end of the session.
• For more webinars and other testing resources, please visit
https://crossbrowsertesting.com/resources.

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• 2 Days of hands
on instructions
and testing
education!
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4. Today’s Agenda
• Why Automate Your Testing?
• Why Use Selenium
• Running Our First Test
• Running On CrossBrowserTesting’s Cloud

5. Why Automate Our Testing

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Test Coverage
Reusability
Deployment Speed

7. We’re Going Agile
Old Way New
Way
Continuous

8. Increase Test Coverage
Operating Systems
Devices
Browsers
Breaks 1366 X 768 | 1920 X 1080 | 1600 X 900 | 1280 X 1024 | 1440 X 900

9. Reuse The Same Script
• Stop manually doing
repetitive tasks
• Run the same exact test
every time
• Run the same test on
different devices
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
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10. Why Use Selenium

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2 Benefits Of Selenium
What Is Selenium?
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Real World Use Cases4
Selenium Best Practices

12. What Is Selenium?
Your Website
Selenium WebDriver
• Selenium is an open-source suite of
tools used for simulating user
interactions with your website.
• Selenium WebDriver allows you to
write test scripts with your favorite
language that interact directly with
browser.
Selenium Frameworks

13. Benefits of Selenium
• Save tens of thousands of dollars in expensive, legacy testing tools.Free & Open Source
Support Multiple Languages
Support Multiple Browsers
• Run the same test on different browsers at one time or run different
tests concurrently cutting down testing time.Parallel Testing
• Engage and learn alongside a vibrant community that is continually
pushing the boundaries of Selenium.Active Community

14. Best Practices
Use Robust
Locators
• Class
• ID
• Link Text
• Tag Name
• XPath
Use The Page
Object Model
• Separate test code
and actual UI code
• Single source of
services and
variables
Avoid Sleep and
Explicit Waits
• Use Implicit waits
to build resilient
end-to-end tests

15. An Example Test Case
Title: Logging into CrossBrowserTesting
Description: A registered user should be able
to login successfully into our application.
Conditions/State: A user is “Subscribed”
Visit
CrossBrowserTesting.com
Enter Email into "email"
field
Enter a password into the
"password" field
Click log in
Expected
Result:
A user will land on
the “Live Testing”
page.

16. Running Our First Test

17. Basic Anatomy Of A Selenium Test

18. Local VM/Device Grid CBT’s
Cloud
Chrome
58
Chrome
57
IE
11
IE
10
FF
48
FF
47

19. Questions?
Name
Position
Email
Phone Number
Running It In
The Cloud

20. Questions?