This document provides an overview of Selenium IDE, a tool for automating web application testing. It discusses what test automation is, the advantages and disadvantages of automation, and the components of Selenium. It then walks through how to install Firefox, install the Selenium IDE plugin for Firefox, record a test case to validate a login, debug the test case by adding a wait command, and re-run the test. The goal is to demonstrate how to set up Selenium IDE and create a basic test script to automate validating a user can log in correctly.

1. Selenium IDE Overview
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2. Selenium Overview
Selenium IDE Introduction
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3. What is Test Automation?
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A process of writing a computer program to do
testing that would otherwise need to be done
manually
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Use of software to control the execution of tests
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Two types of test automation:
Code-driven testing
Graphical user interface testing
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4. Advantages of Automation
Tests perform precisely the same operations each time
they are run, thereby eliminating human error.
 Repeatable: You can test how the software reacts under
repeated execution of the same operations.
 Reusable :You can reuse tests on different versions of an
application, even if the user interface changes.
 SPEED :Run tests significantly faster than human users.
 Cost Reduction :As the number of resources for
regression test are reduced.
 Better Quality software:Rapid feedback to developers
during the development process as a result of frequent
regression testing.
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5. Disadvantages of Automation
Proficiency is required to write the automation test
script.
 Debugging the test script is major issue. If any error is
present in the test script, sometimes it may lead to dadly
consequences.
 Test maintenance is costly in case of playback methods.
Even though a minor changes occurs in the GUI, the test
script has to be rewritten.
 Maintenance of test data files is difficult, if the test script
tests more screens or web-pages.
 Short iteration or very tight deadline, there is not enough
time to build test automation.
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6. What is Selenium?
A set of tools that supports rapid development of test
automation for web-based applications.
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Can be recorded and written as HTML
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Support for a number of programming languages: Java,
C#, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
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Cross browsers support: IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari and
Google Chrome
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Cross platform support: Windows, Linux, and Macintosh.
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7. Selenium Components
 Selenium
IDE
 Selenium
RC
< < Selenium Core
 Selenium
Grid
 Selenium2 aka
Webdriver
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8. Selenium IDE
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Selenium IDE (SIDE) is a complete Integrated
Development Environment (IDE) for building Selenium
test case.
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Firefox add-on that makes it easy to record, edit, and
debug tests.
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Provides an easy-to-use interface for developing and
running individual test cases or entire test suites.
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Can be used to generate code to run the tests with
Selenium Remote Control (RC).
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9. Selenium IDE Features
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Record, playback, edit
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Intelligent component identification will use object IDs,
names, or XPath as needed
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Auto complete for all common Selenium commands
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Walk through test cases and test suites.
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Debug and set breakpoints
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Save tests as HTML, or export as other supported
programming languages
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Support for Selenium user extensions
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10. Installing Selenium IDE
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11. Installing Selenium IDE
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Two step process:
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1. Check if Firefox is installed
1a. If Firefox is not installed on your machine then
Install Firefox
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(There is NO IE Version of Selenium)
Step 2. Check if Selenium IDE is installed)
2a. If Selenium IDE is not installed on your
machine then Install Selenium IDE Plug In
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12. Is Firefox Installed?
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Check whether your machine already has a version of
Firefox installed.
Go to Start  Programs  Mozilla Firefox
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13. Check Firefox Version
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Click on the Mozilla Firefox
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Go to Help  About as shown below:
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Check the version name
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What is your version?
Must be Firefox
version 3.6.x.x not
4.0.x.x
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14. Firefox Installation
Open your IE browser (or any other browser)
 Navigate to Firefox 3.6 download link.
 Mozilla website will not have
Firefox 3.6 download link.
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The most current browser version will be presented.
(FF 4.0)
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15. Firefox Installation
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16. Firefox Installation
Follow the steps and run the program
 (Saving into local machine then running is
recommended)
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If prompted with Security warning, press “Run” button
Save into your local machine.
(C:Downloads)
Run (double click Firefox Setup 3.6)
from the location where you
downloaded
Ignore Security warning and press
“Run” button
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17. Firefox Installation
Press Next
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Check the “I Accept” then Press Next
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Select Standard, Remove check from “Use Firefox as my
default browser”
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Press Install button
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Press Finish button
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18. Is Selenium IDE Installed?
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Open the Firefox browser window
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Go to Tools  Check whether Selenium IDE already exist
there
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If you see “Selenium IDE” then you already having
Selenium IDE plug-in installed in Firefox browser.
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If not installed then follow the instruction on the next
slide
Check whether
Selenium IDE is
already installed
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19. Installing Selenium IDE
When the Software Installation
Window opens select “selenium-ide”
(*1)
Click Install Now button
“Selenium IDE” add-on is installed
(*2)
Click on “Restart Firefox” button
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20. Installing Selenium IDE
In the Firefox browser go to Tools and
verify whether “Selenium IDE” is
displayed.
Selenium IDE installation is completed.
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21. Recording and Running
Selenium Tests
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22. Test Case : Login
Test-Case Objective:
Steps :
Ensure Valid User Login
Expected Result:
1.
2.
That Particular index
page is loaded
Correct username is
displayed as part of the
greeting.
“Welcome”
1. In the login textbox
type “lname”.
2. In the password
textbox type
“password”.
3. Click “Submit” button
4. Verify that a correct
user name is displayed
5. Log out
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23. Test Script : Login
Test Script Steps:
Login using :
Login Name: lname
Password: password
Click Login button
Highlight “Welcome Admin” text
Right-click and select VerifyTextPresent
Click logout link
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24. Login Test
Make sure Record button is ON!
Go to the Browser window
Login using :
Login Name:lname
Password: password
Click Login button
The Record button is ON
by default
Login Name: lname
Password: password
Then click Login button
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25. Login Test
Highlight “Welcome Admin” text
Right-click and select VerifyTextPresent
Click logout link
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26. Stop Recording
Go to Selenium IDE
Click the red button to STOP recording
All your actions are recorded and displayed sequentially
under Command Table Tab
Click here to Stop
recording
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27. What did we accomplish?
Test-Case Objective
Ensure Valid User Login
Steps
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In the login textbox type admin.
In the password textbox type
password.
Click Submit button
Verify that a correct user name is
displayed
Logout
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28. Running Selenium Automated Test
Make sure the Firefox browser is still open
Go to Selenium IDE and click “Play current test case”
button
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29. Debugging
Examine the result of the script.
What went
wrong?
Time is needed to validate the login information…
The test must WAIT for the next web page to load
before proceeding.
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30. Debugging Tips
Open Selenium IDE through Tools menu,
otherwise the IDE may freeze and act
unpredictably.
Make sure you substitute click command with
clickAndWait command wherever needed.
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31. Editing
Editing to add wait time to the script
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Click the 3rd to last row where ClickA command is
located
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Modify the command field
 Replace “click” with “clickAndWait” command
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Re-play the test…
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32. Note:
One Firefox browser window must be open.
Multiple browser windows will confuse Selenium.
Play back every automated test to ensure expected
behavior.
Keep playback in slow mode when debugging.
Placing Browser window and Selenium IDE windows
side by side is a convenient way of tracking test
execution step by step.
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