This document outlines the topics that will be covered in a Selenium 2.0 Open Workshop. The workshop will cover: 1. Introduction to functional automation and differences between web and standalone applications. 2. An introduction to Selenium including how it compares to other automation tools, its components, and supporting locator tools. 3. Using the Selenium IDE to record, run, and debug scripts using different locator types and commands. 4. An overview of WebDriver including architecture, locators, synchronization, handling popups, and taking screenshots. The participants will be mentored by an experienced test automation architect with 12 years of experience in functional automation using tools like Selenium.

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Topics of Selenium2.0 Open Workshop
1. Introduction to Functional Automation
2. Web vs. Standalone applications
a. Introduction to web technologies (HTML, JavaScript, AJAX)
3. Selenium Introduction
a. Selenium vs. other Automation tools
b. Advantages of selenium over other tools
c. Selenium components – IDE, RC, Webdriver & Grid
4. Supporting tools to locate elements
a. For Firefox – Firebug, XPather, XPathChecker
b. For IE – development tools
5. Selenium IDE
a. Installing Selenium IDE
b. Record, Run & Debug a script
c. Usage of Locators (ID, Name, XPath, CSS)
d. Assert, Verify and Store commands
e. Synchronization
f. Usage of Java script extensions & Parameterization
6. Quick overview of OOPs concepts & syntax of Java
7. Overview of XPath syntax & API
8. Overview of CSS syntax & API
9. Overview of JUnit/Test NG
a. Lifecycle of Unit testing frameworks
b. Comparison between JUnit & Test NG
c. Overview of Annotations & Assertions
d. Usage of JUnit & TestNG
10. Introduction to Selenium RC

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a. Installation & setup of RC server
b. IDE vs. RC
c. RC architecture
d. Port the IDE script to RC
e. Usage of Locators & Synchronization
11. Selenium WebDriver
a. WebDriver architecture
b. RC vs. Webdriver
c. Porting RC code to Webdriver
d. Develop the first script in WebDriver
e. Usage of Firefox, IE, Chrome drivers for browsers
f. Apply locator API’s (findElement, findElements using ID, Name,
XPath, CSS, linked text, JavaScript)
g. Synchronization
i. Implicit vs. Explicit waits
ii. Usage of Expectedcondition
h. Handling pop-up’s (Child windows, frames, Javascript alerts &
non-web windows such as download/upload or authentication
screens)
i. Usage of Java Robot
ii. Usage of Auto IT
iii. Usage of Keyboard & Mouse events
i. Execute JavaScript – Using JavaScript Executor API
j. Usage of Desired Capabilities – For Firefox profiles, IE settings
k. Handling controls
i. Text Field, Combo, Calendar, Buttons, Tables, Grids,
Scroll, Links
l. Taking screenshots

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12. Framework concepts
a. Introduction to Test Automation frameworks
b. Data driven testing using Excel
c. Logging
d. Config & Object repository
13. Selenium Grid

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Mentor
The participants of this program will be mentored by Sivaji Raju, Chief
Test Automation Architect at STAG Software. He has 12 years
experience in handling and devising solutions for Functional
Automation (using QTP, SilkTest, Selenium etc.) and Performance
testing (using JMeter, LoadRunner etc.). He is also instrumental in
setting up test automation practices for verity of customers.