Test Automation using Selenium (Basic)

Introduction

• Selenium Introduction
  • Selenium vs other automation tools
  • Advantages of selenium over other tools
  • Technologies involved in selenium
  • Selenium IDE
  • Selenium RC vs Web Driver
  • Selenium core
  • Selenium Grid
• Web Application vs Stand Alone application
• 1,2,3 tier and distributed architecture
• Browsers, Web servers, Database servers, Application servers
• HTML Basics
• Javascript vs Java
• Locators
  • ID
  • Name
  • Filters
  • Xpath
  • CSS
  • DOM
• Architectures
  • Web Application
  • Selenium IDE
  • Selenium RC
  • Web Driver

Technologies used in Web Application

• HTML
• Javascript
• DOM
• CSS
• Creating sample web page using above technologies

Tools used to locate elements on a browser

• Installing Firefox
• Installing firebug and fire path and fire finder add-ons in Firefox
• How to locate HTML elements using Xpath and Css
• Why to know more about Xpath and Css when fire path and fire finder are there
• Learning more about Xpath and Css techniques

Selenium IDE

• Downloading and Installing Selenium IDE
• Firefox v/s IE
• Learning about all the configurations provided in IDE
• Record and play first test case
• Setting break points, Running test case step by step and resume test case
• Assert, Verify, Store and Wait commands
• Assert v/s Verify
• Why Store in Selenium IDE
• Why Wait in Selenium IDE
• Usage of JavaScript in Selenium IDE
• Writing JavaScript functions
• Writing java script extension  for Selenium IDE
• Case Study on any live site
• Writing test cases on any live site
• Accessing popup, Alert and tabbed windows
• Learning about loops and condition extensions
• What is XML files
• XML v/s HTML
• Parameterize the test cases using XML file
• Taking the Screen shorts
• Generating reports of test suite using RC server