Selenium Training – Web Automation Workshop

This mid- to advanced-level workshop is designed to teach automation testers and developers the functionality of Selenium and how to begin the process of building an automated framework. This workshop is offered as a series of hands-on “projects” that require participants to understand, design, and implement components of an automated testing framework.

Selenium Training – Web Automation Workshop Benefits

• In this course, you will:

  • Install and configure the necessary components needed to run Selenium successfully.
  • Identify and inspect objects and attributes on a variety of browsers.
  • Develop reusable functions as part of creating a Selenium automated framework
  • Enhance and maintain a Selenium framework

• Prerequisites

  A background in programming (e.g. Java) and/or scripting and understanding of basic Selenium features is recommended.

Selenium Training – Web Automation Workshop Course Outline

Module 01 - Introduction to Test Automation

• Variations of Test Automation
• Test Harness Tools
• Benefits of Test Automation
• What to test
• Testing Frameworks

Module 02 - Introduction to Selenium

• Selenium Suite of Testing Tools
• History of Selenium
• Selenium Browser Drivers
• Selenium Resources
• Version Considerations
  • Lab 1: Working with Selenium Drivers

Module 03 - Introduction to Selenium IDE

• Installing Selenium IDE
• The IDE GUI
• Creating and Running Selenium IDE scripts
• Introduction to Seleneese, Selenium Commands
• Locating Elements
• Using the Find Button
• IDE as a WebDriver Prototype Tool
  • Lab 2: Prototyping with Selenium IDE

Module 04 - Introduction to WebDriver

• Test script as Java code
• The Selenium WebDriver library
• The Main WebDriver classes
• WebDriver Capabilities
• Selenium WebDriver projects
• Using Maven and Gradle
  • Lab 3: First Web Project

Module 05 - Working with WebElements

• Locating WebElements
• Manipulating WebElements
• Retrieving and Verifying WebElements
• Submitting a Form
  • Lab 4 Part 1: Locating and Updating WebElements
• Handling Radio and Check Buttons
• Handling Select Elements
  • Lab 4 Part 2: Radio Buttons and Select Elements

Module 06 - Accessing Links and Tables

• Exact and Partial Link Text Match
• Case-sensitivity
  • Lab 5 Part 1: Working with Links
• Working with Tables
• Advanced Strategies for Locating WebElements
• Walking a Table with Selenium
  • Lab 5 Part 2: Working with Tables

Module 07 - POM and Page Factory

• Introduction to POM
• POM Benefits
• How to Refactor a Project to POM
• Lab 6 Part 1: Refactoring to the POM
• Introduction to the Page Factory
• PageFactory implicit Instantiations
• Page Factory Annotations
• Lazy Instantiations and Caching
  • Lab 6 Part 2: Refactoring to the Page Factory

Module 08 - Selenium Advanced Topics

• W3C WebDriver Specification
• Selenium Roadmap
• Selenium and Mobile Applications

Module 09 - Controlling Test Execution

• Wait commands
• Working with alerts, pop-ups, and multiple windows
• Advanced User Interactions
• Keyboard & Mouse Events
• Building a Series of Multiple Actions

Module 10 - Additional Advanced Topics

• Taking Screenshot Using WebDriver
• Handling HTML5 Date Time Picker Using Selenium
• Menu Selection

Module 11 - Working with Ajax Controls

• Overview of Ajax
• Issues testing Ajax model
• Pros and Cons of different methods to wait on Ajax
• Using the WaitFor commands

Module 12 - Cross Browser Testing

• Introduction to Cross Browser Testing
• How to perform Cross Browser Testing with Selenium
• Cross Browsing Test Tools

Module 13 - Working with Selenium Grid

• Introduction to Selenium Grid
• Selenium Grid Distributed architecture
• Selenium Server
• Selenium Grid Console
• Running Selenium Grid