Selenium Installation
- 1. Quality Assurance / Software Testing Training
- 2. Page 2Classification: Restricted Agenda • Installing Selenium IDE
- 3. Page 3Classification: Restricted Installing Selenium is a two step process First: If Firefox is not installed in your machine then Install Firefox Second: If Selenium IDE is not installed on your machine then Install Selenium IDE Plug-in Is there an IE version of Selenium IDE? No, at this point of time Selenium IDE works only for Firefox. You can write your test scripts via IDE and then use the Selenium Core TestRunner or Selenium RC to execute them on IE. Installing Selenium IDE
- 4. Page 4Classification: Restricted • If you do not have Mozilla Firefox yet, you can download it from http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new. • Launch Firefox and navigate to http://seleniumhq.org/download/. Under the Selenium IDE section, click on the link that shows the current version number.
- 5. Page 5Classification: Restricted • For security, a Firefox notification will pop up. Click on "Allow.“
- 6. Page 6Classification: Restricted Wait until Firefox completes the download and then click "Install Now."
- 7. Page 7Classification: Restricted • Wait until installation is completed. In the pop-up window, click "Restart Now."
- 8. Page 8Classification: Restricted • After Firefox has restarted, launch Selenium IDE using either of two ways: • By pressing Ctrl+Alt+S • By clicking on the Firefox menu button > Web Developer> Selenium IDE
- 9. Page 9Classification: Restricted • Selenium IDE should launch as shown below
- 10. Page 10Classification: Restricted Features of Selenium IDE
- 11. Page 11Classification: Restricted Menu Bar It is located at the topmost portion of the IDE. The most commonly used menus are the File, Edit, and Options menus. File menu It contains options to create, open, save, and close tests. Tests are saved in HTML format. The most useful option is "Export" because it allows you to turn your Selenium IDE test cases into file formats that can run on Selenium Remote Control and WebDriver "Export Test Case As..." will export only the currently opened test case. "Export Test Suite As..." will export all the test cases in the currently opened test suite.
- 12. Page 12Classification: Restricted The 2 Export options provided by File menu The file format to which your selenium IDE Test Case will be exported The unit Testing framework to be used The selenium framework to be used on the exported test case
- 13. Page 13Classification: Restricted Edit Menu • It contains usual options like Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, and Select All. • The two most important options are the "Insert New Command" and "Insert New Comment". Two most important options in Edit menu
- 14. Page 14Classification: Restricted Options menu • It provides the interface for configuring various settings of Selenium IDE. • We shall concentrate on the Options and Clipboard Format options. Clipboard Format •The Clipboard Format allows you to copy a Selenese command from the editor and paste it as a code snippet. •The format of the code follows the option you selected here in Clipboard Format's list. •HTML is the default selection.
- 15. Page 15Classification: Restricted Selenium IDE Options dialog box You can launch the Selenium IDE Options dialog box by clicking Options > Options... on the menu bar. Though there are many settings available, we will concentrate on the few important ones. Default Time out Value Selenium IDE extensions Remember Base URL Autostart record
- 16. Page 16Classification: Restricted • Default Timeout Value. This refers to the time that Selenium has to wait for a certain element to appear or become accessible before it generates an error. Default timeout value is 30000ms. • Selenium IDE extensions. This is where you specify the extensions you want to use to extend Selenium IDE's capabilities. You can visit http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/and use "Selenium" as keyword to search for specific extensions. • Remember base URL. Keep this checked if you want Selenium IDE to remember the Base URL every time you launch it. If you uncheck this, Selenium IDE will always launch with a blank value for the Base URL. • Autostart record. If you check this, Selenium IDE will immediately record your browser actions upon startup.
- 17. Page 17Classification: Restricted Playback Speed. This controls the speed of your Test Script Execution. Play entire test suite. This will sequentially play all the test cases listed in the Test Case Pane. Play current test case. This will play only the currently selected test case in the Test Case Pane. Pause/ Resum e. This will pause or resume your playbac k. Step. This button will allow you to step into each comma nd in your test script. Apply rollup rules. This is an advanced functionality . It allows you to group Selenese commands together and execute them as a single action. Record.This starts/ends your recording session. Each browser action is entered as a Selenese command in the Editor.
- 18. Page 18Classification: Restricted Test Case Pane Red means test case failed Color represent status of the Whole test suite No of Test Case run No of Test Case failed • In Selenium IDE, you can open more than one test case at a time. • The test case pane shows you the list of currently opened test cases. • When you open a test suite, the test case pane will automatically list all the test cases contained in it. • The test case written in bold font is the currently selected test case • After playback, each test case is color-coded to represent if it passed or failed. • Green color means "Passed." • Red color means "Failed." • At the bottom portion is a summary of the number of test cases that were run and failed.
- 19. Page 19Classification: Restricted Editor You can think of the editor as the place where all the action happens. It is available in two views: Table and Source. Table View • Most of the time, you will work on Selenium IDE using the Table View. • This is where you create and modify Selenese commands. • After playback, each step is color- coded • To create steps, type the name of the command in the "Command" text box. • It displays a dropdown list of commandsthat match with the entry that you are currently typing. • Target is any parameter (like username , password) for a command and Value is the input value (like tom,123pass) for those Targets.
- 20. Page 20Classification: Restricted Source View • It displays the steps in HTML (default) format. • It also allows you to edit your scriptjust like in the Table View.
- 21. Page 21Classification: Restricted Log Pane • The Log Pane displays runtime messages during execution. It provides real-time updates as to what Selenium IDE is doing. • Logs are categorized into four types: • Debug - By default, Debug messages are not displayed in the log panel. They show up only when you filter them. They provide technical information about what Selenium IDE is doing behind the scenes. It may display messages such as a specific module has done loading, a certain function is called, or an external JavaScript file was loaded as an extension. • Info - It says which command Selenium IDE is currently executing. • Warn - These are warning messages that are encountered in special situations. • Error - These are error messages generated when Selenium IDE fails to execute a command, or if a condition specified by "verify" or "assert" command is not met. info Error
- 22. Page 22Classification: Restricted Logs can be filtered by type. For example, if you choose to select the "Error" option from the dropdown list, the Log Pane will show error messages only.
- 23. Page 23Classification: Restricted Reference Pane The Reference Pane shows a concise description of the currently selected Selenese command in the Editor. It also shows the description about the locator and value to be used on that command.
- 24. Page 24Classification: Restricted UI-Element Pane The UI-Element is for advanced Selenium users. It uses JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) to define element mappings. The documentation and resources are found in the "UI Element Documentation" option under the Help menu of Selenium IDE
- 25. Page 25Classification: Restricted Rollup Pane • Rollup allows you to execute a group of commands in one step. A group of commands is simply called as a "rollup." It employs heavy use of JavaScript and UI-Element concepts to formulate a collection of commands that is similar to a "function" in programming languages. • Rollups are reusable; meaning, they can be used multiple times within the test case. Since rollups are groups of commands condensed into one, they contribute a lot in shortening your test script.
- 26. Page 26Classification: Restricted Assignment 1. Why do you choose Selenium over QTP for automation? 2. What are the limitations of Selenium? 3. Find the advantages of following testing Tools: – Watir/WET – LiquidTest – StoryTestIQ (STIQ) – Bromine – CubicTest – Frankenstein 4. Find the advantages of following testing frameworks: – JUnit,TestNG (Java) – NUnit (.Net) – Unittest(Python) – RSpec, Test::Unit (Ruby)