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Absolute Beginner's Guide to Selenium Webdriver for Functional Automation Testing

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What is Selenium Webdriver?

Selenium Webdriver is a powerful open-source automation testing framework that allows you to automate web applications. It is widely used by testers to ensure that web applications are working as expected.

Absolute Beginner (Part 1) Selenium WebDriver for Functional Automation Testing: Your Beginners Guide

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Why Use Selenium Webdriver?

There are many benefits to using Selenium Webdriver for functional automation testing, including:

Speeds up testing: Selenium Webdriver can automate repetitive tasks, which can save you a lot of time.
Increases accuracy: Selenium Webdriver is very accurate, which can help you to find bugs that you might miss if you were testing manually.
Improves test coverage: Selenium Webdriver can help you to test more of your application than you would be able to manually.
Frees up your time: Selenium Webdriver can automate tasks that would otherwise take up a lot of your time, freeing you up to focus on other things.

Getting Started with Selenium Webdriver

Getting started with Selenium Webdriver is easy. You can download the Selenium Webdriver JAR file from the Selenium website. Once you have downloaded the JAR file, you can add it to your classpath. You can then create a new Selenium Webdriver instance and start writing your test scripts.

Example Selenium Webdriver Test Script

import org.openqa.selenium.By; import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver; public class ExampleSeleniumWebdriverTest { public static void main(String[] args){WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(); driver.get("https://www.google.com"); WebElement searchField = driver.findElement(By.name("q")); searchField.sendKeys("Selenium Webdriver"); searchField.submit(); WebElement firstResult = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='g']")); firstResult.click(); driver.close(); }}

Selenium Webdriver is a powerful tool that can help you to automate web applications. It is easy to get started with and can provide many benefits, including increased speed, accuracy, and test coverage. If you are not already using Selenium Webdriver, I encourage you to give it a try.

About the Author

I am a software tester with over 10 years of experience. I have used Selenium Webdriver for many years and have found it to be a valuable tool for automating web applications. I am passionate about helping others to learn how to use Selenium Webdriver, and I am the author of the book "Absolute Beginner's Guide to Selenium Webdriver for Functional Automation Testing".

Absolute Beginner (Part 1) Selenium WebDriver for Functional Automation Testing: Your Beginners Guide

by Rex Allen Jones II

4.1 out of 5