Automation Testing with Java and Selenium

Running Examples

• Download the zip or clone the Git repository.
• Unzip the zip file (if you downloaded one).
• Open Command Prompt and Change directory (cd) to folder containing pom.xml
• Open Eclipse
  • File -> Import -> Existing Maven Project -> Navigate to the folder where you unzipped the zip
  • Select the right project
• Choose the Spring Boot Application file (search for file with @SpringBootApplication)
• Right Click on the file and Run as Java Application
• You are all Set
• For help : use our installation guide - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBBog2r6uMCSmMVTW_QmDLyASBvovyAO3

References

Selenium Standalone

• Manual Installation - https://github.com/lmc-eu/steward/wiki/Selenium-server-&-browser-drivers
• Automated Installation - https://www.npmjs.com/package/selenium-standalone
• URL - http://localhost:4444/wd/hub

Installation and Launch

• Step I : Install NPM
• Step II : Install selenium-standalone Terminal or Command Prompt

# In Windows, Run CMD as Administrator

npm install selenium-standalone@latest -g
# If need use sudo npm install selenium-standalone@latest -g

selenium-standalone install
# if needed use sudo 

• Step III : Launch Selenium Standalone

selenium-standalone start

By default, google chrome, firefox and phantomjs are available when installed on the host system

# install a single driver within the default list (chrome, ie, edge, firefox) 
selenium-standalone install --singleDriverInstall=chrome

Reference

• More Options - https://www.npmjs.com/package/selenium-standalone#command-line-interface

Selenium Grid

• URL -http://localhost:4444/grid/console

Installation and Launch

• Follow Step I and II of Selenium Standalone
• Step III

selenium-standalone start -- -role hub
selenium-standalone start -- -role node -hub http://localhost:4444/grid/register
selenium-standalone start -- -role node -hub http://localhost:4444/grid/register -port 5556

selenium-standalone start -- -role node -hub http://localhost:4444/grid/register -browser browserName=firefox

selenium-andalone start -- -role node -hub http://localhost:4444/grid/register -port 5556 -browser browserName=chrome,maxInstances=2

Resources

Plugins

• Eclipse Plugin for TestNg - http://beust.com/eclipse

Selenium IDE

• Selenium IDE will no longer work from Firefox 55
  • https://seleniumhq.wordpress.com/2017/08/09/firefox-55-and-selenium-ide/
• A new version of Selenium IDE for Selenium 3 is being built
  • https://seleniumhq.wordpress.com/2018/08/06/selenium-ide-tng/

Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting Guide - https://github.com/in28minutes/in28minutes-initiatives/tree/master/The-in28Minutes-TroubleshootingGuide-And-FAQ
• Troubleshooting Guide for Maven Issues - https://github.com/in28minutes/in28minutes-initiatives/tree/master/The-in28Minutes-TroubleshootingGuide-And-FAQ#error---you-are-not-using-a-jdk

Browsers

• WebDriver Specification - https://www.w3.org/TR/webdriver/
• Firefox version 47.0+ Geckodriver is needed to interact with Firefox - Similar to Chrome.
• https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/61.0.1/
• https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/54.0.1/

Requirements

• You should have the ability to learn while having fun!
• Connectivity to Internet to download various tools needed.
• We will help you install Selenium IDE, Katalon Studio, Brackets, Java, NodeJs and Eclipse.
• We will help you download all needed dependencies using Maven and NPM