Selenium Automation

Prasanth Karuppaiya

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Selenium Automation
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120 mins

Selenium is one of the most widely used tools for automating web applications for testing purposes. It supports multiple programming languages like Java, Python, C#, and JavaScript, and works across all major browsers.

Selenium is ideal for UI automation, regression testing, and cross-browser testing. It gives fine-grained control over browser interactions and integrates well with test frameworks like TestNG (Java) and Pytest (Python).

✅ Topics to Cover

🔹 Common Topics (Java & Python)

  1. Introduction to Selenium
  • What is Selenium? Components of Selenium: WebDriver, Grid, IDE
  • Advantages and limitations
  1. Setup and Installation
  • Installing Selenium libraries and WebDriver (ChromeDriver, GeckoDriver, etc.)
  • Browser driver management tools (WebDriverManager for Java)
  1. Browser Initialization and Navigation
  • Launching browsers
  • Navigating to URLs, back, forward, refresh
  1. Working with Web Elements
  • Locating elements using ID, name, class, CSS, XPath
  • Performing actions: click(), sendKeys(), getText()
  1. Waits in Selenium
  • Implicit vs. Explicit waits
  • Handling dynamic content
  1. Handling Web UI Elements
  • Drop-downs (Select class), Checkboxes, Radio buttons
  • Alerts, frames, pop-ups
  1. Assertions and Validations
  • Verifying text, titles, and element presence
  • Using assertions with TestNG (Java) or Pytest (Python)
  1. Handling Multiple Windows and Tabs
  • Switching between windows
  • Managing window handles
  1. Screenshots and Logging
  • Capturing screenshots on failure
  • Using logs for debugging
  1. Test Design Patterns
  • Page Object Model (POM)
  • Data-Driven Testing

☕ Selenium with Java

  1. TestNG Framework
  • TestNG annotations and test suites
  • Parallel testing, prioritization, dependencies
  1. Maven & Project Setup
  • Managing dependencies with Maven
  • Creating a clean folder structure
  1. Extent Reports for Java
  • Generating HTML test reports
  1. CI/CD Integration
  • Running tests on Jenkins, GitHub Actions

🐍 Selenium with Python

  1. Using Pytest with Selenium
  • Fixtures for setup/teardown
  • Parametrization and test markers
  1. Virtual Environments
  • Setting up and activating virtualenv
  • Managing packages with pip
  1. Allure Reports for Python
  • Beautiful test reports for visibility
  1. Async Selenium (Optional Advanced)
  • Using undetected-chromedriver or async patterns (optional)
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