Selenium IDEPerforms automated testing

Selenium, itself

Selenium is a suite of tools used to automate browsers for testing and other tasks.

Selenium runs in many browsers and operating systems, and can be controlled by many programming languages and testing frameworks.http://seleniumhq.org/about/platforms.jsp

The part I'm going to focus on is Selenium IDE which is a Firefox add-on that performs simple record-and-playback of interactions with the browser.

This complete IDE allows you to record, edit, and debug tests. You can then run the perfected tests repeatedly, or a series of tests.More Features:

● Easy record and playback● Intelligent field selection will use IDs,

names, or XPath as needed● Autocomplete for all common Selenium

commands● Walk through tests● Debug and set breakpoints● Save tests as HTML, Ruby scripts, or

any other format● Support for Selenium user-extensions.js

file● Option to automatically assert the title

of every page● Easy customization through plugins

A good time to use it would be...

As an example to start, I am going to create a simple test of logging in.

Step 1: Click record button

Step 2: Perform actions normally

Navigate to site

Login

Success!

You can also edit the command, target, and value fields if they weren't captured correctly, but most of the time we won't have to use too many manual commands.

An easy way to confirm you're at the place you expect is to add a verify TextPresent command.

You can create multiple tests, such as login, add single award, and then sign out-- all automated!

This is known as a test suite.

If all goes smoothly, everything will appear green!

The idea is to build large test suites to make sure everything still works. We will save test suites in project repository.

Make sure the tests are in order, then click run all tests.

Install the add-on:http://seleniumhq.org/download/

Links to tutorials I used:http://www.codediesel.com/php/selenium-ide-tutorial-part-1/

http://www.codediesel.com/php/selenium-ide-tutorial-part-2/

There is lots more to it(that I don't understand)...

And you might have questions(that I don't have answers to)...

But we will figure out as we go what it is most useful for(or you can experiment further on your own)