Jun
12

Sample Jbehave +Selenium project with some page object based example

admin Jbehave, Selenium Testing, Testing, Testing tool 1 comment

https://github.com/pnakhat/jbehave-selenium/tree/master/jbehave-selenium

 

I have created this project  to give some starting point for people who want to use Jbehave , Selenium with Page objects. Please clone this github repository.

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Apr
03

Selenium Vs Webdriver

admin Agile Testing, Selenium Testing, Webdriver 1 comment

WebDriver is a java based libraries to write automation tests for web applications.

This an awesome driver to test application for various reasons. This is also a better alternative for selenium. Webdriver works on the Principal of talking to browser naively, unlike selenium which works through proxy using javascript. 
One thing is obvious immediately is ‘speed’, webdriver tests run much faster then selenium, reason explained above.

Selenium                                                   WebDriver

Works on proxy                                       Works natively with Browser

Supports Major browsers                       Supports IE, Firefox , HtmlUunit and Iphone

API  is quiet complex                               Simple API

Supports multiple language                     Only Java at the moment
to write tests

  -                                                                    Supports HtmlUnit driver to run tests faster
   
Webdriver is going to become Selenium 2.0 eventually. I personally think, webdriver is next big thing in web functional testing after selenium.
Thanks to Simon Stewart for this awesome tool.
Mar
31

Selenium Interview – A basic guide

admin Agile Testing, Selenium interview questions, Selenium Testing 2 comments

One of my friend recently had to attend an interview for a company for a selenium – tester job profile. Then he asked me, what should I prepare for? Then I thought of putting together this post, as selenium is now an industry accepted tool.
Simple explanations
What is Selenium  ?
- Its a web testing tool.
How it works?
It works through a proxy, using javascript to driver the tests.
What browsers does it support?
Firefox – 3.0/2.0
IE         – 7/8
Safari
What programming languages can you use to write the tests?


Language Selenium IDE Selenium Remote Control Selenium Core
C# Generate code Library (“driver”) support n/a
Java Generate code Library (“driver”) support n/a
Perl Generate code Library (“driver”) support n/a
PHP Generate code Library (“driver”) support n/a
Python Generate code Library (“driver”) support n/a
Ruby Generate code Library (“driver”) support n/a



Preparing for Interview

Tips :
1) Understand the basics right :
-  Basics of Web testing
-  How selenium works?  -  http://seleniumhq.org/about/how.html
2) How selenium Indentifies web element on the page?
- By Id or Name or Using an Xpath
3) Different Flavours of selenium
- Selenium Core
- Selenium RC
- Selenium Grid
4) Selenium  - How to use IDE?
5) Is IDE good enough to automate your tests?
6) What are the practical issues, while using selenium?
7) Selenium Vs Other tools (Like QTP)
8) Multi browser testing with selenium (Or Selenium Grid)