Overview
Let’s get started with Selenium. Selenium WebDriver is a functional automation tool that automates web application testing.
Selenium WebDriver automates web browsers. It provides a set of APIs that can be used to interact with web browsers. These APIs allow web page navigation, click buttons, enter text into text boxes, and select options from drop-down menus.
WebDriver is cross-platform and supports a variety of operating systems and web browsers. It can automate web browser interactions on Windows, Mac, and Linux machines.
Dependencies
We need the following installed on the test machine to work on a Selenium Automation project.
Java JDK
https://www.testingdocs.com/download-and-installing-java-jdk/
IDE
https://www.testingdocs.com/downloading-and-extracting-eclipse-ide/
Download Components
Download standalone Selenium jar files, language bindings, browser drivers, and plugins.
We can specify the Maven dependencies to work with Selenium in an automation project.
Download URL
https://www.selenium.dev/downloads/
Browser Drivers
Selenium uses browser drivers specific to each web browser to establish a secure connection with the web browser. Selenium WebDriver supports multiple web browsers to test and run web applications on the browsers.
Some supported browser drivers are as follows:
- Mozilla GeckoDriver
- Google Chrome Driver
- Opera Driver
- Microsoft Edge Driver
- Safari Driver
- HtmlUnitDriver
JSON wire protocol
JSON wire protocol provides a transport mechanism to transfer data between servers and clients. JSON wire protocol is the industry standard for various Restful web services.
Selenium Test Scripts
To use Selenium WebDriver, we must first install the appropriate driver for its web browser. Once the driver is installed, we can start writing selenium test scripts. Selenium test script is the test code written in any programming language the driver interprets. Selenium test scripts are written in various programming languages, like Java, Python, C#, and Ruby. The syntax for writing test scripts varies depending on the programming language.
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Selenium Tutorials
Selenium Tutorials on this website:
https://www.testingdocs.com/selenium-webdriver-tutorial/
Selenium official website: