{"id":27955,"date":"2024-02-23T09:08:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T09:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/?p=27955"},"modified":"2026-02-23T09:12:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:12:05","slug":"in-your-web-application-if-you-have-100-pages-do-you-create-100-page-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/in-your-web-application-if-you-have-100-pages-do-you-create-100-page-objects\/","title":{"rendered":"In your web application, if you have 100 pages, do you create 100 Page Objects?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In your web application, if you have 100 pages, do you create 100 Page Objects?<\/h1>\n

In a typical Page Object Model (POM)<\/strong> framework, you often<\/em> have one Page Object per logical page<\/strong>, but not blindly \u201c100 pages = 100 classes.\u201d It depends on structure and reuse.<\/p>\n

\u2705When You Would<\/em> Have 100 Page Objects<\/h2>\n

If:<\/p>\n

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    You truly have 100 distinct pages<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Each page has unique structure and behavior<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    There\u2019s little shared functionality<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Then yes \u2014 you may end up with ~100 Page Object classes.<\/p>\n

    That\u2019s perfectly fine. A large system should have a large, well-structured test framework.<\/p>\n

    \ud83d\udeab When You Should NOT Create 100 Page Objects<\/h2>\n

    You shouldn\u2019t<\/strong> create a new Page Object just because:<\/p>\n

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      The URL changes but layout is identical<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Only the data\/content changes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      The page is just a variation of the same template<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Example:<\/p>\n

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      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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      \/products\/1
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      \n\/products\/3<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

      That\u2019s one ProductPage class<\/strong>, not three.<\/p>\n

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      \ud83e\udde0 Better Design Principles<\/h2>\n

      1\ufe0f\u20e3 Think in Components<\/em>, Not Just Pages<\/h3>\n

      Modern applications are component-based.<\/p>\n

      Instead of:<\/p>\n

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      HomePage
      \nLoginPage
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      You might have:<\/p>\n

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      BasePage
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      \nUserTableComponent<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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      Pages then compose components<\/strong>, reducing duplication.<\/p>\n

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      2\ufe0f\u20e3 Use Inheritance or Base Classes<\/h3>\n

      Common functionality like:<\/p>\n

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        Navigation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Waiting utilities<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Common buttons<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Shared layouts<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Should go in a:<\/p>\n

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        BasePage<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

        Each page extends it.<\/p>\n

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        3\ufe0f\u20e3 Group Similar Pages<\/h3>\n

        If you have:<\/p>\n

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          CreateUserPage<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          EditUserPage<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          ViewUserPage<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          You might design:<\/p>\n

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          UserPage (handles multiple modes)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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          Instead of three separate objects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          In your web application, if you have 100 pages, do you create 100 Page Objects? In a typical Page Object Model (POM) framework, you often have one Page Object per logical page, but not blindly \u201c100 pages = 100 classes.\u201d It depends on structure and reuse. \u2705When You Would Have 100 Page Objects If: You […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testing-questions","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27956,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27955\/revisions\/27956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}