Selenium 4 Project Setup on Ubuntu Linux

Overview

Let’s learn the steps involved to set up the Selenium 4 project using IntelliJ IDEA IDE. In this tutorial, we will use IntelliJ IDE on Ubuntu Linux machine.

Pre-requisites

We need to setup the below dependencies in order to start working with Selenium Project. Things like JDK, IDE ( IntelliJ/Eclipse / NetBeans etc) and Maven Project. However, in this tutorial, we will use IntelliJ Community Edition.

Install Java JDK

Install JDK instructions:

https://www.testingdocs.com/download-and-installing-java-jdk/

Install IntelliJ IDEA

https://www.testingdocs.com/downloading-and-installing-intellij-idea-ide/

Setup Maven Project

Maven is optional as most IDE now bundle Maven build tool with the IDE. Create Maven project instructions:

https://www.testingdocs.com/create-maven-project-with-intellij-idea/

Selenium Test interaction with Web Application Under Test.(WAUT)

Add Selenium 4 Maven dependency

Add the Selenium 4 Java binding to the project pom.xml file. Save the POM and reload the project. This will download other Maven dependencies into the local maven repository. Use the latest version in the dependency artifact.

<dependency>
 <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
 <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
 <version>4.0.0-alpha-6</version>
</dependency>

Maven Pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 
http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

 <groupId>com.testingdocs.sample</groupId>
 <artifactId>Selenuim4Project</artifactId>
 <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

 <name>Selenuim4Project</name>
 <!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
 <url>http://www.example.com</url>

 <properties>
 <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
 <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
 </properties>

 <dependencies>
 <dependency>
 <groupId>junit</groupId>
 <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
 <version>4.11</version>
 <scope>test</scope>
 </dependency>

 <dependency>
 <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
 <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
 <version>4.0.0-alpha-6</version>
 </dependency>

 <dependency>
 <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
 <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
 <version>7.1.0</version>
 </dependency>

 </dependencies>

 <build>
 <pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven
 defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
 <plugins>
 <!-- clean lifecycle, see 
https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle -->
 <plugin>
 <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
 <version>3.1.0</version>
 </plugin>
 <!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging: see 
https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html
#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
 <plugin>
 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
 <version>3.0.2</version>
 </plugin>
 <plugin>
 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 <version>3.8.0</version>
 </plugin>
 <plugin>
 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 <version>2.22.1</version>
 </plugin>
 <plugin>
 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
 <version>3.0.2</version>
 </plugin>
 <plugin>
 <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
 <version>2.5.2</version>
 </plugin>
 <plugin>
 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
 <version>2.8.2</version>
 </plugin>
 <!-- site lifecycle, see 
https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#site_Lifecycle -->
 <plugin>
 <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
 <version>3.7.1</version>
 </plugin>
 <plugin>
 <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
 <version>3.0.0</version>
 </plugin>
 </plugins>
 </pluginManagement>
 </build>
</project>

Page Under Test

We will test the Apache Web Server Ubuntu default home page header in a sample test using Mozilla Firefox driver.

Download the Geckodriver for Ubuntu:

https://www.testingdocs.com/download-mozilla-geckodriver-on-ubuntu-linux/

Follow the instructions and place the Geckodriver to project root directory.

Apache Default Page

Sample Selenium Test

package com.testingdocs.sample;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class AppTest {
 @Test
 public void firstTest() {
 WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
 try {
 driver.get("http://localhost");
 WebElement result = driver.findElement(
By.cssSelector("div.page_header"));
 Assert.assertEquals(result.getText(),"Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page");
 } finally {
 driver.quit();
 }
 }
}

Selenium4 Sample TestNg Test