luisfergromo/beginning-selenium

Speed up your internal testing with web browser and user interface automation powered by Selenium

Selenium Fundamentals

Selenium Fundamentals is a practical course where you will be able to get started and implement your first automated tests. Through this course, you will get the necessary skills and knowledge to test web applications with the most popular automation tool for browsers: Selenium. Using Selenium to automate browsers is a solid choice because its API specification (WebDriver) is on its way to become a W3C standard, which means that all major browsers support it. Different challenges are commonly present at the moment of writing automated tests for web applications; selecting an adequate test framework, using appropriate selectors to avoid flakiness and building an good Selenium framework to test your web application. The course will cover these challenges and provide you with the knowledge to develop stable and effective testing solutions.

What you will learn

• What is automation and why is it important?
• An overview of Selenium WebDriver
• Controlling the browser with Selenium
• Locating and manipulating web page elements

Hardware requirements

For an optimal student experience, we recommend the following hardware configuration:

• Processor: 2.6 GHz or higher, preferably multi-core
• Memory: 8GB RAM
• Hard disk: 50GB or more
• A projector
• An Internet connection

Software requirements

You’ll also need the following software installed in advance:

• Operating system: Windows 7 or Windows 10
• Browser: Google Chrome, Latest Version
• Atom IDE
• Node.js LTS 8.9.1 Installed