Category: Selenium IDE

I quite often tell clients that their approach to test automation is not sustainable, this got me thinking, does test automation always have to be sustainable and reusable? This all depends on the goal you’re […]

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Selenium IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is a tool that we can use to develop automated test scripts. It has record-and-playback functionality, but we can also write the test scripts ourselves by manually entering the commands. […]

In this tutorial we are going to execute test scripts in different browsers. Prerequisites It is necessary to download the Selenium standalone server, IEDriverServer and chromedriver. (http://code.google.com/p/selenium/downloads/list) In practice We need to start Selenium standalone […]

A test suite is a collection of test scripts. In this tutorial we are going to take a closer look on how to create a test suite. In practice Create a test script as described […]

Some websites are using AJAX to modify the graphical user interface (GUI) without being reloaded. In this tutorial we are going to record website functionality which is using AJAX. We can use waitFor commands, like: […]

With Selenium IDE we can store data and use it later. There are a couple of actions to store data, like: store, storeValue, storeText. In practice We like to store the text from a specific […]

In this tutorial we will modify a test script by adding some commands manually. Prerequisites We can use the test script created in the previous tutorial, but now we want to change the language without […]

In this tutorial we are going to record a test script with Selenium IDE. Prerequisites Ensure that the record button is enabled. Selenium IDE automatically opens in record mode, otherwise you need to click on […]

Selenium IDE comes as a Firefox plug-in and has an easy-to-use user interface. Although the interface is very intuitive the most frequently used parts are explained in this section. Prerequisites As we are going to […]

Selenium tests tend to be slow because they are simulating the end-users behavior. Selenium tests run by default in a sequential predefined order. By using TestNG (a Java testing framework) we are able to run […]