Learning Selenium

Course details

Selenium is one of the most popular tools for testing web-based applications. It allows QA engineers to write and automate tests across many different browsers and operating systems, without a special scripting language. This course introduces Selenium to new users, covering installation and basic use cases. Find out how to set up the test-writing framework, WebDriver, and Selenium Grid, which allows you to distribute the testing load and run tests against a remote server. Learn best practices to write effective tests using variables and functions, and to organize tests into suites that can scale over time. Instructor Meaghan Lewis—a QA engineer at GitHub—also explains the test pyramid paradigm, which details an ideal way to balance unit, integration, and UI testing.

Learning objectives
Setting up Selenium WebDriver
Distributing the testing load with Selenium grid
Setting up a hub and nodes
Writing clean test code
Organizing a test suite

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know
03 - Install Ruby on Mac or Windows
04 - Exercise files
05 - Selenium overview

1. Selenium WebDriver

06 - Using WebDriver
07 - Setting up WebDriver
08 - Using the API
09 - Write a test
10 - Add structure to tests
11 - Running tests
12 - All about the drivers

2. Selenium Grid

13 - Grid benefits
14 - Setting up the hub
15 - Configuring nodes
16 - Running tests
17 - Pros and cons

3. Writing Effective Tests

18 - Clean test code with variables
19 - Clean test code with functions
20 - Page object pattern
21 - Test suite organization
22 - The test pyramid

Conclusion

23 - Next steps