Akash 2013CA05 software testing presentation -selenium
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Selenium IDE is a tool that allows users to record, play back, and debug tests of web applications directly inside their web browser. It was originally developed by Shinya Kastani as an extension of the Selenium core JavaScript code. Selenium IDE records user interactions on a website as functions and allows those functions to be played back to test the site's functionality. While only compatible with web-based applications, Selenium IDE provides advantages like supporting multiple browsers and platforms, error handling, and test data-driven testing. It works by sending test commands from a client library to the Selenium server, which then executes those commands using the Mozilla Firefox browser and returns testing results to the user.
Akash 2013CA05 software testing presentation -selenium
- 1. A Presentation on Selenium IDE Submitted To:- Dr. Anoj Kumar, Software Engineering Submitted by:-Group No. 1 Members:- Aayushee Agrawal (2013CA) Ahmad Salim(2013CA) Akanksha Mishra(2013CA) Akash Verma(2013CA05) Akshay Shendurnikar(2013CA)
- 2. History • Selenium IDE was developed by Shinya Kastani • While studying about the selenium core he extended the JS code (of the core) to create an IDE that could be plugged into a web-browser. • This IDE recorded & played back the user actions; so that the events could be traced out on a timeline to test the site’s functionality. • Years later in, 2006, the IDE collaborated into the “Selenium Package”
- 3. What is Selenium Introduction & OBJECTIVE: • A testing tool to perform website testing. • A URL is passed into it and selenium keeps tracing all the activities being performed by the user like clicks as functions. • On the site any activity by the user is recorded/traced by selenium as functions • Activities may be : clicks/navigations/etc. • Utility Commands: assert/verify/click & wait/etc. • Working Platform: Mozilla Firefox Web Browser
- 4. Limitations & Advantages Limitations: • Compatible with web-based applications only. • Does not comply with mobile based applications • Barcode readers/ captcha cannot be tested using selenium. • Being an open source tool, there is no vendor support for selenium. Advantages: • Supports PL/constructs/range of browsers & platforms/creation of user defined utilities. • Supports error handling+ Database testing/test data driven testing/ logging & capturing screenshots • Can also be used to test frameworks such as “TestNG” , “Junit”, etc. • Most importantly, It is applied in Functional & Regression Testing.
- 5. Mechanism behind Selenium! Client Library Selenium Server Selenium Server Testing Results Web Browser (Mozilla) Browser DispatchDeport test commands Decipher into JS Executes commands using selenium server Gives output
- 6. Working of selenium • The user creates a test script in the preferred PL (designated client library support I there for ever PL) • Client library deports commands to the server. • Further, the commands are deciphered into JS code and sent to the browser • There, Mozilla firefox executes the commands using selenium server • And ultimately, the selenium server presents the user with the required testing output about the site’s functionality.
- 7. Conclusion • This testing tool is a boon for web based applications and thus is efficient + effective with them • Selenium is a portable software testing framework for web applications. Selenium provides a record/playback tool for authoring tests without learning a test scripting language (Selenium IDE). • It is implemented as a Firefox Add-On, and allows recording, editing, and debugging tests. It was previously known as Selenium Recorder. • It also provides a test domain-specific language (Selenese) to write tests in a number of popular programming languages, including Java, C#, Groovy, Perl, PHP, Python and Ruby.