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Web Application Testing With Selenium
Kerry Buckley
What’s Selenium?
Created by ThoughtworksUses AJAX & magic
What’s Selenium?
• Web testing framework
Created by ThoughtworksUses AJAX & magic
What’s Selenium?
• Web testing framework
• Runs in a browser
Created by ThoughtworksUses AJAX & magic
What’s Selenium?
• Web testing framework
• Runs in a browser
• HTML & Javascript
Created by ThoughtworksUses AJAX & magic
What’s Selenium?
• Web testing framework
• Runs in a browser
• HTML & Javascript
• Open source
Created by ThoughtworksUses AJAX & magic
What’s Selenium?
• Web testing framework
• Runs in a browser
• HTML & Javascript
• Open source
• http://openqa.org/
Created by ThoughtworksUses AJAX & magic
Four Flavours
Four Flavours
• Selenium Core
Four Flavours
• Selenium Core
• Selenium IDE
Four Flavours
• Selenium Core
• Selenium IDE
• Selenium Remote Control (RC)
Four Flavours
• Selenium Core
• Selenium IDE
• Selenium Remote Control (RC)
• Selenium on Rails
Application
Selenium Core
Browser
Just HTML and Javascript, so can be installed in any web/app server.Install at any convenient path, as long as it’s onthe same server (host & port).Don’t deploy to live!
Selenium Core
Application
Browser
Selenium
Just HTML and Javascript, so can be installed in any web/app server.Install at any convenient path, as long as it’s onthe same server (host & port).Don’t deploy to live!
Selenium Core
Application
Browser
Selenium
Just HTML and Javascript, so can be installed in any web/app server.Install at any convenient path, as long as it’s onthe same server (host & port).Don’t deploy to live!
Selenium RC
Application
Browser
No need to change application.Server launches, drives and kills browser(s).Acts as proxy to get round same-source policy.
Selenium RC
Application
Browser
SeleniumServer
No need to change application.Server launches, drives and kills browser(s).Acts as proxy to get round same-source policy.
Selenium RC
Application
Browser
SeleniumServer
Tests
No need to change application.Server launches, drives and kills browser(s).Acts as proxy to get round same-source policy.
Selenium RC
Application
Browser
SeleniumServer
Tests
No need to change application.Server launches, drives and kills browser(s).Acts as proxy to get round same-source policy.
Selenium RC
Application
Browser
SeleniumServer
Tests
No need to change application.Server launches, drives and kills browser(s).Acts as proxy to get round same-source policy.
Browser
Selenium IDE
Application
Firefox plugin. Single browser, but cross-platform.Record, edit and playback.Import/export various formats (HTML tables is default, like Selenium).
Selenium IDE
Application
BrowserSelenium
Firefox plugin. Single browser, but cross-platform.Record, edit and playback.Import/export various formats (HTML tables is default, like Selenium).
Selenium IDE
Application
BrowserSelenium
Firefox plugin. Single browser, but cross-platform.Record, edit and playback.Import/export various formats (HTML tables is default, like Selenium).
Selenium on Rails
Application
Browser
Selenium
Only runs in test mode, so you don’t need to remove it to deploy.
Selenium on Rails
Application
Browser
SeleniumRails
Magic
Only runs in test mode, so you don’t need to remove it to deploy.
Pros and Cons
Pros and Cons
• Runs using a real browser
Pros and Cons
• Runs using a real browser
• Cross-platform & cross-browser
Pros and Cons
• Runs using a real browser
• Cross-platform & cross-browser
• Language-agnostic
Pros and Cons
• Runs using a real browser
• Cross-platform & cross-browser
• Language-agnostic
• Hard to test across hosts or ports
Pros and Cons
• Runs using a real browser
• Cross-platform & cross-browser
• Language-agnostic
• Hard to test across hosts or ports
• including SSL/non-SSL
Demo
