Automation with Selenium
The Selenium Tester Foundation is a practical training course aimed at test professionals who desire a basic understanding of Selenium WebDriver for creating web application tests.
In this three days training you’ll learn about Test automation basics, internet technologies for tests automation of web applications. You’ll learn how to use Selenium Webdriver and prepare maintainable tests scripts. You will learn about factors to consider when deciding to automate testing as well as specific techniques for navigation, interacting with GUI elements, logging, reporting, and more. Upon the successful completion of the course, you will be able to create and run Selenium WebDriver tests without supervision.
Who should attend this training?
The training is aimed at people who already have achieved an advanced point in their careers in software testing and wish to develop their expertise in test automation:
- People with no test automation experience who are starting to automate in Selenium;
- People who want to get a job in automating with Selenium;
- People with some GUI test automation experience who are new to Selenium or starting to automate in Selenium;
- People with some non-GUI test automation experience who are new to Selenium and starting to automate in Selenium.
Prior knowledge or training required
General knowledge of basic programming. General knowledge of Python.
Structure of this training
This is a three-day course with time for the exam on the third day. It consists of equal parts lecture/ demonstrations and hands-on exercises. The certification exam is a 60-minute, 40 questions, multiple-choice exam.
With a score of 65% or higher you get the Selenium Tester Foundation Certificate. In case of a virtual classroom training, the exam will be planned on another day.
Course outline
Test Automation basics
- Test automation overview
- Manual vs Automated
- Success Factors
- Risks and benefits of Selenium
- Selenium in TA architecture
- Metric collection
- The Selenium Toolset
IT for TA in Web applications
- Understanding HTML and XML
- XPath and Searching HTML docs
- CSS locators
Using Selenium Webdriver
- Logging and Reporting Mechanisms
- Navigate to Different URLs
- Change the Window context
- Capture Screenshots
- Locate GUI elements
- Get the State of GUI elements
- Interact with GUI elements
- Interact with user prompts
Preparing Maintainable Test Scripts
- Maintainability of test scripts
- Wait mechanisms
- Page Objects
- Keyword Driven Testing
Application of the theory
- The training combines exercises and theory.
- During this training you will apply the things you learn on a real-life application
Possibilities in-house training
Improve provides this training in house and tailored to your specific situation or needs upon request. For further information please contact us at +31 40 – 202 1803 or opleidingen@improveqs.nl.
