Selenium WebDriver Recipes in Node.js

Learn about Selenium WebDriver to create cross-browser tests, explore 170+ recipes, and discover techniques for automating user interactions efficiently across various browsers. Gain valuable automation skills.

Beginner

105 Lessons

26h

Certificate of Completion

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This course includes

64 Playgrounds

18 Quizzes

This course includes

64 Playgrounds

18 Quizzes

Course Overview

Selenium WebDriver is a powerful web framework that allows you to execute cross-browser tests. By learning this tool, you can create robust, browser-based regression automation suites and tests, all while scaling and distributing scripts across many different environments. This is a recipe course, meaning you can directly go to the part that interests you. For example, if you are testing a multiple select list and don’t know how, you can look it up in the course roadmap and proceed with that lesson. With ...Show More

Course Content

Getting Started

Get familiar with Selenium WebDriver basics, Mocha framework, and running your first test.

What is this Course About?

Introduction to Selenium WebDriver

Mocha: A JavaScript-Based Test Framework

Selenium with JavaScript Binding

Running Your First WebDriver Recipe

Quiz Yourself on Selenium Concepts

Working with Locators

Unpack the core of using locators, finding web elements, and advanced techniques in Selenium.

Locators

Locating Web Elements

Advanced Techniques

Quiz Yourself on Locators

Working with Hyperlinks

Break apart handling hyperlinks with Selenium: clicking, linking by text/ID/XPath, nth link, and verifying.

Hyperlinks

Clicking a Link By Text, ID, and XPath

Clicking the Nth Link and Link Verifications

Getting Link Attributes and Tabs Switching

Quiz Yourself on Hyperlinks

Working with Buttons

Grasp the fundamentals of button interactions, form submissions, and assertions in Selenium WebDriver with Node.js.

Buttons

Clicking a Button By ID, Name, Image, and Javascript

Form Submissions

Button Assertions

Quiz Yourself on Buttons

Working with Text Fields and Areas

Solve problems in text field interactions, text entry, clearing fields, and handling inaccessible fields.

Text Fields and Text Areas

Entering Text Into Text Fields and Text Areas

Clearing a Text Field and Focusing On a Control

Handling Read-Only, Disabled or Hidden Fields

Quiz Yourself on Text Field and Text Areas

Working with Radio Buttons and Radio Groups

5 Lessons

Follow the process of effectively interacting with and testing radio buttons and groups using Selenium.

Working with Checkboxes

5 Lessons

Master the steps to interact with, check, and uncheck standard and customized checkboxes using Selenium WebDriver in Node.js.

Working with Select Lists

6 Lessons

Step through handling select lists in Selenium, selecting single/multiple options, clearing selections, and asserting values.

Page Navigations and Browser Management

4 Lessons

Look at navigating web pages and managing browser windows with Selenium in Node.js.

10.

Assertions

5 Lessons

Break apart various methods to assert pages, text, tables, and miscellaneous elements.

11.

Working with Frames

3 Lessons

Enhance your skills in testing frames and iFrames using Selenium WebDriver in Node.js.

12.

Working with AJAX

5 Lessons

Solve problems in handling AJAX in Selenium WebDriver with targeted wait strategies.

13.

Working with File Uploads and Pop-Up Dialogs

4 Lessons

Tackle file uploads and handle JavaScript and modal pop-up dialogs in Selenium.

14.

Debugging Test Scripts

4 Lessons

Master the steps to efficiently debug Selenium WebDriver scripts using various techniques.

15.

Testing Data

5 Lessons

Step through methods for testing numeric, alphabetic, alphanumeric, and miscellaneous data in Selenium.

16.

Working with Browser Profiles and Capabilities

5 Lessons

Get started with managing browser profiles, headless testing, file downloads, and bypassing authentications.

17.

Working with Advanced User Interactions

4 Lessons

Examine advanced user interactions with Selenium's Actions API, simulating complex keyboard and mouse operations.

18.

Working with HTML5 and Dynamic Websites

7 Lessons

Enhance your skills in testing HTML5 fields, JavaScript events, and dynamic frameworks with Selenium.

19.

“What You See Is What You Get” HTML Editors

1 Lesson

Solve problems in testing WYSIWYG HTML editors like TinyMCE, CKEditor, and SummerNote.

20.

Leverage Programming

5 Lessons

Follow the process of leveraging programming for enhanced test flexibility, dynamic data, and error handling.

21.

Optimizations

2 Lessons

Maximize test efficiency with text assertions, JavaScript inputs, ternary operators, and environment variables.

22.

Gotchas

2 Lessons

Break down common Selenium test errors and fix element interaction issues.

23.

Appendix A: Miscellaneous

3 Lessons

Get started with Material Design apps, Selenium Server, and parallel test execution in Selenium Grid.

24.

Appendix B: Installations

4 Lessons

Go hands-on with setting up Node.js, Selenium, browsers, and IDEs for optimal testing.

25.

Wrapping Things Up

1 Lesson

Break down the steps to improve test automation skills, maintain scripts, and use parallel testing.

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