Learn how to design a test automation framework for automating web-based applications.

Test Automation

Testing the user interface for any application is generally time-consuming when done for each new release. UI test automation is the most common and effective way to simulate the actual user journey and business use cases for any application.

In this module, we’ll learn to design a test automation framework from scratch to automate any web-based application using Java, Selenium, and TestNG. We’ll start by learning the basics of Selenium and TestNG and then learn about build management, logging, and reporting, all of which are key concepts for any QA engineer or developer. By the end of this module, we will successfully create a UI test automation framework.

Design a Test Automation Framework with Selenium and Java

## What is Gradle?

[Gradle](https://gradle.org/) is an open-source build management system that allows you to build any software. It caches dependencies locally and downloads them in parallel. 

## Install Gradle

Gradle needs Java [JDK](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/javase-jdk8-downloads.html) or [JRE](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-jre8-downloads.html) version 8 or higher to be installed as a prerequisite.

The current latest version of Gradle can be downloaded from [here](https://gradle.org/releases/).

To install Gradle on Linux or Windows, follow the [user guide](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/installation.html).

For installation on Mac via command line, you can use the below `brew` command:  

# What is Gradle?

[Gradle](https://gradle.org/) is an open-source build management system that allows you to build any software. It caches dependencies locally and downloads them in parallel. 

# Install Gradle

Gradle needs Java [JDK](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/javase-jdk8-downloads.html) or [JRE](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-jre8-downloads.html) version 8 or higher to be installed as a prerequisite.

The current latest version of Gradle can be downloaded from [here](https://gradle.org/releases/).

To install Gradle on Linux or Windows, follow the [user guide](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/installation.html).

For installation on Mac via command line, you can use the below `brew` command:  

This lesson gives a brief introduction to Gradle. It is more like a guide to set a Gradle project on our system, depending on its requirements.



Introduction to UI Test Automation

Selenium WebDriver Basics

TestNG Framework

Build Management

Configuration Management

Logging

Reporting

Designing the UI Test Automation Framework

Sample UI Test Framework

Conclusion