1.
Introduction to Selenium
What is Selenium?
Understand the basics of Selenium and why it's popular for automation testing.
Key Points:
o Overview of Selenium WebDriver and its architecture.
o Differences between Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grid, and Selenium IDE.
Setting Up Selenium
o Install Java, Maven, and a preferred IDE (Eclipse/IntelliJ).
o Install Selenium WebDriver and browser drivers (ChromeDriver,
GeckoDriver).
Basic Automation
o Writing your first test script in Selenium WebDriver.
o Launching a browser, navigating to a website, locating elements, and
performing actions (click, input text, etc.).
2. Core Selenium Concepts
Locating Web Elements
Learn different ways to locate web elements on a page:
o By ID, Name, ClassName, TagName, LinkText, CSS Selector, XPath.
o Best practices for locating elements (e.g., using IDs or stable attributes).
Handling Different Types of Elements
o Dropdowns (Select class).
o Checkboxes, radio buttons.
o File uploads/downloads.
o Alerts, popups, and frames.
Synchronization in Selenium
Learn how to deal with dynamic content:
o Implicit Wait, Explicit Wait, and Fluent Wait.
o PageLoadTimeout.
Actions Class for Advanced User Interactions
o Handling mouse and keyboard events like drag-and-drop, double-click, etc.
3. Test Framework Integration
TestNG/JUnit for Selenium
o Understanding unit testing frameworks.
o Setting up TestNG/JUnit in your Selenium project.
o Writing test cases with annotations (@Test, @BeforeMethod, @AfterMethod).
o Test suites, grouping tests, and parallel execution.
o Generating test reports.
4. Introduction to BDD
What is BDD?
Learn the principles of Behavior-Driven Development and how it differs from TDD
(Test-Driven Development).
o Writing tests from the perspective of the end-user.
o Focus on collaboration between developers, testers, and non-technical
stakeholders.
Gherkin Language
o Understanding Gherkin syntax: Given, When, Then, And, But.
o Writing feature files with Gherkin to describe user behavior.
Setting Up Cucumber with Selenium
o Introduction to Cucumber as a tool for BDD.
o Installing Cucumber and integrating it with Maven/Gradle.
o Writing and organizing feature files.
o Creating step definitions to map Gherkin steps to Selenium code.
o Running Cucumber tests and generating reports.
5. Advanced Selenium with BDD
Page Object Model (POM)
o Understanding the Page Object Model (POM) design pattern for Selenium
tests.
o Implementing POM in a BDD framework for better code organization and
maintainability.
Data-Driven Testing with Cucumber
o Using data tables in Cucumber to test multiple scenarios with different inputs.
o Externalizing test data (Excel, CSV, JSON) and using it in BDD tests.
Hooks in Cucumber
o @Before, @After hooks for setup and teardown processes.
o Tagging scenarios for selective execution.
6. Selenium Grid for Parallel Testing
What is Selenium Grid?
Learn about Selenium Grid for running tests on multiple machines and browsers.
o Setting up a Hub and Node architecture.
o Running tests in parallel across different environments.
o Cross-browser testing strategies.
7. Reporting and Logging
Generating Reports
o Configuring Cucumber Reports, TestNG Reports, and Extent Reports for
better test insights.
Logging
o Implementing logging (Log4j/SLF4J) to capture useful information for
debugging.
o Understanding the importance of screenshots on failure and log tracking.
8. CI/CD Integration with Selenium BDD
Jenkins for Continuous Integration
o Setting up Jenkins for running your Selenium BDD tests automatically.
o Triggering tests on code changes using version control tools like Git.
o Generating and sharing test reports in Jenkins.
Dockerizing Selenium Tests
o Running Selenium in Docker containers for scalable test execution.
o Using Selenium Grid in Docker for parallel cross-browser testing.
9. Best Practices and Optimization
Writing clean, maintainable test scripts.
Avoiding flaky tests by using proper synchronization and locators.
Optimizing test execution by running tests in parallel and using headless browsers.
Continuous refactoring of step definitions and POM to avoid redundancy.
10. Practical Project
Real-World Project
Create a project where you automate end-to-end scenarios using Selenium with BDD.
o Use tools like Jira to track test requirements.
o Design test cases based on feature files.
o Implement the entire BDD cycle and integrate it into a CI/CD pipeline.
o Perform cross-browser and parallel testing using Selenium Grid.
