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Learn Java: Java For Testers: Learn Java fundamentals fast by Alan J Richardson Java: A Beginner’s Guide by Herbert Schildt Selenium Books: Selenium Testing Tools Cook Book by Unmesh Gundecha Selenium Design Patterns and Best Practices by Dima Kovalenko The Selenium Guidebook by Dave Haeffner Test Automation Concepts: The Way of the Web Tester: A Beginner’s Guide to Automating Tests by… Read more →
Identification of correct GUI elements present on web page (e.g. Text Box, Buttons, CheckBoxes etc.) is a prerequisite to create an automation script. Selenium provides a number of Locators to precisely locate a GUI element on the page such as: Ids, Name, XPath, CSS Selector, LinkText/Partial Link Text & Class Name. During application life cycle developers may need to change… Read more →
Develop BDD Mindset: The most important thing before you dive into writing a feature file is to develop a Behavior Driven Mindset. Without BDD mindset, people fall into writing feature files that are like traditional procedure-driven functional tests with step-by-step instructions. Writing long scenarios with lots of incidental details ruins a good story. But at the same time the scenario shouldn’t be… Read more →
Web Sites/Blogs: Learn the Basics Software Testing Help – A software testing blog with in-depth tutorials on manual and automation testing. Guru99 – A good learning resource with lots of free tutorial. Tutorial Point – This site presents an opportunity to learn Software Testing starting from basic to advanced concepts. Go beyond the Basics: OnTestAutomation – A blog by Bas Dijkstra who believes that Test automation is a… Read more →
The most often asked question by those who are willing to enter into Test Automation domain is: Q: What skills a test automation professional should have? Q: Where to start to develop skills to become a test automation developer? Q: What tools I should use to automate applications? There are so many technologies available in the market so it is… Read more →
The primary goal of using certain conventions while writing test scripts is to increase clarity & simplicity of source code. Consistency among all projects will allow other developer to understand the code regardless of who developed the code. I like to think the whole program through at a design level before I sit down and write any of the code…. The… Read more →
What is XPath? XPath stands for XML Path. It is used for navigation of XML documents and allows selecting individual elements, attributes, or other part of an XML document for specific processing. An XMP path consists of one or more location steps, each separated by a forward slash (/). When you need to search for an element, you need the… Read more →
What is POM.XML File? The pom.xml file is the only required artifact in a Maven project. It contains information about the project and various configuration details used by Maven to build the project(s). POM stands for Project Object Model. It is the basic element in Maven and always resides in the base directory of the project as pom.xml. What is… Read more →
Test Automation scripts can turn into a night mare if not written and maintained in an efficient way. If we take care of something small now, it can eliminate bigger problems later. This article offers tips (organized into categories) for writing Automation code which has fewer bugs, is more easily maintained, and takes advantage of some of the most powerful features… Read more →
