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Get More Refcardz! Visit refcardz.com#67Getting Started withCONTENTS INCLUDE:nnnnnnAbout SeleniumArchitecture in a NutshellInstalling SeleniumRecording/Playback using Selenium IDESelenese Table FormatSelenium Command Reference and more.SeleniumBy Frank Cohensource project. It uses Selenium RC to provide Selenium Gridlike capability with the added advantage of providing datadriven Selenium tests, results analysis charts and graphs, andbetter stability of the test operations.About SeleniumSelenium is a portable software testing framework for Webapplications. Selenium works well for QA testers needingrecord/playback authoring of tests and for software developersneeding to author tests in Java, Ruby, Python, PHP, andseveral other languages using the Selenium API. The Seleniumarchitecture runs tests directly in most modern Web browsers,including MS IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari, and Chrome. Seleniumdeploys on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh platforms.The PushToTest open-source project provides Selenium datadriven testing, load testing, service monitoring, and reporting.TestMaker runs load and performance tests (Type 3) in aPushToTest TestNode using the PushToTest SeleniumHTMLUnitlibrary and HTMLUnit Web browser (and Rhino JavaScriptengine.)Selenium was developed by a team of programmers andtesters at ThoughtWorks. Selenium is open source software,released under the Apache 2.0 license and can be downloadedand used without royalty to the originators.HotTipHTMLUnit runs Selenium tests faster than a realbrowser and requires much less memory and CPUresources.Architecture in a Nutshellwww.dzone.comInstalling seleniumSelenium Browserbot is a JavaScript class that runs within ahidden frame within a browser window. The Browserbot runsyour Web application within a sub-frame. The Browserbotreceives commands to operate against your Web application,including commands to open a page, type characters into formfields, and click buttons.Selenium IDE installs as a Firefox add-on. Below are the stepsto download and install Selenium IDE:1. Download selenium-ide-1.0.2.xpi (or similar) fromhttp://seleniumhq.org.2. From Firefox open the .xpi file. Follow the Firefoxinstructions.3. Note: Selenium Grid runs as an Ant task. You need JDK1.6, Ant 1.7, and the Selenium Grid 1.0 binary distribution.Additional directions can be found athttp://selenium-grid.seleniumhq.org/get started.html4. See http://www.pushtotest.com/products for TestMakerinstallation instructions.Selenium architecture offers several ways to play a test.Get More Refcardz(They’re free!)SeleniumnFunctional testing (Type 1) uses the Selenium IDE add-onto Firefox to record and playback Selenium tests in Firefox.Functional testing (Type 2) uses Selenium Grid to run tests ina farm of browsers and operating environments. For example,run install Selenium Grid on 3 operation environments (forexample, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Ubutu) and on eachinstall 2 browser (for example, Microsoft Internet Explorer andFirefox) to smoke test, integration test, and functional test yourapplication on 6 combinations of operating environment andbrowser. Many more combinations of operating environmentand browser are possible. An option for functional testing(Type 2) is to use the PushToTest TestMaker/TestNode openDZone, Inc.nnnnnnAuthoritative contentDesigned for developersWritten by top expertsLatest tools & technologiesHot tips & examplesBonus content onlineNew issue every 1-2 weeksSubscribe Now for FREE!Refcardz.com www.dzone.com

2Record/playback using selenium ideHotTipGetting Started with SeleniumSelenese Table FormatSelenium IDE is meant to be a light-weight record/playbacktool to facilitate getting started with Selenium. It is notdesigned to be a full test development environment. WhileSelenium records in an HTML table format (named Selenese)the table format only handles simple procedural test usecases. The Selenese table format does not provide operationaltest to performnormally.Selenium supports thecomponent approachin three ways:Selenium IDE supportsTest Suites and TestCases, exportingSelenium tests todynamic languages(Java, Ruby, Perl, etc.)DZone, Inc. www.dzone.com

7Getting Started with Seleniumnative interface. This solves the test playback stability issuein Selenium 1.0 but requires the Selenium project to maintainindividual API drivers for all the supported browsers. Whilethere is no release date for Selenium 2.0, the WebDriver codeis already functional and available for download athttp://code.google.com/p/webdriver.Selenium BiosphereTest Maker allows repurposing Selenium tests as load testservice monitors. http://www.pushtotest.comBrowserMob facilitates low-cost Selenium load s provides a farm of Selenium RC servers for testing.http://saucelabs.com/Available TrainingThoughtWorks Twist can be used for test authoring t-agile-test-automationSkillsMatter.com, Think88com, PushToTest.com, RTTSWeb.com,and Scott Bellware (http:blog.scottbellware.com) offer trainingcourses fro Selenium. PushToTest offers free Open Source TestWorkshops (http://workshop.pushtotest.com) as a meet-up forSelenium and other Open Source Test tool users.Running a Selenium test as a functional test in TestMaker.TestMaker displays the success/failure of each command in thetest and the duration in milliseconds of each step.About The name seleniumThe Future, Selenium 2.0 (AKA Webdriver)Selenium lore has it that the originators chose the nameof Selenium after learning that Selenium is the antidote toMercury poisoning. There appears to be no love between theSelenium team and HP Mercury, but perhaps a bit of envyThe Selenium Project started the WebDriver project, to bedelivered as Selenium 2.0. WebDriver is a new architecturethat plays Selenium tests by driving the browser through itsA B O U T t h e A ut h orR E C O M M E N D E D B oo kAs a Java developer, you want a guide that shows youhow to add Ajax functionality to your web applicationswith a minimum of effort. Well look no further than ProAjax and Java Frameworks. In this book, recognizedJava experts and authors of the best-selling Apresstitle, Foundations of Ajax, will show you how.Frank Cohen is, Founder of PushToTest, Author ofFastSOA. Through his speaking, writing and consulting, FrankCohen, is the expert that information technology professionalsand enterprises go to when they need to understand and solveproblems in complex interoperating information systems,especially Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Ajax, andWeb services. PushToTest is the open-source test automationsolutions business, and maintainer of the popular TestMakeropen-source projectWebsite: www.pushtotest.comThe Cohen Blog: l Cheat Sheets You Can Trustby.rnsettn PagisDe“Exactly what busy developers need:simple, short, and to the point.”ldonaMcDsonaJByz.com#8iredInsp eby thGoF llerseBestE:LUDIN CilityTSENnsibNTspoCOf ReoindChamanCom reterrpIntetor.oreItera tordmdiad anMe rverthoseMeSObRNplateTTETemChaMoefre RcnGetcontinuedsn’tr doendlee had thst anquerele ahaveJames Ward, Adobe Systemstorndlee haith thst wuereqome.inthee torencrefe listed inicksActa qus, asNPjernebeIGvids,patt able OproDESram .ignusardUTdesdiaglef RerefcroF)ABOmpts olassokeernsexaInvur (G lemenes cdoPattdhrlFnfoigsucs: Einclugoal wnrnDesrncDaereeisje tsttGgANThpatt , and at ob mentinl 23 sign PaMcahucMintrendEationpleCOorigmaonskDre.rmaomto c their imboo SoftwantteCinfoedcreCliethedage: Us d fromndCon()ente on, usmar nsctcuteOriCom )tiupleattesbje( exeloweolanaal P e decois alpnrgcutechxolae. Ths suati exets.rman bbject nshipccfoCrejeyan otioetoobd as ed relams,t thedeateasriththaarate: Usbe tr ject bts.m.r nsdispalgocrit to lly obeteyeejegsnttgivbasywinonaPaanaallo traditis.Receen oralen mderuestto m betwectutwent orreq ndled inn.sasedsvariaStrus be.latecatioe hacans: Uor inilitiepsuinvoto b llbackscturethatthetimesEnca questnsibcatterny.struipslingreandriantnalitl Pa d respoingthenshhandraposeuingnctio led at vaocturcess befuuetiionjePlaobproavndack,aas qtoethet ree ha eded.bcallbnous nalitycBeh nshipsbmednrojeedtofroay neneedobis ne upledynchnctiotioat cYouut an iss ne questse as the fucorelawiths thitithoueste tharrebe delitat pattern ssing w tation articulReqy ofealsshipfaciouldpdenstorceUsetione: De.A hi voker shned to mman for pro implem ents its ting.relacop runtimcoy Proatd imjecue isare utilizing a job q of theCueue e queObueswithygedenqdgethques. Ben tohaneals me.croxyJob orithm be giv knowle that is terfaceDPe:gctbntieinSrleof al ed ca to have d obje of theermpcoppileratoutanExaservnesss S at comexec e queue commDecoObconfiSClaethBdthen. Thfordengekingletoithininvo hm wFacachaSingodtoryRefcardz.comnnn.comnzw. doneDZone communities deliver over 6 million pages each month sitStramore than 3.3 million software developers, architects and decisionwwSBridSgeBuildCerBBBBrmakers. DZone offers something for everyone, including news,Bfin otyCha tBehralavioYtutorials, cheatsheets, blogs,featurearticles, source code and more.ILITNSIBSPRESOsuccessorOAIN“DZone is a developer’sdream,” says PC Magazine.CHF aceterf r in andleHst ( )queleredn haUpcoming TitlesMost PopularRichFacesAgile Software DevelopmentBIRTJS

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