index.md

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

• The Selenium Project and Tools
• Functional Test Automation Basics
• These Docs

2. Getting Started with WebDriver

• Supported Browsers
• Locating Elements
• Acting on the AUT
• Reading Page State
• Grabbing Screenshots
• The Rest of the API

3. WebDriver

• Driver Requirements
• Browser Launching and Manipulation
• Waits (implicit & explicit)
• Support Classes
• HTTP Proxies

4. Remote WebDriver

• Desired Capabilities
• Local File Detector

5. Best Practices

• Page Object Models
• Generating Application State
• Mock External Services
• Improved Reporting
• Avoid Sharing State
  • Fresh browser per test
  • Unique test accounts

6. Worst Practices

• Captchas
• File Download Support
• HTTP Response Codes
• GMAIL and Facebook Logins
• Performance Testing

7. Selenium Grid

• Why Grid?
• Setting Up Your Own
• Configuration
• Maintaining

8. Record-and-Playback

9. Driver Idiosyncrasies

• Shared capabilities
• Driver specific capabilities