Author: Zen and the Art of Computer Programming
1 Introduction
Selenium is an open source automated testing tool that provides functions such as UI automation based on web applications, cross-browser testing, and test result analysis. The functions it provides include: automatic control of browsers, manipulating forms, clicking links and buttons, verifying page elements, executing JavaScript code, generating PDF files, simulating mobile device behavior, real-time logging, multiple report format output, extended interface support, Distributed cluster support, etc.
Selenium WebDriver is Selenium's WebDriver implementation and is an API for building automated test scripts. It is a heavyweight product of Selenium 3.x version, integrating many powerful features and convenience. It can manipulate Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge, Safari, Android Webview, iOS UI Automation and Remote Webdriver servers, etc.
This tutorial will lead readers to understand the working mechanism, syntax specification and programming examples of Selenium WebDriver. By reading this article, you can understand the following knowledge points:
1. What is Selenium?
2. Why use Selenium?
3. How does Selenium work?
4. How to install and configure the Selenium environment?
5. Introduction to Selenium's Java API and test framework
6. The general process and basic elements of writing automated test scripts
7. Some common problems and their solutions
8. Test case code examples to help you get started quickly
9. Some Selenium application scenarios and future direction
2. Basic concepts and terminology
2.1. What is Selenium?
Selenium is an open source automated testing tool that provides functions such as UI automation based on web applications, cross-browser testing, and test result analysis. It provides functions including: automation control browser, manipulation table