Selenium

Question 1

What is Selenium ?

Answer 1

A set of tools that supports rapid development of test automation for web-based applications.

• Can be recorded and written as HTML
• Cross programming languages: Java, C#, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
• Cross browsers support: IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari and Google Chrome
• Cross platform support: Windows, Linux, and Macintosh.

Question 2

Automation - Advantages

Answer 2

• Reliable: Tests perform precisely the same operations each time they are run, thereby eliminating human error.
• Repeatable: You can test how the software reacts under repeated execution of the same operations.
• Reusable: You can reuse tests on different versions of an application, even if the user interface changes.

-Speed: Run tests significantly faster than human users.
Cost Reduction: As the number of resources for regression test are reduced.

• Better Quality Software: Rapid feedback to developers during the development process as a result of frequent regression testing.

Question 3

Automation - Disadvantages

Answer 3

• Proficiency is required to write the automation test script.
• Debugging the test script is major issue. If any error is present in the test script, sometimes it may lead to dadly consequences.
• Test maintenance is costly in case of playback methods. Even though a minor changes occurs in the GUI, the test script has to be rewritten.
• Maintenance of test data files is difficult, if the test script tests more screens or web-pages.
• Short iteration or very tight deadline, can lead to not enough time to build test automation.

Question 4

Selenium IDE - User interface

Answer 4

Test case list view
Menu list (File, Edit, Options, Help)
Record/Review 
Table/Source
Log/Reference/UI Element/Roll Up View