Mastering Selenium WebDriver and Java Fundamentals
This course starts with an introduction to Selenium WebDriver and its architecture, emphasizing its crucial role in GUI automation. It covers the evolution of Selenium and reasons for its popularity, ensuring you have continuous support throughout your learning. You'll set up essential tools like Java, Eclipse, and Maven with detailed installation guides for both Mac and Windows. Fundamental Java concepts, including data types, classes, methods, and object-oriented programming, are thoroughly explored to equip you for writing and understanding Selenium scripts. The core of the course focuses on mastering Selenium WebDriver, including environment setup, project creation, running tests on various browsers, locating and interacting with web elements, and managing synchronization issues. Advanced topics cover JavaScript execution, window and iFrame management, mouse and keyboard events using the Actions class, and handling exceptions. By the end, you'll understand Selenium WebDriver architecture, configure necessary tools, write and debug Java programs, execute tests on different browsers, handle complex web interactions, and manage multiple windows and iFrames, enhancing your ability to build robust automation frameworks. Designed for software developers, QA engineers, and test automation professionals, this course requires a basic understanding of programming but covers Java fundamentals from scratch.