OpenQA: SeleniumCreate by developers at ThoughtWorks Released publically as an Open Source project on OpenQA Selenium is a test tool for web applications. Selenium tests run directly in a browser. Runs on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh. Runs in Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Firefox. Enables Browser Compatibility Testing. Enables System Functional Testing.
test tool for web applications
Inspiration to Compare Use Cases to the real aplication
FIT enables customers, testers, and programmers to learn what their software should do, and to automatically compare that to what it actually does do. http://lacomplejidad.blogspot.com/2007/10/no-s-cuIt compares customers' expectations to actual results.les-son-las-causas-de-la.htmlz
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Use Case
Basic Flow (Happy path): 1. System prompts the user to log on. 2. User enters his name and password. 3. System verifies the logon information. 4. System logs user on to system.
Uses JavaScript and Iframes in the browser Core runs the tests and interrogates the DOM RC server and Core communicate via AJAX Language hooks communicate with the RC server
Selenium Core
Runs in the browser
Selenium IDE
A Firefox extension Record, edit, and debug tests Includes the entire Selenium Core
Selenium Remote Control
Local proxy server
To avoid the same origin policy.
Mozilla Same Origin Policy The same origin policy prevents a document or script loaded from one origin from getting or setting properties of a document from a different origin. Selenium largely avoids this by acting as a proxy However, your start URL must be not differ during tests
Installation
as java
using CPAN