Step-by-Step Guide to Create Your First Test Case
Selenium IDE works with Chrome Browser and Mozilla Firefox.
Step 1: Setting Up Selenium IDE
To set up Selenium IDE in your browser you can visit the Selenium IDE website or click on this link to add the extension.
Step 2: Create a New Project
Open the installed Selenium IDE extension to access its default interface. Then, click “Create a New Project“.
Step 3: Name your project
The next step is to assign a name to your project. You can give any name that reflects your project’s identity.
Step 4: Creating a New Test Case
To begin the process of creating a test case for your website, add a new test case by clicking ‘+’ on the Tests tab and name your Test.
Step 5: Adding Playback base URL
A playback base URL is required to execute your test case, your test case will start from the URL that you will give. Add a playback base URL e.g., https://www.w3wiki.org/ in the tab as shown in the image below.
Step 6: Recording Your Test Case
To start the recording of your Test Case, click the recording button available. It will capture every interaction with the web application in real time.
Step 7: Performing Actions
Visit the website you intend to test and carry out the specific actions you wish to incorporate into your test case. Selenium IDE will record these actions as steps in your test case.
For example, Initiate a search for “Selenium IDE” in the search bar on w3wiki website and press Enter to initiate the search. Click the first article that will redirect you to the Selenium IDE article webpage.
Step 8: Stopping Recording
Once you’ve completed your interactions, click the “Stop Recording” button in Selenium IDE.
Step 9: Running Your Test Case
Click the “Run current test” button to execute your test case and it will replay the actions that you performed. Observe the interactions and you can identify any issues during the test run.
Step 10: Evaluate
You can easily evaluate the summary of your test case by checking the ‘log’ section below, which will help you identify whether any steps have failed or passed.
Step 11: Export Your Test Case
Click on the three dots located on the right side of your test and select ‘Export‘ to export your test case in your desired language so that you can use it with other Selenium tools and frameworks for various testing and automation purposes.
It will give you options to export your test case in the given languages. You can choose any of the given languages to export your test case.
Output:
Explanation:
After using Selenium IDE what you get is a score of your web test case. After running a test case, you can quickly measure its performance and check on the behaviour of your web application.
- The log contains a brief description indicating the success or failure of every individual step of your testing procedure. The log shows how successful you are with your automated test.
- The log enables you to determine whether any problems or mistakes arose during the test run. This detailed feedback aids in identifying bugs, anomalies, and undesirable behaviours in your web applications.
- This ensures the web application does what it is supposed to do and conforms to set standards.
- Ultimately, it generates one that assures you of a PASS or FAIL status for every phase of testing, plus a feedback mechanism to allow tuning and enhancement of automation tests.
- The Selenium IDE helps to establish a feedback loop for maintaining the reliability and quality of web applications.
Selenium IDE-First Test Case
Selenium IDE is an open-source tool that is widely used in conducting automated web testing and browser automation. This tool is intended mainly for Web Application testers and developers to develop, edit, and run automated test cases for Web Applications. Selenium IDE lets you easily playback and record interactively web application activities during test automation on the browser-based interface. You don’t need much programming skills to use it. Even if you’re not great at programming, you can still make simple automated tests with it.