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Introduction

1:09 with Jay McGavren

Being able to manually run Selenium Webdriver scripts and observing their output is useful sometimes. But as your development team keeps adding new features, re-running and watching all the old tests isn't going to be practical for long. For this reason, many teams combine Selenium Webdriver with a testing framework, so that the tests can be run automatically, and any failures reported in an easy-to-read format. In this course, we'll show you how to do that.

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    [MUSIC] Hi, I'm Jay McGavren and

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    I'm here to show you even more about testing

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    your web apps with Selenium WebDriver.

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    Being able to manually run Selenium WebDriver scripts and

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    observing their output is useful sometimes.

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    But as your development team keeps adding new features, re-running and

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    watching all those old tests isn't going to be practical for long.

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    For this reason, many teams combine Selenium WebDriver with

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    a testing framework so that the test can be run automatically and

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    any failures reported in an easy to read format.

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    In this course, we'll show you how to do that.

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    We'll also show you how to avoid your test failing due to elements that

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    aren't present on the page yet and how to scroll the page or

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    interact with elements like checkboxes and radio buttons.

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    We're assuming that particular versions of Selenium WebDriver as well as drivers for

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    your particular web browsers are installed on your machine.

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    See the teacher's notes and be sure you follow the directions there exactly or

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    you may run into trouble following along.

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    Be sure to check the teacher's notes if you encounter an error or two.

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    The solution may be listed there.

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    Ready?

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    Let's get started.

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