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In this course,

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we are going to explore the wonderful
world of web browser automation.

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If you don't know what that means yet,
you are in the right place.

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We'll start from the very beginning and
work our way into a hands-on specific use

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case using a powerful automation
framework known as Selenium.

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Software development is a process and
it has a life cycle.

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Writing code is only one part of that.

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In order to successfully
release software to users,

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it really ought to be thoroughly tested.

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Now this helps not only to ensure that
it's working as it is intended, but

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also helps your users
avoid unnecessary errors.

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Users really don't like bugs, so you need
to make sure that they don't see them.

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So do you just manually test all
the interactions, on all browsers,

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on all operating systems?

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That seems boring and incredibly tedious.

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Well, here's the good news.

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You can actually write code that will go
and do all the clicking and filling out

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the form fields and all the permutations
for you and have it report back.

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Computers don't get bored
by the tedious tasks.

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And I think you'll see that writing this
automation code is actually pretty fun.

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It's a win-win.

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Yeah, and you can use this automation
code in your testing framework so

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your app can be fully tested
in all those permutations.

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That's yet another win.

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So are you ready to start winning?

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There are a bunch of automation tools, but
Selenium is definitely one of the most

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popular ones out there, and
it's been around for a long time.

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Let's get started.