Summary

• Selenium IDE allows you to record your interactions with websites, generating and maintaining site automation tests without the need to manually write code.
• The tool captures multiple locators for each element, ensuring robustness and flexibility in test execution.

What is Selenium IDE?

1. Selenium IDE simplifies working with Selenium WebDriver, making it easy to get acquainted with test automation.
2. The new Selenium IDE is designed to record your interactions with websites, generating and maintaining site automation tests, eliminating the need to manually step through repetitive tasks.
3. Selenium IDE records multiple locators for each element it interacts with. If one locator fails during playback, the others will be tried until one is successful, enhancing test resilience.

Why to use Selenium IDE?

1. Testers can quickly create test scripts by interacting with the application in a real browser environment, reducing the learning curve for test automation.
2. The tool automatically generates test scripts based on the recorded actions, saving significant time and effort in test creation.
3. Selenium IDE empowers both technical and non-technical testers to participate in test automation and collaborate effectively for delivering high-quality web applications.

Benefits

The benefits of Selenium IDE in aiTest include:

• Testers can generate Cucumber BDD testcases by using Selenium IDE record and play tool.

How to Add Selenium IDE Extension to Chrome?

1. Go to Selenium IDE official Website https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/selenium-ide/mooikfkahbdckldjjndioackbalphokd
2. To add Selenium IDE Extension to chrome just Click on Add to Chrome option and extension get added to chrome.

How to Record testrun Steps Using Selenium IDE Extension?

1. Go to new tab and select Selenium IDE then Welcome to Selenium IDE! page is open.
2. click on Record a new test in a new project.
3. Enter PROJECT NAMEand Click on Ok button.
4. Enter BASE URL.
5. Click on Start Recording option and Recording Get’s Started.
6. Perform some activities on application which you have given such as serach, click on button, open dropdowns, etc.
7. Go to Selenium IDE page and click on Stop Recordingoption on Right side of Selenium IDE page.
8. Enter Test Name and Click on Ok button.
9. Click on Save button on Right side of Selenium IDE page

Questions Answered

• How to Add Selenium IDE Extension to Chrome?
• How to Record testrun Steps Using Selenium IDE Extension?
• What is Selenium IDE?