Selenium IDE - Beginners Guide

Selenium Beginner's Guide:
Selenium is an automated testing tool. Varius selenium testing tools used widely are,

• Selenium IDE
• Selenium RC
• Webdrivers
• Selenium Core etc

Getting Started With Selenium IDE

Installing Selenium IDE Add-on to FireFox Browser

Selenium IDE plugin can work only with "FireFox" browser. 

Selenium IDE plugin can be downloaded from http://seleniumhq.org/download/ this link (Use FireFox browser)

Restart your FireFox browser. 

Click Tools --> Selenium IDE. Selenium IDE successfully added to the Firefox add-ons.

Recording Scripts With Selenium IDE

1. Enter the URL to be recorded in the Base URL field. (For Ex: www.google.com).

2. Click "Record" button.

3. Open www.google.com in your browser.

4. Enter some text in the query field (For ex: enter Anitha blog in google search engine)

5. All the actions will be recorded by the selenium IDE.

Example Selenium IDE scripts to open google and search the keyword "Anitha's Blog"

Step 1: 

Using FireBug to identify Web Elements:

With your firefox browser open  https://getfirebug.com/downloads/, Click download button on the top right corner. It will navigate you to .xpi file lists , click any one of the firebug xpi file.Restart your Firefox browser. Firebug add-on will be added to your "FireFox" browser.

Finding Web Elements:

• Open www.google.com
•  Press "F12" button. Firebug watcher will be opened on the webpage.
• Identify the name of the google textbox using firebug.

Writing Selenium IDE scripts

Open 

This command is used to open the given URL. 

(Command: open Target: www.google.com )

WaitForElementPresent

This  Command let the browser to wait until the specified web element is appear/present  in the webpage.

(Command: WaitForElementPresent Target: id=gs_ttg)

Type

This Command will enter the given value into the specified target.

(Command: Type Target: id=gs_ttg Value:Anitha's Blog)

Click

This Command clicks the specified target location.

(Command: Click Target: id=gs_ttg)