Automation Testing using Selenium & Katalon Studio

Learn the essential tools for automation testing with Selenium and Katalon Studio, including the Java Development Kit, Katalon Studio 4.6, and Bugzilla, and how to set them up locally.

Download the Java development kit, choose 32-bit or 64-bit for your OS, install with default settings, then set JAVA_HOME and update PATH; verify with java -version and javac -version.

Learn how to set up Bugzilla on a Windows box using a Win32 installer, configure port 5001, set root and bugs passwords, and log in via the browser.

Learn how to set up eclipse on your local system by first installing the JDK, downloading a suitable eclipse flavor, extracting the zip, and launching eclipse with a default workspace.

Explore the Selenium WebDriver architecture, including browser drivers like Chrome Driver, Gecko Driver, and Internet Explorer Driver, the WebDriver interface, and core browser methods such as close, quit, and switchTo.

Explore how Selenium WebDriver architecture works by building a simple Java project in Eclipse, wiring Selenium jar, and using the WebDriver interface with ChromeDriver to open a page and quit.

Learn manual mode in Katalon Studio, using drag-and-drop keywords built on Selenium to automate web tests—open browser, navigate, click file a bug and login, then close.

Learn how to write automation scripts in script mode using Java or Groovy, automate opening a browser, navigating to Bugzilla, and performing login with debugging and breakpoints.

Explore how to use Firebug and FirePath extensions in Firefox to inspect page elements, generate XPath expressions, and validate syntax for reliable absolute and relative XPaths.

Learn how to build robust XPath selectors in Selenium and Katalon Studio using and, or, equals, contains, text, start with, normalized space, index, and last functions, absolute versus relative XPath.

Learn to locate text fields, buttons, checkboxes, hyperlinks, and radio buttons with xpath using Firebug and Firepath, and understand multiple xpath forms and unique selectors for reliable Selenium tests.

Learn CSS selectors for locating elements in web pages, using direct child and descendant syntax, attribute and id/class shortcuts, nth-of-type, and starts/ends/contains matching.

Learn how the descendant axes view enables robust XPath for dynamic elements by using a constant-attribute current node and filtering by type, such as input and legend.

Master locating elements with the following and descendant axes, identifying parallel and child relationships via a reference node, then apply position, last, and descendant filters for robust XPath.

Master the ancestor axes view in xpath by using a reference node to locate parent and ancestor elements, and combine descendant, following-sibling, and position filters to reach targets.

Explore the preceding axis view in XPath, which selects nodes at the same level above the current node, and compare it with the following axis view for locating elements.

Explore Ranorex Velocity as a Chrome addon to identify and validate web element locators using CSS, XPath, and link text, with auto detect, highlighting, and copy selector features.

Harness the Spy Web tool in Katalon Studio to identify and capture web elements, generate robust locators, and organize them in an object repository for reusable, maintainable test scripts.

Learn browser functions in manual mode: open and close browsers, maximize windows, refresh, and navigate to urls with delays, while auto driver setup covers Edge, Chrome, and Firefox.

Explore how to use browser functions in script mode with Katalon Studio's Web UI built-in keywords to open, navigate to a url, delay, refresh, maximize, and close browsers.

Learn to automate browser functions with the Selenium WebDriver API, including opening and closing or quitting the browser, navigating to URLs with get or navigate, refreshing, and maximizing the window.

Handle text boxes in script mode with Katalon Studio. Locate test objects via find test object and use set text or send keys for input, including waits and debugging.