Selenium Java Test Framework & Best Practices - Masterclass

Course Updates:

Nov 2023: The course fully supports latest Selenium version 4.15.0, latest Java 21, and latest versions of all supporting libraries.

*This course use Selenium 4.x.x for framework development*

Why this course?

Do you want to learn how real automation frameworks are built using Selenium by following 50+ industry best practices?

Did you learn Selenium in the past, but still figuring out how to go about developing a framework that is Readable,  Maintainable and Scalable?

Is your team struggling with implementing automation frameworks that really works?

Did you learn many bad automation practices in the past that simply doesn't work and want to unlearn all those practices?

Then you are at the right place. This course is exactly what you were looking for!

• I'll take you through an exciting journey of developing Selenium automation framework from scratch using a dedicated live e-commerce practice website!

• I'll teach you 50+ industry best practices to follow while developing Selenium automation frameworks.

• I'll teach you about design patterns and how to efficiently use OOP concepts in the framework.

• I'll show you how to integrate APIs with the automation framework and use those to skip login through UI, to set the test data and to set the application state. All of these are Selenium recommended best practices.

• I'll show you how to follow Single Responsibility Principle (SRP) and Do Not Repeat Yourself principle (DRY) which are a must while developing the framework

• I'm VERY RESPONSIVE in the Q&A section. I respond to queries within 24 hours. If the time zone difference is not that huge, I can respond within 3-12 hours.

We will start with the bad practices first. This is what most of us do when we first start with developing automation frameworks.

Then I'll make you unlearn all these bad practices step-by-step by implementing many of the industry best practices using LIVE coding. I'll not only explain you the "what", but also the "why" and "how" while explaining each and every concept.

By the end of this course, you are surely going to be confident enough to build Selenium automation frameworks from scratch for any live website. You are going to think like an automation lead, plan and design the automation framework, write optimized and clean code and follow good programming and automation practices.

What topics are covered in this course?

MANY. Here's the list:

• Setup the Maven project

• How to automate tests using bad practices

• Let's talk bad practices

• Implement Page Object Model design

• Create Data objects as Java Objects using POJOs

• Synchronization [Wait] techniques and best practices

• Optimizing tests

• Implement Page Factory and discuss the Pros and Cons

• Automatic driver management using WebDriverManager

• Configure and drive framework using Maven

• Support multiple browsers

• Configure and drive framework using TestNG

• Configure and drive framework using Maven and TestNG both

• Implement Parallel execution using TestNG and Maven

• Configure and drive framework using JUnit [specially for JUnit folks]

• Parallel execution using JUnit [without ThreadLocal]

• Implement Singleton Design Pattern for Config properties

• How to support multiple test environments

• Discuss issues with writing end to end tests

• Convert to Atomic tests

• Integrate APIs

• Use APIs to inject cookies to browser and skip login through UI

• Use APIs to set test data

• Use APIs to set application state

• Refactor tests to use APIs

• TestNG Data Provider

• Reuse Page Objects using Composition

• Composition Vs Inheritance

• Different ways to handle Parallel execution issues

• Factory design pattern using Interface

• Factory design pattern using Abstract class

• How to take screenshot

• How to take full page screenshot using AShot

• When to use OOP concepts in automation frameworks

• Allure Reporting and generate feature rich reports

• Integrate the framework with GitHub

• Auto-trigger automation from Jenkins using GitHub Web Hooks, SCM Polling and Build Frequency

Technology stack:

• Selenium

• Java

• TestNG

• JUnit

• Maven

• Rest Assured

• Jackson Data bind API

• Allure

• GitHub

• Jenkins

What else is included in the course?

• All the code/notes used in the lectures are available for download

• You will get my full support in the Q&A