Selenium Webdriver: What are Implicit and Explicit Waits

Learn how to correctly use implicit and explicit waits using Selenium Webdriver

Created byNikolay Advolodkin

Last updated 1/2023

English

What you'll learn

Understand the importance of having good Synchronization
Understand Explicit Waits
Understand Implicit Waits
Understand the WebDriverWait class
Know how to use the WebDriverWait class
Know how to use DefaultWait class aka FluentWait

Course content

1 section • 19 lectures • 1h 20m total length

Section syllabus2:18
Resources1:05
Why did this test fail4:18
Answer to why the test is flaky2:44
What is an implicit wait in selenium4:15
2nd example of an implicit wait4:28
This lecture demonstrates a five-second implicit wait in Selenium WebDriver, showing how find element waits and can fail when the element is not visible in the DOM.
How to make implicit wait work3:31
Quiz on implicit waits5:15
Answer to quiz on implicit waits1:59
What's next1:20
What are explicit waits3:00
2 types of explicit waits3:47
WebDriverWait4:16
ExpectedConditions4:44
Customizing the WebDriverWait7:23
What is the future of ExpectedConditions11:55
the lecture explains selenium 3.11's removal of expected conditions and page factory and guides migrating to custom waits or selenium extras weight helpers.
Proper synchronization quiz5:38
Use explicit waits to synchronize on the slowest loading element in Selenium WebDriver, reducing flaky tests. Identify the slow element via the network waterfall and apply waits before actions.
Synchronization quiz answer7:37
Learn to synchronize web tests with Selenium by applying implicit and explicit waits, validating elements as they load, and reducing flakiness through targeted waits.
BONUS LECTURE!!!0:51

Requirements

Knowledge of Selenium Webdriver API
Knowledge of Visual Studio
Knowledge of C#

Description

Are your automated functional tests flaky? Do they randomly fail and you are unsure why? Is your team frustrated with the "instability" of your Selenium Webdriver tests?

If you are interested in fixing all of these problems and making your tests more stable, then you need to understand how to use all of the different types of waits in Selenium Webdriver. Knowing how to handle synchronization issues will make you a top notch Test Engineer!

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In this course, you will:

1. Learn the problems that can occur as a result of improper synchronization

2. Learn how to use Selenium Webdriver explicit waits

3. Master Selenium Webdriver implicit waits

4. Understand what a DefaultWait is

5. Comprehend how to use all of the different types of waits during appropriate situations

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Who this course is for:

QA Engineers
QA Analysts
Automation Engineers
SDETs
Anyone interested in further understanding Selenium Webdriver