Learn how to design a test automation framework for automating web-based applications.

Test Automation

Testing the user interface for any application is generally time-consuming when done for each new release. UI test automation is the most common and effective way to simulate the actual user journey and business use cases for any application.

In this module, we’ll learn to design a test automation framework from scratch to automate any web-based application using Java, Selenium, and TestNG. We’ll start by learning the basics of Selenium and TestNG and then learn about build management, logging, and reporting, all of which are key concepts for any QA engineer or developer. By the end of this module, we will successfully create a UI test automation framework.

Design a Test Automation Framework with Selenium and Java

# What is Selenium?

Selenium is a suite of tools that helps you to automate cross-browser testing for a web-based application.


# Selenium components

The Selenium comprises of these main components:
* **Selenium WebDriver** - is a collection of open-source APIs that helps in simulating user flows for any web-based application
* **Selenium IDE** - is a browser add-on that helps you to create tests quickly through its record-and-playback functionality.
* **Selenium Grid** - helps you in executing tests in parallel across different browsers, operating systems, and machines

In this lesson, we will walk you through Selenium and its components including WebDriver. 

Selenium WebDriver and its Architecture

What is Selenium?

Selenium components