Better Software West 2018 Pre-conference Training : Selenium Test Automation: From the Ground Up

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Sunday, June 3, 2018 - 8:30am to 5:00pm

Selenium Test Automation: From the Ground Up

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  • Learn how to incorporate test automation in the development process
  • Discover what Selenium is and how it works
  • Find out how to craft maintainable test frameworks and test suites
  • Understand pain points and solutions to common UI Testing problems
 
Selenium is the industry-standard tool for doing black box, User Interface Testing of web applications, and is a much sought after skill in today’s world of test automation. As companies transition to agile environments, Selenium is an essential tool to release quality software more quickly. This course not only demonstrates how to use Selenium, but will show you how to approach testing websites in general. This course will teach you how to incorporate industry best practices to build maintainable User Interface test suites. 
 
Who Should Attend
This course is appropriate for those doing manual testing who want to automate and who need to understand what Selenium is and how it can be adopted, as well as Developers who are familiar with automated testing but need to better understand the details of Selenium and creating maintainable test suites with it.
 
Prerequisites and Requirements
  • Familiarity with Java or Open Source Programming
  • Laptop with administrator access
  • Installation of the Java Development Kit (JDK), downloadable here
  • Installation of IntelliJ Community Edition IDE, downloadable here.
 
Course Outline
Test Automation Overview
  • Major Problems
  • Test Automation Strategy
Selenium Overview
  • History
  • Purpose 
  • Implementation
  • Usage
Automation Example
  • Sample Site Requirements
  • Approach to Automating
 
Test Framework
  • Initialization and Cleanup
  • Actions and Assertions
  • Site Modeling Abstraction
  • Wrappers and Helpers
  • Data Modeling 
Advanced Selenium Interactions
Running UI Tests Remotely
 
Class Daily Schedule
Sign-In/Registration 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.
Morning Session 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Lunch 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Afternoon Session 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Times represent the typical daily schedule. Please confirm your schedule at registration.
Training Course Fee Includes
• Tuition
• Course notebook
• Continental breakfasts and refreshment breaks
• Lunches
• Letter of completion
Titus Fortner
Sauce Labs

Titus Fortner is a core contributor to Selenium project and the maintainer of the Ruby bindings. He spends a significant amount of time writing open source testing software built on top of Selenium. He is the project lead for Watir and is active in supporting these projects on Stack Overflow, message boards and in the Selenium Slack and irc. Titus has implemented automated tests at five different companies and currently works at Sauce Labs as a Solution Architect, working with the community to facilitate testing best practices.