The Selenium Grid: Run Multiple Automated Tests in Parallel
The Selenium Grid unleashes the full power of Selenium to run multiple automated tests in parallel across multiple platforms. Brian Long demonstrates the use of an open-source framework developed at Virginia Tech to get up and running with a Selenium Grid in about an hour. He begins by discussing the Selenium Grid configuration and then progresses to the installation of the framework. Starting with a clean Selenium installation, Brian uses Git to retrieve and install the open-source Selenium Grid framework, then Maven to build it using the Java JDK. Working from the instructions in the open-source Selenium-Grid-setup project, Brian configures a hub and a node on separate machines. After demonstrating the working grid by running a simple test on the remote nodes, Brian continues with how to use the Selenium IDE to generate tests and integrate them into the Grid by extending the open-source code. Note: There will be some programming!
Brian Long has been a consultant and software developer for more than thirty-five years. During his career he has worked in the fields of insurance, utilities, telecommunications, and higher education in roles ranging from developer to technical lead to lead architect. He joined Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in 2005. An ASTQB certified tester, Brian currently manages Virginia Tech's quality assurance and verification department, runs the university's Selenium Grid, and developed some of the open-source software used in this presentation.