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DataProviders for TestNG tests

Useful: working with files and folders with FileUtils

When it comes to working with files (reading or writing their content, copying) or folders (copying their content, deleting them), the...

TestNG custom listeners: ITestListener

For a better understanding of what these two types can offer, the following references should be read: http://testng.org/javadocs/org/t...

Useful: generating random strings with RandomStringUtils

When writing tests that require the generation of random strings, a very useful class can come in handy, namely RandomStringUtils from...

Running TestNG tests

Running TestNG tests can be done in two ways: either directly from the IDE (by selecting the desired tests and choosing to 'Run TestNG...

Common Selenium exceptions

org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: this is probably the most common exception you will run into when creating Selenium tests....

Waiting for UI events

Selenium has a mechanism of waiting for the page to load, for those situations when an action causes a page refresh. In this case, if the...

Run tests on multiple browsers

Running tests on multiple browsers helps ensure that the behavior and look of your application is consistent for all your users. Selenium...

TestNG @Test attributes

description: a string that gives information about the test it is attached to. timeOut: this is the maximum number of milliseconds for a...

TestNG annotations

Tests written with the TestNG framework need to be annotated properly in order to be recognized as tests. A Java class will contain...

Creating the page objects

What is a page object Simply put, a page object is an object that Selenium uses as a representation of an HTML element. Selenium tests...

CSS Selectors

Identifying HTML elements in order to interact with them within you tests can be done by using CSS Selectors, which use pattern matching...

XPATH selectors

Select a node by its name: nodename. Example: if the node is an h3 element, the selector is: h3. Select all the nodes that have a certain...

Setting up the Selenium bits

After the project is created, you need to setup the Selenium dependency, in order to use the library's functionality. Make sure you...

Create the Maven profile for running tests.

After the project has been created, you will need to decide how you want your automated tests to run. Keeping in mind that developers...

Import the testing dependencies

How this works is that upon project compilation (when you run the 'mvn clean install' command), Maven will search in the repository it...