Selenium webDriver: Multiple test cases in a single Class?

Question

I'm using Java and Selenium Webdriver, but there is something that I don't understand. Do I need to create separate classes for each test, or I just need to create one class and in that class have all my tests.

Can someone help me with this?

Answer 1

(Unit)Test-runners wrap their tests in a class for execution. You can place multiple tests into a single class. Often an annotation is used to show the class method is a test. jUnit uses @Test, MStest uses <TestMethod> and nUnit uses [Test]

Personally I group tests that test the same part of the application into a single class. This way the class files do not become to big and I can add helper functions close to the tests.

Now you are thinking about how to structure your automated tests also be sure to read about the Page Object pattern. As it the current best practice in preventing code duplication in tests.