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How does one get started with web test automation using Selenium?
So I've been testing web based analytical software now for the past 4 years or so with mostly manual techniques. But for 2015, I've set myself the goal of getting setup and start writing automated ...
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What Are Some Examples of Why Explicitly Sleep Statements Are Bad?
I've read various places that explicit sleep statements are bad practice in automated tests, even if I've used them occasionally. They can be annoying (creating unnecessary waiting in tests) but I can'...
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How can I switch from manual testing to writing automation?
I am working hourly for low wage as a QA intern/tester. I want to learn more about this field. I have already graduated, so everything I have learned is self taught or learned somehow on the job. At ...
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What is the fastest way to test a website across all browsers and browser versions?
I have made a social media web application and I want to test the compatibility of the web application for the different type of browsers and browser version.
I started testing my web application ...
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Getting nosuchElement Exception for a web element even though I tried all possible solutions
I am using Selenium with Cucumber to automate one web application, But I am stuck at one element which is not working out with the XPaths and link text
I also applied the implicit and Explicit wait, ...
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How should you interview for QA *Automation* positions?
A variant on the How should you interview for QA positions?
I am interviewing candidates for an Automation position, we don't use commercial automation tools, but rather use a framework using mainly ...
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API test automation: GUI tool vs programmatic approach?
We have a Rest API written in C# and I need to investigate a good approach to automate the tests. There are 2 ways to automate API tests:
GUI tool (e.g. SoapUI)
Programmatic approach, using some test ...
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Use Page Object vs other models for Automation in Selenium Webdriver? [duplicate]
I have been doing automation testing since last 2 years and I am following below ways for any website and mobile application automation testing.
Create Global Method class where I implement all test ...
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What tools work well for automating .NET 4.0 web sites using web forms with dynamic data?
What would be the best solution to accommodate automated testing of web forms with code-behind (.NET 4.0)? Specifically, we need a solution that can automate web form testing and handle dynamic data ...
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Clean up test cases
How do companies clean up test cases? If I have 5000 tests in my library and 1000 of them are deprecated because we have cleaned up the code associated originally, how do we ensure that the tests are ...
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What is the difference between keyword driven and Data driven frameworks in Automation?
I am having problems fully understanding the purpose of keyword driven frameworks compared to data-driven frameworks.
What circumstances would make a keyword-driven framework more appropriate for an ...
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How can Internet Explorer 5 be emulated in 2020?
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One of our customers uses a rather old software solution, and this is still based (yes, it's unbelievable!) on Internet Explorer 5, and the customer still uses IE 11 in compatibility mode.
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Mobile automation: Boss wants 100% coverage. How feasible is that?
Just started a new mobile automation role using react native for iOS.
I'm not new to automation, but I am new to React Native (with detox and jest). The learning curve is slow, but we are getting ...
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Test Automation Design Question
I am analyzing automation design for an Intranet based web app with a limited user base:
UI Layer
Web Service Layer
DB Layer
My Approach for automation is:
Web Services layer Test automation
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Are there specific coding guidelines for test automation?
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Currently we are trying to find more ways to write better code. Of course, this does not exclude our automated test cases. We are already testing in the dev environment with SonarCube and ...
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Is Eggplant any good for image capture and image recognition?
As a software tester looking at different automated testing solutions, I need a tool that will interact with a heavily graphical interface such as a flash website or application.
I want the tool to ...
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MS-SQL server sql test automation
I'm looking to create a batch of automated tests in SQL on MS-SQL server, these will include tests like - insert some records, call stored procedure, check certain conditions in various tables. There ...
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Test automation role: challenges beyond automated tests and frameworks?
Before asking the actual question, let me describe the current situation.
The IT department consists of a few Scrum-like teams, with one or two software testers per team.
Furthermore there are two ...
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Generate test data in which format
What is the best approach to make test data configurable ? Through XML file or properties file or any other way. But must not be hard coded.
What approach should be taken to run the same Test Suit ...
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Best approach to learn programming and start test automation [closed]
Where should I start if I want to automate and learn/improve my programming skills at the same time?
I've used selenium webdriver + python and it was really cool, also tried some watir + ruby and now ...
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How you decide the right level of function abstraction in Page object model?
I wonder how people take a call in deciding the right level of function abstraction in Page objects, I sometimes find myself either on a very high level like "CreateOrder" or sometimes very low level ...
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Test Automation for a website with over 8000 webpages
I have joined a team recently where I have been asked to implement automation testing for a SiteCore based website with over 8000 webpages. The exact functionality that was expected of me was to ...
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Automated GUI Testing of MFC/Dynamic HTML embedded Desktop Application
I am working on finding an automated testing tool for a POC project at my organisation. In past I have worked on automation of desktop and web applications using Selenium,QTP and CodedUI. These tools ...
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How to implement Extent report in Cucumber using EventListener and Where to find documentation for this class
I was trying to implement a custom formatter using cucumber event listener but I was not able to get official documentation for this class.
When I Googled i got the below link :
https://www....
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How to automate test the website inside some windows desktop app?
I have this question:
I found there are web test automation tools such as selenium, but they are designed for testing website in the browsers such as ie/firefox/google chrome...
What if the website ...
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Can someone clear-out these job posts for me once and for all? [closed]
A typical job-post for a testing position:
Requirements:
Programming experience with Java, Python, VB or C#
Ability to write test cases and work with test-automation
Database knowledge
Experience in ...
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How we can enter data into multiple fields at the same time to make automation faster?
With selenium we enter one field at a time, right now I am working on a project where there are 1000+ fields, actually it takes huge amount of time.
Is there any possible way in selenium to make ...
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Cucumber + Junit + Extend Test Steps (use IDs in next step)
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We currently use Mockito/ Wiremock (in different teams), Junit and Cucumber in our test procedure.
And test cases are functional, but we want to extend them with regard to post procedures.
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What are features of the Selenium Test framework that are not present in other tools? [closed]
I have recently joined a company and we are looking to standardize our testing frameworks and tools across multiple (many legacy) products.
Because of this, I'm seriously considering the Selenium ...
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java.lang.NullPointerException occured while implementing driver initialization through inheritance
Base class:
public class Base {
public WebDriver driver ;
@BeforeMethod
public void initialize() {
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "/Users/apple/eclipse-workspace/Selenium/...
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