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I have some queries on selenium:
1. Currently, I am using Selenium RC, through Junit for a web application testing, do you think, this version of Selenium is good for a web application testing .. or do you recommend some other version like Selenium IDE, etc.

2. I have several obstacles with selenium,

first one is selenium doesnot support parameterization(So, data driven testing is impossible),

second one is the checkpoints are in the form of methods like say verifyText().. however the result of this is not in a systematic way instead the test result is shown in Selenese language if Selenium IDE is used and Java exceptions are thrown in case of JUnit (selenium RC).

third one is that when I am testing a web application and assume that I am on screen ‘A’, now I click on some link on this screen and get redirected to screen “B”. My concern is I am not able to access sceen “B” using the JUnit code or any other command under the Selenium package. That’s why I am not able to test any other page except for screen “A”. How do I resolve this issue?

I have tried using waitForPageToLoad(“1000”) method to hold on any action till the next page loads .. but I am getting some error on timeout. I have attached the snapshot with timeout error.

Fourth one: Can you suggest good links on selenium because the tutorial in openqa.com is not elaborate and not really helpful w.r.t programming concepts?

Posted by shobha on January 11, 2008 at 02:00 AM PST #

Thanks Anurag for ur support. I would like to know more abt Data driven tests in Selenium. Thanks again.
:)

Posted by shobha on January 30, 2008 at 09:11 PM PST #

parameterisation is possible - use asp / php with database backend for the variables and put those in the html tables instead of hard-coded strings. That way you can get database records and use them as parameters for a test case.

Posted by Hubert Grzybek on February 04, 2008 at 08:07 AM PST #

I need to have the thorough knowledge on SELENIUM since
the tool is our comapny's current requirement.Can any
one help me please..Required immediate answer please.

Posted by 202.63.117.224 on May 08, 2008 at 05:25 AM PDT #

Hi

Am New to Selenium, can any one help me how to use selenium with Junit?

And i have done a batch file for login page to run in command prompt, how can i perform data driven testing for login page in command prompt?

Posted by Satish D on December 08, 2008 at 04:45 AM PST #