Parallel Testing In Selenium WebDriver
Cross browser testing is deemed to be an indispensable task for modern day release cycle. However, manual cross browser testing could turn out to be very strenuous and time consuming. A major hindrance that developers & testers face is while performing browser compatibility testing of their website or web-application across different operating systems, browsers, etc. This is where Selenium as a free, and open source software steps in!
Selenium is a popular automation testing framework for browser compatibility testing of a web application or a website. Selenium is utilized for performing automated functional testing with less/minimal learning curve with respect to implementation.
Selenium & Python – Getting Started [Installation, Configuration, and more]
Selenium supports multiple top programming languages for testers namely C#, Java, Ruby, Python, Javascript, PHP etc. but many developers & testers are opting for Python with Selenium since Python is less verbose than other programming languages, libraries are very extensive to help you get more work done by writing, clean and better automation code.
- You need to first install Python from here. Choose the appropriate version suitable for your Operating System i.e. Windows, Linux, Macintosh.
- Ensure that your PATH is appended with the location where Python executable is located. e.g. If Python is installed in the location C:\Users\\appdata\local\programs\python\Python36; you need to append the folder location to the environment variable PATH.
3. Once you have installed Python, the next step is the installation of the Selenium package. It is also termed as ‘Python bindings for Selenium’. These binding are critical for performing python automation testing.
Selenium Web Server – The usage of Selenium Web Server is optional and it all depends on the manner in which you want to use the Selenium WebDriver. If you are planning to perform parallel testing in Selenium WebDriver with Python, or any other language through your local machine, where you have the web browsers on which you intend to use for browser compatibility testing, WebDriver API would suffice your requirement. Selenium WebDriver would directly run the browser. Below are the ideal scenarios where you would require the Selenium Web Server:
- You are performing some tests on a browser which is only available in a remote machine, not your local machine.
- You are using a complex distributed Selenium Grid for cross browser testing where the tests are distributed across different Virtual Machines (VMs).
Selenium WebDriver With Python – Usage & Examples
Now that you have the setup ready, you can now use Selenium WebDriver Python Bindings for testing of your web application. Below is a simple piece of code which I used for python automation testing, it will work with the ‘search functionality’ in Google.
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Author: Himanshu