We test every code or application to find out the behavior of the application or whether it achieves all the requirements, and serves the user with expected functionality and the correct use cases. You might have come across testing frameworks like JUnit, TestNg, etc., but they are used to perform testing on only a single language or two. But what if we need to test a project which contains multiple programming languages? We cannot install different frameworks for different languages. So to help us overcome such problems, a framework called Selenium is designed. Selenium allows us to test a lot of programming languages. Selenium provides us with its own Selenium IDE to perform testing. Let’s learn what Selenium IDE is, its features, and its benefits in this article.
Selenium IDE
Selenium IDE is an open-source automation testing tool provided by Selenium to help us write test cases. It is user-friendly as no server installation is required to run the tests in IDE. It allows us to convert the test cases to different programming languages without the necessary knowledge of the programming language. The benefits provided by Selenium IDE are
Automatically records test cases.
Supports third-party plugins
Operates based on Selenese commands
Test cases can be re-used
In-built Assertion functionality
Installation
The Selenium IDE is only available for Chrome and Mozilla Firefox as plugins. We can download it from Firefox, as shown below.
Step 1: Open the browser(Firefox or Chrome) and click on the following links or paste the URL in the respective browsers for addons. The URL redirects you to the pages shown below.
Step 2: Click on the add to Chrome or add to Firefox button. This shows a popup asking your permission to add the extension. Click on yes to add the extension to your browser.
Step 3: Restart your browser to find the icon of Selenium IDE on the top right corner of your browser. Click on the icon of the extensions and enable it if you don't see the icon.
Step 4: Click on the icon of Selenium IDE to launch it. It will open the IDE as shown in the picture. Now you can write your tests and execute them
Features
The features provided by Selenium to control and manage the execution of test cases are
Speed Control – Helps us to control the speed of execution of test cases.
Run All – This allows us to execute the entire Test Suite.
Run – Runs the selected test.
Pause/Resume – this allows us to pause or resume test cases.
Step – Helps us to step into a specific command in the test script.
Rollup helps us group all the Selenese Commands and execute them as a single operation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Selenium? Selenium is an open-source testing framework used to automate tests for only web applications. It supports automation on different browsers and operating systems. It provides a single interface that allows you to write test scripts in programming languages like Ruby, Java, NodeJS, PHP, Perl, Python, and C#.
What is Selenium IDE used for? Selenium IDE is an open-source automation testing tool provided by Selenium to help us write test cases. It is user-friendly as no server installation is required to run the tests in IDE.
Can we install Selenium IDE in any browser? No, Selenium IDE cannot be installed in all the browsers. It only supports Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. We can add the IDE as an addon or extension to these browsers.
What is the base URL in Selenium IDE? The base URL is the index of your project's site. The page which appears first when we open the project is the index page, and its URL should be provided as the base URL.
What script does IDE stores the records in by default? The Selenium IDE stores the records in HTML by default. But they can be configured to the different languages like C#, Java, Python, Ruby, PHP, etc.
Key Takeaways
We have discussed Selenium IDE and its features in this article. You can learn more by exploring the best IDEs supported by Selenium to perform testing using it.
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