Certified Selenium Tester Foundation

The Certified Selenium Tester Foundation Level offers a practical training course aimed at test professionals who desire a basic understanding of Selenium WebDriver for creating web application tests.; upon successful completion, participants will be able to create and run Selenium WebDriver tests without supervision. Participants in the course will learn about factors to consider when deciding to automate testing as well as specific techniques for navigation, interacting with GUI elements, logging, reporting, and more.

Goals

• You will have an independent, internationally recognised certification as proof of expertise in the field of test automation with Selenium WebDriver.
• You will be able to undertake additional certification at the Advanced Level (when released).
• Upon the successful completion of the course, you will be able to create and run Selenium WebDriver tests without supervision.
• You will be able to apply correctly test automation principles to build a maintainable test automation solution.
• You will be able to choose and implement correct test automation tools.
• You will be able to implement Selenium WebDriver scripts that execute functional web application tests and implement maintainable scripts.

Programma

• Test Automation Basics
• Test Automation Overview
• Manual vs. Automated Tests
• Success Factors
• Risks and Benefits of Selenium WebDriver
• Selenium WebDriver in Test Automation Architecture
• Reasons and Purpose for Metric Collection in Automation
• The Selenium Toolset

• Understandding HTML and XML
• Xpath and Searching HTML Documents
• CSS Locators

• Logging and Reporting Mechanisms

• Navigate to Different URLs
• Change the Window Context
• Capture Screenshots of Web Pages
• Locate GUI Elements
• Get the State of GUI Elements

• Navigate to Different URLs
• Change the Window Context
• Capture Screenshots of Web Pages
• Locate GUI Elements
• Get the State of GUI Elements
• Interact with GUI Elements
• Interact with User Prompts in Web Browsers

• Maintainability of Test Scripts
• Wait Mechanisms
• Page Objects
• Keyword Driven Testing

Exam (optional)

• People with no test automation experience who are starting to automate in Selenium (or who want to get a job doing that)
• People with some GUI test automation experience who are new to Selenium or starting to automate in Selenium (or who want to get a job doing that)
• People with some non-GUI test automation experience who are new to Selenium and starting to automate in Selenium (or who want to get a job doing that)