Introducing WebDriver and WebElements

In this chapter, we will look briefly into Selenium, its various components, such as Appium, and proceed to the basic components of a web page, including the various types of WebElements. We will learn different ways to locate WebElements on a web page and execute various user actions on them. We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

• Various components of Selenium Testing Tools
• Setting up a project in Eclipse with Maven and TestNG
• Locating WebElements on a Web Page
• Actions that can be taken on the WebElements

Selenium is a set of widely popular tools used to automate browsers. It is largely used to test applications, but its usages are not limited to testing. It can also be used to perform screen scraping and automate repetitive tasks in a browser window. Selenium supports automation on all the major browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge, Apple Safari, and Opera. Selenium 3.0 is now a part of W3C standards and is supported by major browser vendors.