Web Test Tutorial - Part 1

Preconditions

• Is the Selenium WebDriver installed? Learn more: Selenium_WebDriver_Plugin/en#Browser_Support
• Is Firefox installed? Alternatively, Chrome and Safari also work.
• Internet connection available?
• Start expecco
• Select "New Testsuite"

• Undo button to remove existing demos

Create a connection

• Open the Gui-Browser

• Connect to the test website

• Has a Firefox window opened in the background?

First steps with the recorder

• Start recorder

• Recording a login sequence
  • Switch the mode

• • Insert text

• • Insert passwort

• • Press the submit button

• Convert workspace in an action block

• Prepare action block for execution

• Leave GuiBrowserand open network tab

• Correlate the connection with the action block, insert action block for this

• Move and rearrange action blocks

• Add TriggerInput to first SendKeys action block
• Add values to the "Reuse or Start Session" action block by double-clicking on the pins of the action block
  • name: http://expeccoalm-demo.exept.de (any name)
  • startURL: http://expeccoalm-demo.exept.de
  • browserType: Firefox (select in drop-down menu)

• Execute action blocks
• Press "Execute" (the green arrow)

• When the test is finished, your browser opens in front.

• expecco should look like this now:

• The detailed execution of action blocks is visible in the network tab.

Verify data fields

• Verification: is it the right page?
  • Open tab "Gui Browser"

• Read path (Xpath) with:
  • Hover the element with the mouse (fly over)In the recorder

• Select parent element from text

• Prepare AktionblockGet text
  • Expand Elements in the tab "Actions"

• Select "Get Text" action block and copy it to the "Test" tab

• Switch to the "Login" action block, insert the copied action block there

• Insert action block to check for equality [ Assert Equals ]

Test execution

• Click on the green "Play" icon

• View detailed test run

• Save test-suite

Query element properties

• Properties
  • Open GUI-Browser

• Hover Project-filter-input to show the elements in the tree of the GUI-Browser

• Select any element and property for the test

• Select the "Check Attributes" action block

• Insert and connect action block

• Execute Test(see above)
  • It is important that the test environment (the browser) is reset to the start page(see also next step)before each test execution. Alternatively, you can simply close the browser.
    • Close remote-controlled browser

• Execute test

Close the session after each test

• Insert new action block

• Apply changes to the SessionEnd action block

• Drag the SessionEnd action block in the field "AfterExecution"

• Now the test can run as often as required without the Browser has to be closed

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