WebDriver is a tool for writing automated tests of websites. It aims to mimic the behaviour of a real user, and as such interacts with the HTML of the application. More info here.
Eclipse installation
- Download Eclipse (I use Eclipse Classic - don't really know what is the difference between all of them)
- Extract the archive to a folder (e.g. c:\eclipse)
- Run Eclipse.exe (I would recommend to create a shortcut and put it to the desktop or taskbar)
- Create a new Java Project - File/Add/Java Project. Name the project (e.g. webdriver) and accept the rest of the defaults
Webdriver setup
- Download the latest selenium-java-<newest version>.zip here
- Unzip the files into the project that you just created. I would suggest to create a folder under the project root called /lib (my example: c:\workspace\webdriver\lib\)
- Back in Eclipse, right click on your project in the Package Explorer and choose Properties -> Java Build Path
- Choose the Libraries tab and click Add External Jars...
- Select all the jars that you just unzipped into the /lib/ folder and click OK
Create a new test with Webdriver
- Add a new Package - File/New/Package (name it e.g. test)
- Select a new package and add a new class - File/New/Class. Give the class name (e.g. Test) and accept the other defaults, but make sure that public static void main(String[] args) checkbox is enabled.
- Copy the following code into your Eclipse project and Run the test!
package test;
import
org.openqa.selenium.By;
import
org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import
org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[]
args) {
WebDriver driver = new
FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("http://www.google.com");
WebElement element =
driver.findElement(By.name("q"));
element.sendKeys("webdriver
how to find elements");
element.submit();
System.out.println("Test
passed!");
}
}
As the result Google page should be opened in new FireFox window. The code in Eclipse should look like this:
