What is Selenium?

Selenium is a popular open-source framework used for automating web browsers. It provides a suite of tools and libraries for testing web applications and automating web-based tasks. Selenium supports a variety of programming languages such as Java, Python, C#, and Ruby, making it a flexible tool for developers and testers.

Why should students learn Selenium?

1. Industry demand: With the increasing emphasis on automation in the software industry, companies are increasingly looking for professionals who have experience in web automation using tools like Selenium. By learning Selenium web automation, students can make themselves more marketable to potential employers.

2. Time-saving: Automation can help to reduce the time and effort required to perform repetitive tasks. By automating web testing tasks, students can save time and focus on more important tasks.

3. Accuracy: Automated testing using Selenium can help to improve the accuracy and reliability of the testing process. It can help to identify errors and defects quickly, reducing the likelihood of bugs in the final product.

4. Cost-effective: Automated testing can help to reduce the overall cost of software development by identifying issues earlier in the development cycle. This can help to reduce the time and effort required to fix bugs and ensure that the final product is of higher quality.

5. Learning experience: Learning Selenium web automation can help students to develop skills in programming, testing, and problem-solving. It can also help to improve their understanding of web technologies and how they work.

Overall, learning Selenium web automation can provide students with valuable skills and knowledge that can benefit them in their future careers.

Any Prerequisite to learn Selenium?

A Big No

Once you enroll for the course, I will be teaching from the scratch on the below topics,

• Programming langauge (Java or Python) based on the requirements
• A brief overview of Manual Testing
• Selenium - from scratch to complex selenium scripts
• TestNG - Unit Testing framework to better control the flow of execution
• Parallelism - Executing the test cases paralley
• Cross Browser Testing- Executing the test cases parallely in different browsers
• Extent Reports - Share a detailed overview on the test execution
• Page Object Model Framework
• Cucumber BDD Framework