Selenium Design Patterns and Best Practices
Build a powerful, stable, and automated test suite using Selenium WebDriver
Published on 7. October 2025
270 pages
978-1-78398-271-4 (ISBN)
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Key Features
Book DescriptionSelenium WebDriver is a global leader in automated web testing. It empowers users to perform complex testing scenarios with its simple and powerful interface. This guide will provide you with all the skills you need to successfully create a functional Selenium test suite. Starting from the very beginning of the Selenium IDE, this book will show you how to transition into a real programing language such as Ruby or Java. You will quickly learn how to improve your code quality with refactoring and the skills needed to plan for the future development of your website to future-proof your test suite. With ample test examples running against a life-like e-commerce store and detailed step-by-step code review and explanations, you will be ready to test any challenge web developers might throw your way. This book is intended for anyone who wants to create a test suite that is easy to maintain by expanding your knowledge until you feel truly confident and comfortable with Selenium.What you will learn
Control Selenium WebDriver within any major programing language such as Java, Ruby, Python, and .NET
Learn how to implement a simple test script or a complex Page Objects framework
Set up each test to automatically deal with AJAX and jQuery
Remove test instabilities by blocking thirdparty services
Deal with data uncertainties by using fixtures, JSON APIs, and API stubbing
Improve your test suite continuously by refactoring code and using the DRY principle
Stabilize your tests by using patterns such as the Action Wrapper and Black Hole Proxy patterns
Who this book is for
Book DescriptionSelenium WebDriver is a global leader in automated web testing. It empowers users to perform complex testing scenarios with its simple and powerful interface. This guide will provide you with all the skills you need to successfully create a functional Selenium test suite. Starting from the very beginning of the Selenium IDE, this book will show you how to transition into a real programing language such as Ruby or Java. You will quickly learn how to improve your code quality with refactoring and the skills needed to plan for the future development of your website to future-proof your test suite. With ample test examples running against a life-like e-commerce store and detailed step-by-step code review and explanations, you will be ready to test any challenge web developers might throw your way. This book is intended for anyone who wants to create a test suite that is easy to maintain by expanding your knowledge until you feel truly confident and comfortable with Selenium.What you will learn
Control Selenium WebDriver within any major programing language such as Java, Ruby, Python, and .NET
Learn how to implement a simple test script or a complex Page Objects framework
Set up each test to automatically deal with AJAX and jQuery
Remove test instabilities by blocking thirdparty services
Deal with data uncertainties by using fixtures, JSON APIs, and API stubbing
Improve your test suite continuously by refactoring code and using the DRY principle
Stabilize your tests by using patterns such as the Action Wrapper and Black Hole Proxy patterns
Who this book is for
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
File size
9,72 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78398-271-4 (9781783982714)
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Dima Kovalenko
Selenium Design Patterns and Best Practices
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09/2014
Packt Publishing
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Kovalenko Dima :
Dima Kovalenko started his career in 2003 as a quality assurance intern during his summer internship at Rosetta Stone. Since then, he has spent many years testing software in both a manual and automated fashion in companies such as ThoughtWorks, Groupon, and many others. He has participated in many different types of projects, including language-learning software, web e-commerce stores, and legacy maintenance for telecommunication and airline companies. His experience includes support to Ruby, Java, iOS, Android, and PHP projects as an automated tester and software developer. His first real experience with computers was at the age of 14, shortly after moving to the United States of America from Russia; this encounter has sparked a lifelong passion for technology.
Dima Kovalenko started his career in 2003 as a quality assurance intern during his summer internship at Rosetta Stone. Since then, he has spent many years testing software in both a manual and automated fashion in companies such as ThoughtWorks, Groupon, and many others. He has participated in many different types of projects, including language-learning software, web e-commerce stores, and legacy maintenance for telecommunication and airline companies. His experience includes support to Ruby, Java, iOS, Android, and PHP projects as an automated tester and software developer. His first real experience with computers was at the age of 14, shortly after moving to the United States of America from Russia; this encounter has sparked a lifelong passion for technology.
Content
Table of Contents
Writing First test
Building a test suite
Managing Test Data
Growing the Test Suite
Improving Stability
Testing Behavior not Implementation
Page Object Pattern
Pattern Overview
Appendix: Appendix
Foreword
Writing First test
Building a test suite
Managing Test Data
Growing the Test Suite
Improving Stability
Testing Behavior not Implementation
Page Object Pattern
Pattern Overview
Appendix: Appendix
Foreword
