I’m a complete selenium newbie. Where should I start if I want to learn how to use it?
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I’m a complete selenium newbie. Where should I start if I want to learn how to use it?
I’ve used Selenium in two different ways:
Selenium Remote Control – Great at scripting tests that manipulate a large amount of data to hit or insert into a website because you can manipulate the Selenium commands from a real programming language (I used Ruby).
Selenium IDE – Excellent at making quick scripts to demonstrate problems and single path execution of a website. The Firefox plugin integration is excellent and easy to use. Non-developers can even create and submit scripts to demonstrate problems.
Pick one of the two ways and write a script to do something routine on the web (check for latest Hockey scores from NHL.com, etc). After you have that super-simple script running, try something more complex.