Curious to know more about Selenium 2? On Feb 16, Jason Huggins, co-creator of Selenium, held an online presentation devoted to covering the essentials of this new testing tool that combines the best of WebDriver and Selenium. Here’s a run-down of what was covered: * iPhone and Android testing – See how Selenium 2 allows you to use built-in Android and iPhone emulators to test versions of your applications on the most popular mobile platforms. * Cleaner API for IDE users – Selenium introduces a simplified interface for IDE users that directs you to focus on only two basic objects to construct tests: WebDriver (browsers) and WebElements (anything on a web page). In Selenium 2, every API library is now tailored to each programming language for easier usability. * Enhanced scalability – The new Selenium 2 architecture allows developers and QA teams to “scale up and down”. For a single test on a local machine, you no longer need a background server. But when you want to scale up to run tests across multiple machines with multiple browser configurations, Selenium has all the power you’ll need. * Improved architecture – The new Selenium 2 architecture has enabled the introduction of a number of features that developers and QA pros will love, including native keyboard, support for mouse events, improved capabilities for handling pop-ups, and more stable browser control.

1. Selenium 2
Jason Huggins
Co-creator, The Selenium Project
Co-founder, CTO, Sauce Labs Inc
twitter: @hugs
email: hugs@saucelabs.com

2. Agenda
• Overview of Selenium
• Selenium IDE, RC, Grid
• Why: Selenium 2
• What: Selenium 2
• Demos!

3. What is Selenium?
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4. The Problem

5. Selenium IDE for Firefox

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7. Selenium Remote Control
Selenium RC Server
Python, Ruby,
Your Awesome
Java, C#, or Perl HTTP HTTP HTTP
Web App
Test Script

8. Example Selenium RC Test - Java

9. Example Selenium RC Test - C#

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Selenium Grid
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11. Servers
Time
Unit of Work

12. Servers
Time
Unit of Work

13. Selenium 2:
Why and What

14. Mobile

15. Types of Mobile Testing
• Emulator
• Real device (tethered to workstation)
• Real device in a real location on a real
network

16. Native vs Web

17. Life before the Web
Total Application Market

18. Yesterday
JS+HTML
Total Application Market

19. Today
JS+HTML5
Total Application Market

20. Data?

22. Sencha

23. SproutCore

24. PhoneGap

25. Today
Selenium
lives here!
JS+HTML5
Total Application Market

26. Tomorrow
Selenium
lives here!
JS+HTML5
Total Application Market

27. The Pareto Principle

28. AKA (“The Pacman Problem”)
Selenium 1
Selenium 2

29. Solving the last 20%
• Native keyboard & mouse events
• Same Origin Policy / XSS / HTTP(S)
• Pop-ups, dialogs
– Basic Authentication
– Self-signed certificates
– File upload/download

31. Cleaner API
• WebDriver Object
• WebElement Objects

32. Other Benefits
• Improved architecture
• Removing road-blocks, hacks, and
workarounds
• Scales down (more developer friendly)
experience

33. Selenium Remote Control
Selenium RC Server
Python, Ruby,
Your Awesome
Java, C#, or Perl HTTP HTTP HTTP
Web App
Test Script

34. Selenium 2
Selenium RC Server
Python, Ruby,
Your Awesome
Java, C#, or Perl HTTP HTTP HTTP
Web App
Test Script

35. Python, Ruby,
Your Awesome
Java, C#, or Perl HTTP HTTP
Web App
Test Script

36. Python, Ruby,
Your Awesome
Java, C#, or Perl C/C++ HTTP
Web App
Test Script

37. Running a server is now optional!
Selenium Grid
Python, Ruby,
Your Awesome
Java, C#, or Perl HTTP HTTP HTTP
Web App
Test Script

38. Demo!

39. Links
For More Information:
✓seleniumhq.org
✓code.google.com/p/selenium
✓saucelabs.com/docs/selenium2
✓twitter.com/hugs
Slides:
✓www.slideshare.net/hugs/selenium-2-webinar-the-next-
generation-of-web-and-mobile-application-testing
Code:
✓gist.github.com/830011

40. Thanks!
Jason Huggins
Co-creator, The Selenium Project
Co-founder, CTO, Sauce Labs Inc
twitter: @hugs
email: hugs@saucelabs.com