Automated testing of ASP.NET web applications using Selenium


	Automated testing of ASP.NET web applications using Selenium

travislaborde

7-31-2007 7:29 AM

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I luv Selenium

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That is, of course, until I started looking at <A href="http://www.openqa.org/selenium">Selenium</A> and I'm very impressed. Selenium is an open source project with multiple tools designed for testing web applications. Selenium includes:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stevetrefethen.com/blog/AutomatedTestingOfASPNETWebApplicationsUsingSelenium.aspx"><UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.openqa.org/selenium-ide/">Selenium IDE</A> an add-on to <A href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/">Firefox</A> use for recording test scripts  </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.openqa.org/selenium-rc/">Selenium RC</A> (Remote Control) a Java server used for execution of test scripts  </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.openqa.org/selenium-core/">Selenium Core</A> client side testing support for web applications added directly to your application</LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stevetrefethen.com/blog/AutomatedTestingOfASPNETWebApplicationsUsingSelenium.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.stevetrefethen.com/img/B3F6F6C7-C2D2-42EE-AAEC-C42B03BDB82C" alt="Selenium IDE" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stevetrefethen.com/blog/AutomatedTestingOfASPNETWebApplicationsUsingSelenium.aspx"><H3>Example of using the Find button on the Selenium IDE</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stevetrefethen.com/blog/AutomatedTestingOfASPNETWebApplicationsUsingSelenium.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.stevetrefethen.com/img/B7C98C5C-3572-4AD4-A161-CC6C320B47CF" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stevetrefethen.com/blog/AutomatedTestingOfASPNETWebApplicationsUsingSelenium.aspx"><H3>Playing back tests using Selenium TestRunner</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stevetrefethen.com/blog/AutomatedTestingOfASPNETWebApplicationsUsingSelenium.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.stevetrefethen.com/img/30CC8333-BA6F-4B30-887A-24D7137B6B60" alt="Selenium TestRunner" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stevetrefethen.com/blog/AutomatedTestingOfASPNETWebApplicationsUsingSelenium.aspx"><P>After playing with Selenium for about an hour I was easily able to: </p> <UL>
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</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Build a C# NUnit compatible assembly to drive Selenium RC 
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