Introduction to Selenium

Karlis Zars gives Selenium a compact taught introduction, connecting browser automation concepts with scripts and practical workflow examples. Data-driven work extends the first interactions beyond a single manually selected input. It suits learners who know basic programming and want to understand how a test script interacts with page structure, handles repeated cases and reports an outcome that can be investigated.

What you will learn

• Explore Selenium browser-automation foundations.
• Create test scripts and repeatable workflows.
• Review introductory data-driven automation examples.

Who this suits

Beginners with variables, loops and functions plus familiarity with HTML and CSS. This short course introduces automation; further practice is needed before designing a substantial test framework.

Before you enroll

Practice against a local application or an explicitly permitted testing environment with fictional records. Keep account credentials out of scripts and shared reports. Match browser, driver, language and framework versions with the demonstrated setup; cloud testing services can cost extra. Useful automation needs controlled state, meaningful assertions and failure evidence. A green run alone does not establish complete coverage of an application.

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Put it into practice

Write a small local form test with two fictional inputs. Explain the locator and expected result for each case, then change a field label and investigate which part of the test needs adjustment.

Source and review

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