Selectors/Locators (Xpath & Others) For Web Test Automation

write robust web locators to write test automation scripts that are likely not to break. Learn Ids, Classname, XPath

What you'll learn

why to write unbreakable web locators for web automation

selecting the best identification method to use

identifying elements on web page using Id, classname, other identifiers

identifying elements on web page using XPath

Requirements

basic knowledge about web and HTML

willing to learn

Description

Web locators are very important in web automation, whether for test or any other purpose. Because everything in web development go for Automation now, including integration in CI/CD pipelines and nightly regression tests, so web locators are nowadays more important than ever.To write a web locator, there's a selections of methods available. Engineers have developed many ways to write web locators. Because in different situations, one or the other web locator may be fit for a specific case. Web locators can depend on Id, a classname, a type, a name or some other property. In other cases, we may be obliged to use XPath. Don't worry, the definition of each of these as well as examples and use cases are covered within this course.We learn in this course what a robust web locator means. How we can write robust web locators. We also learn how to choose the best locator between the different types available for use.To learn more about me and my work background, please visit my personal page. There's other courses on this subject, but I give you the reasons why mine is best for you. First, I come from technical background and have applied the principles in this course many times. Second, I give you complete examples while we learn so that you can see how to actually use the material and excel it. Third, I am always available to answer your questions or inquiries. Please write me and I will always reply to you.I made the course classified into small sections so you can in the future revisit only parts you need to review your knowledge about.It's a fun course, so let's get started right away.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 What are web locators

Lecture 2 The DOM

Lecture 3 The Console; testing tool

Lecture 4 Why we need web locators

Lecture 5 properties of a good web locator

Section 2: Identifying web elements by ID

Lecture 6 Learn about IDs in the web page

Section 3: Identifying web elements by classname

Lecture 7 how to find and use class name

Section 4: other ways to identify web locators

Lecture 8 Other properties of web locators and how to use them

Section 5: identifying web locators by XPath

Lecture 9 What's an XPath

Lecture 10 When to use an XPath

Lecture 11 searching the dom

Lecture 12 Searching by name in XPath

Lecture 13 ancestor/descendant in XPath

Lecture 14 following/preceding in XPath

Lecture 15 Sibling in XPath

web scrapers,test automation engineers,RPA Engineers