Selenium IDE for Chrome

What Is Selenium IDE?

• Selenium IDE is a component of the Selenium suite.
• Selenium 'IDE' stands for 'Integrated Development Environment.'
• The record and playback option is made available to create automation scripts to reduce manual scripting efforts.
• The Record and playback option is very similar to that which is in UFT.
• It's an add-on/Plug-in only for Firefox and Chrome browsers.
• It's very easy to install, learn, and work with. 
• Using this Selenium IDE, users can automate test scripts and can validate web applications. 

Now, let us learn how to install and add an extension to the Chrome browser.

Step 1: Launch the Chrome browser.

Step 2:  Search with the keyword 'Selenium IDE for Chrome' in the browser.

Step 3: Click on the option shown in the below screen.

Step 4: Click on the "Add to Chrome" option.

Step 5: Click on "Add extension."

Step 6: Restart the Chrome browser once the above is complete. 

Step 7: Open Selenium IDE from Chrome and start the testing on any web application, as per the business requirements.

Latest Features in IDE:

• Alternative Element Selection:
  • This helps to locate an appropriate element from multiple locators identified for a single element during recording, which results in stable automated test scripts instead of frequent enhancements.
• Control Flows:
  • Supports Conditionals like If, else, and else.
  • Supports loops like while, times, do, and forEach.
• Code Export:
  • Autogenerated code can export to any desired language such as Java/C#/Python/.Net/JavaScript.
  • This export is not limited to tests. Users could also export the entire Test Suite.
• Easy Debugging:
  • The latest feature made it easy to debug the failed tests looking at breakpoints to investigate the failure causes occurred during execution.
  • This makes it easier to understand the end-to-end flow of an executable script by enabling different debugging options.