Install Java

Oracle JRE 1.8 or greater or Open JRE 1.8 or greater

Download Selenium

http://www.seleniumhq.org/download/

The server is a Java Jar file, so it is cross platform by nature.

Move to an easily accessible location i.e.: ~/bin

Download Web Drivers

(Chrome & Firefox or IE???)

Most Web Drivers are third party and are developed by the browser manufacturers.

They can be accessed via the Selenium Download page

Download to the same location as the Selenium server Jar file.

Getting Internet Explorer to work with Selenium

...can make you want to...

Requires Admin permissions to the computer to allow:
Registry key creation/edit using regedit
Set Internet Explorer security settings
Disable Enhanced Protected Mode

Also:
Must use Native Events
Have browser focus
Set zoom level set to 100%
IE WebDriver Documentation

Start Selenium server

Locating elements

The API supports locating elements in various ways including:

• By ID
• By Class Name
• By Tag Name
• By Name
• By Link Text
• By Partial Link Text
• By CSS
• By XPath
• By Javascript

Interacting with elements

The API supports interacting with the browser in the following ways:

• Retrieving text values
• Filling in Forms inputs
• Clicking Links and Buttons
• Moving between Windows, Tabs, Frames
• Handling Popup Dialogs (in browser)
• Navigation, including History and Location (URL)
• Cookies
• User Agent (Firefox only?)
• Drag and Drop
• Via Javascript

Codeception Example

                        public function register(AcceptanceTester $I)
{
    $I->wantTo('Register a new user ' . $this->email);
    $I->amOnPage('/');
    $I->see("Your Application's Landing Page.");

    $I->click('Register');

    $I->fillField('name', $this->name);
    $I->fillField('email', $this->email);
    $I->fillField('password', $this->password);
    $I->fillField('password_confirmation', $this->password);

    $I->click('button[type=submit]');
    $I->see($this->name, 'a.dropdown-toggle');
}
                    

Python Example

                        from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

driver.get('http://localhost:8000')

driver.find_element_by_link_text('Login').click()
driver.find_element_by_name('email').send_keys("matsinet@gmail.com")
driver.find_element_by_name('password').send_keys("password")
driver.find_element_by_class_name('btn-primary').click()

driver.find_element_by_id('task-name').send_keys('Mocha task for STL Full Stack Meetup')
driver.find_element_by_class_name('btn-default').click()

driver.find_element_by_class_name('btn-danger').click()

driver.find_element_by_link_text('Matt Thomas').click()
driver.find_element_by_link_text('Logout').click()

driver.close()
                    

Mocha Example

                        test = require('selenium-webdriver/testing'),
webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');

test.describe('Create a task', function () {
    test.it('should work', function () {
        this.timeout(15000);
        var driver = new webdriver.Builder().
            withCapabilities(webdriver.Capabilities.chrome()).
            build();
        driver.get('http://localhost:8000');
        driver.findElement(webdriver.By.linkText("Login")).click();

        driver.findElement(webdriver.By.name('email')).sendKeys('matsinet@gmail.com');
        driver.findElement(webdriver.By.name('password')).sendKeys('password');
        driver.findElement(webdriver.By.className("btn btn-primary")).click();

        driver.findElement(webdriver.By.id('task-name')).sendKeys('Mocha task for STL Full Stack Meetup');
        driver.findElement(webdriver.By.className("btn btn-default")).click();

        driver.findElement(webdriver.By.className("btn btn-danger")).click();

        driver.findElement(webdriver.By.linkText("Matt Thomas")).click();
        driver.findElement(webdriver.By.linkText("Logout")).click();

        driver.quit();
    });
});