Use PageObjects Pattern
Page Object is a Design Pattern which has become popular in test automation for enhancing test maintenance and reducing code duplication. A page object is an object-oriented class that serves as an interface to a page of your Application Under Test.
The tests then use the methods of this page object class whenever they need to interact with that page of the UI. The benefit is that if the UI changes for the page, the tests themselves don’t need to change, only the code within the page object needs to change. Subsequently all changes to support that new UI are located in one place.
Be Robust and Portable
Preferred selector order: id > name > css > xpath
To locate an element we can use
- the element’s ID
- the element’s name attribute
- an XPath statement
- by a links text
- document object model (DOM)
Avoid Thread.sleep prefer Wait Instead of sleep
public void clickOnContactType() {
getDriver().findElement(By.id(“contacttypelink”)).click();
sleep(500);
}
Use Wait
(new WebDriverWait(driver, 30)).until(new ExpectedCondition() {
public Boolean apply(WebDriver d) {
return d.getTitle().toLowerCase().startsWith(“Java Developer”);
}
Use jre 1.6
If while starting your integration tests you encounter:
java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: HOURS at org.openqa.selenium.remote.internal.HttpClientFactory.(HttpClientFactory.java:44)Or
java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: java/util/concurrent/TimeUnit.HOURS
Run your test with a jre 1.6
How to close Firebug startpage
FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
profile.setPreference(“extensions.firebug.currentVersion”, “1.8.2”);
driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);
Note that you may need to adapt the version.
IE Not Working
Check:-
- The browser zoom level must be set to 100% so that the native mouse events can be set to the correct coordinates.
- On IE 7 or higher on Windows Vista or Windows 7, you must set the Protected Mode settings for each zone to be the same value. The value can be on or off, as long as it is the same for every zone. To set the Protected Mode settings,choose “Internet Options…” from the Tools menu, and click on the Security tab. For each zone, there will be a check box at the bottom of the tab labeled “Enable Protected Mode”.
Note that you may need to adapt the version.
Possible workaround for Protected Mode
DesiredCapabilities ieCapabilities = DesiredCapabilities.internetExplorer();
ieCapabilities.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.INTRODUCE_FLAKINESS_BY_IGNORING_SECURITY _DOMAILS,true);
ieCapabilities.setCapability(“ensureCleanSession”, true);
driver = new InternetExplorerDriver(ieCapabilities);
Source : http://www.grazitti.com/resources/articles/178-selenium-6-best-practices.html