Let’s Start with Selenium Setup from Scratch
In this article, we will guide you through the process of setting up Selenium from scratch using generative AI. We will start by creating a new project and show you how to create everything from scratch using the command prompts. We will also provide the necessary prompts for you to follow along on your own local machine.
To begin, open IntelliJ and create a new Maven project. Name the project ‘selenium-with-chat-GPT’ and select the ‘Quickstart’ archetype. This will create a default pom.xml file for the project.
Next, we need to add the dependencies relevant to Selenium. We will use the ‘create-form.xml’ prompt to add the necessary dependencies for Selenium, including TestNG, Json, Extent Reports, and SNG. These dependencies will be added to the pom.xml file.
Once the dependencies are added, we can start designing the folder structure for our framework. We can use the ‘suggest’ prompt to get a bare minimum idea of the folder structure for a web UI test automation framework with Selenium. The suggested structure includes folders for project, pages, test utils, drivers, and test data.
Now that we have the folder structure in place, we can create a Selenium demo script. We will use the ‘write a Selenium demo script from scratch to open URL and check if it is opened or not using assertions from test’ prompt. This will generate a demo script that opens a URL and validates if it is opened correctly by checking the title.
We can copy the generated code and create a new Java class in the ’tests’ package of our project. We will name the class ‘URLOpenTest’ and paste the generated code into it. Make sure to update the path to the Chrome driver executable in the setup method.
Finally, we can execute the test by running the ‘URLOpenTest’ class. If everything is set up correctly, the test should pass and validate that the URL is opened correctly.
In conclusion, we have successfully set up Selenium from scratch using generative AI. We have created a Maven project, added the necessary dependencies, designed the folder structure, and created a demo script to open and validate a URL. This is just the beginning of building a robust Selenium framework, and you can continue to enhance and expand it based on your specific requirements.
