INSTALLATION OF SELENUIM IDE AND FIREBUG

Prerequisites for installing Selenium IDE

• Firefox Browser.
• Internet connection

If you do not have Firefox browser installed on your machine. You can download it from this link

Open Firefox and go to http://seleniumhq.org/download/. Under the Selenium IDE section, click on the link that shows the current version number shown in the below figure

Click “Allow” on Firefox notification pop-up

Wait until “Install Now” button is enabled and click on “Install Now” button

Restart the Firefox when prompted.

COMPONENTS OF SELENIUM

Selenium is a open source automated testing tool for web applications across different browsers and platforms. Selenium only focuses on automating web-based applications.

Selenium is not just a single tool but a suite of components, each catering to different testing needs of an organization. It has four components.

• Selenium IDE
• Selenium Remote control (RC)
• WebDriver and
• Selenium Grid.

Remote control and WebDriver are combined to make more powerful tool called Selemium2.0

INTRODUCTION

Selenium is a open source automated testing tool for web applications across different browsers and platforms. Selenium only focuses on automating web-based applications.

Selenium is not just a single tool but a suite of components, each catering to different testing needs of an organization. It has four components.

• Selenium IDE
• Selenium Remote control (RC)
• WebDriver and
• Selenium Grid.

Remote control and WebDriver are combined to make more powerful tool called Selemium2.0