Selenium 4 Beginner Tutorial 1 | Introduction, Setup & Browser Actions | Step by Step

00:00 Introduction
01:35 Selenium 4
03:48 Getting Started - Project Setup
09:31 1st Test
19:30 WebDriverManager
24:33 Browser Actions
25:25 How to open a web page
26:23 Get current URL
27:00 Get Title
27:53 Forward | Back | Refresh
29:44 Switching windows
32:12 Open new Window
33:26 Open new Tab
36:58 Close Browser
38:00 Frames
44:20 Get & Set Window size
48:49 Get & Set Window position
51:44 Maximize | Minimize | Full Screen
53:06 Screenshot
59:04 JavaScript Executor
01:03:58 Conclusion

Selenium 4
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New and improved version of Selenium
Se webdriver can directly communicate with browser using W3C protocol
(without use of json wire protocol as earlier)
New functions added
Multiple windows & tabs management
Relative locators
New Documentation

Getting Started
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Install Java
Setup Eclipse
Create a new maven project
Add maven dependencies for Selenium 4
Download browser driver & add in a folder in project
(Can also keep at any location on your system and add the location in path env var)
Optional
Add TestNG plugin
Add TestNG dependency

1st Test
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Step 1 - Create a class & main method

public static void main(String[] args) {
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();


//close
}

Step 2 - Run code

Using WebDriver Manager

Step 1 - Add maven dependency for webdriver manager -
Step 2 - Add code
Step 3 - To use specific ver of browser

Browser Actions
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1. Open a web page

2. Get current url

3. Get title

4. Forward | Back | Refresh

5. Switching windows

6. Open new window and switch to the window

7. Open new tab and switch to the tab

8. Closing browser

9. Frames

Locate and Switch

Using id or name

Using index

Return to top level window

10. Window management - Size

Get width & height

Store dimensions & query later

Set window size

10. Window management - Position

Access x and y dimensions individually

Store dimensions & query later

Move the window to the top left of the primary monitor

10. Window management

// maximize window

// minimize window

// fullscreen

11. Screenshots

Take screenshot
File scrFile = ((TakesScreenshot)driver).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE);

Take element screenshot

12. JavaScript

Create JavascriptExecutor interface object by Type casting
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;

Get return value from script

JavaScript to click element

Execute JS directly

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What’s New in Selenium 4
* Selenium is now W3C compliant

* Relative Locators

* Better Window/Tab Management

* Improved Selenium Grid

* Upgraded Selenium IDE

* New APIs for CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol)

* Deprecation of Desired Capabilities

* Modifications in the Actions Class

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