Advanced Selenium: Page Objects and GUI Automation

Discover how to use the Page Object Model for test automation in Selenium. Learn to model GUI applications as page objects and refactor code details into abstractions.

Introduction

• Model your application for automation
• What you should know

1. Understanding Abstractions

• What are abstractions?
• How do abstractions help?
• Refactoring to abstractions

2. Support Abstractions

• What are support abstractions?
• Infrastructure abstractions
• Dependency abstractions
• Driver abstractions
• Technology abstractions
• Storage abstractions refactored
• Element abstractions

3. Page Objects

• What are page objects?
• POJO page objects
• Component abstractions
• Structural page objects
• Locator page objects
• Functional page objects

4. Logical Abstractions

• Navigation abstractions
• Data abstractions
• Domain abstractions

5. Execution Abstractions

• Domain-specific languages
• Code-based DSLs with fluent interfaces

6. Abstraction Design Decisions

• Trade-offs and decisions
• Dos and don'ts

Conclusion

• Next steps