Advanced Selenium: Support Classes

Automate more effectively using support classes within Selenium WebDriver. Learn about element abstractions, locators, state and element synchronization, and more.

Introduction

• The best-kept secret in WebDriver
• What you should know

1. Overview

• What are the support classes?
• Quick wins

2. Element Abstractions

• What is an element abstraction?
• Creates your own element abstractions

3. Locators

• What are locators?
• Create your locators

4. State and Element Synchronization

• What is synchronization?
• Expected conditions
• FluentWait: Waiting for anything

5. Page Objects with PageFactory

• What is a page object?
• What is PageFactory?
• Ajax and default locator strategies
• PageFactory pros and cons
• Loadable components
• Slow loadable components

6. Logging with EventFiringWebDriver

• What is EventFiringWebDriver?
• How do you use it?

Conclusion

• Next steps