How to Learn Selenium WebDriver in 3 Days

or How to Learn Selenium WebDriver like a JEDI I like Star Wars movies. I still remember seeing the first episode, A New Hope, at the cinema, back in the 1980s. Since then, I watched it and the following 5 episodes, produced by LucasFilm, many, many times. The new ones, produced...

What are the risks of taking selenium

This question took me by surprise. Risks of taking selenium? Are there any risks? Am I in danger? Am I sick from too much Selenium? Read along. Of course, there are risks. But first, a few words about benefits. Selenium is a mineral. It is taken into the...

How do I identify fake Selenium testers?

There are things that can be done before the hiring interview, during the interview and after. BEFORE THE INTERVIEW The tester gets a Java coding project from Codility.com to be done in 30 minutes. It does not have to be very difficult, even an easy one is good enough. Such...

Why are Selenium automation jobs decreasing?

from indeed.com The market demand for test automation is higher than ever but the number of automation jobs is lower. How can this be? One reason is the "test automation" name. Test automation is not a good name for this type of work. Automated checking or tool-assisted...

Test automation - from theory to reality

If you have been reading about test automation in magazines, blogs or books, you get the idea that automation is nice, easy, straightforward and beautiful. Because all these talk about theory, most of the time.  Theory is always like a finished, simple, beautiful, well designed,...

SeleniumJava.com post - How to deal with windows authentication popups

If you dont like Bugs Bunny, maybe you should not continue reading. What is the first thing that I do every morning at work? Check the results of the automation scripts executed in Jenkins over night. I want to know how many scripts passed or failed because of the work done in the previous day. Most days, some scripts pass and some fail. But recently, most scripts failed. This...

A day in the life of an automated tester

What does an automation engineer do? What skills does he need? How does a work day look like? What problems does he face? How are they solved? What else except writing code is involved in test automation? Are all automation jobs the same? Test automation jobs are as diverse as the manual testing ones. Many things can be different between 2 automation jobs: application...