How to Automate Web Applications

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Prerequisites

2. Profile the application

3. Generate and Execute Scripts 

4. Related Articles

This article provides the instructions to automate web applications using Java Selenium Framework.

Leveraging algoQA, you can perform the following:

1. Prerequisites

• Use algoScraper for Application Scraping
  • The algoScraper tool, available as a Chrome extension, serves the purpose of capturing all User Interface (UI) elements and X-paths present on a web page. To integrate this tool into your Chrome or Edge browser, Click here.
  • Scrape all the required UI elements and download the file in the CSV format. For more information on scraping UI elements and tool information, see algoScraper as an Extension Tool for Chrome or Edge Users.
  • The downloaded spreadsheet contains comprehensive details of UI elements details. 
    

Tip: Ensure that all page names in the scraped file are same as the UI elements’ names.

• Supported Framework for windows - Java selenium 
• The framework requires Java and Maven as key components.

• To install the latest versions of Java and Maven, refer to the Installation Steps for Java Selenium Framework.

  
  

2. Profile the application

Profiling is the process of creating an offline model of an application under test (AUT), which involves mimicking a UI model of an AUT using nodes, features and UI elements.

Profiling involves: 

• Create an Offline Model - To create an offline model, see Profiling article.
  
  
• Recording the scenarios using Record Scenario feature
  
  Follow Me feature is used to record and save the workflow or scenario or use case. Scenario will be saved in the same sequence it has been recorded.

Note: Recording for the Record Scenario feature is done in an offline model. It doesn’t interact with the live application.

For more information, see Follow Me section in the Profiling article. 

• Generating Test Cases
  Test cases are generated in Gherkin language and are Behavior-driven development (BDD) compliant.

For more information, see Generate Test Cases section in the Profiling article. 
You can also generate test cases using Auto Generate Test Cases machine learning feature. For more information, see Auto Generate Test Cases Feature article.

3. Generate and Execute Scripts 

Perform the following:

1. In the Test cases, click Generate button.
2. Select the test case folder from the dropdown.
3. Ensure to select both the files generated in the Test Cases folder. If you happen to select either Feature File or  Spreadsheet file in XLSX/XLS format, then you will not be able to generate.
4.  Click Generate Scripts. 
   

   
   

5. The Scripts will start generating.
6. The scripts will be generated, click on View Generated Scripts to view scripts folder.
7. Execution of scripts on a windows machine: 
   1. Navigate to script generated folder, click download icon for the script to be downloaded.
   2. Download and extract the script to your local folder.  Navigate to the same folder.
   3. In the folder navigation bar, type cmd  and press 'Enter' to view the Command Prompt screen.
   4. Run the following command to trigger the script:

      mvn test

   5. This command will execute the script using Maven, as shown: 
   6. Wait until the Build Success message is displayed, which indicates that scripts have been executed successfully. 
      
   7. You can view the respective report in the Output folder, as shown: 
      
   8. Reports will be generated in Spark and PDF formats, as shown: 
      
   9. The sample PDF report is shown in the attached image. It includes the following details:
      • Test Results: Number of test cases that passed and failed.
      • Execution Time: Total duration taken to execute features, scenarios and steps.
      • Step Details: You can view preceding Information for each test step by clicking the feature name link.
      • Screenshots: You can also view screenshots for each verification step.
        

4. Related Articles

Displaying Timestamps for Generated Script Folders to Identify Concurrent Users' Actions.