Step-by-step guide to start first Test Project

Before you start: Read about Page object pattern. The Page Object Pattern wraps all elements, actions and validations happening on a page in one single object- Page Object. 

Official:

• Page Objects and PageFactory on Selenuim Wiki.
• Page Object Design Pattern on Selenium official site.

Unofficial:

• Page Object Pattern
• Page Objects in Selenium 2.0
• Selenium 2/WebDriver Quick Tips: Page Object Navigation Strategies
• PageObject by Martin Fowler

Selenium Documentation

Download and Install

1. Download and install Visual Studio 2015 https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs.aspx (free version)
2. Launch VS and create a new project: Unit test project
3. Install Nuget package manager and navigate to it.
4. From the Manage Nuget Packages -> search online for ‘Selenium’ ; Install Selenium WebDriver

First Lines of code

1. Create an instance of a driver (*Only the FirefoxDriver can be created without parameters. For all other drivers you need to point the location where the specific driver is downloaded
   IWebDriver driv1 = new CromeDriver(); (“C:\\pathtomyCromedriverbinaries”);
2. Write methods to locate elements on web-page( by id/xpath/css/linktext/tagname/name/class)
   IWebElement element = driv1.FindElement(By.Id(“UniqueId“));
3. Use a Chain of Locators in order to find a specific element.
   IWebElement ToFind = this.driv1.FindElement(By.ClassName(“firstElementTable“)).FindElement(By.Id(“secondElement“));
4. Iwebelemet methods and properties: