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How is Selenium IDE used?

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How is Selenium IDE used?

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You simply browse to the page of the web site you want to test in Firefox. In this example we have used our training course booking form. You then load up Selenium IDE and press the red ‘record’ button (if it is not already pre-selected). Screenshot of Selenium IDE As soon as you fill in the form values Selenium IDE will save the data you have input and also make a note of the form field IDs. You will need to press the ‘record’ button again to stop the record mode. Screenshot of recorded values in Selenium IDE At this point we usually save off the test case and also if you plan on running a series of test cases, you can save them off as a test suite, which groups them all together. Screenshot of Selenium IDE save options You can also export the test cases in a variety of different formats including HTML, Perl, PHP and Ruby, and email these to developers to work with. The great thing with Selenium IDE is that if your developers also have the extension installed in Firefox then they can