How can I add code reuse to my Selenium tests?

Question

Here is the situation I'm working with:

• Building tests in Selenium
• Get all tests correctly (in Firefox)
• Export all tests to MSTest (so that each test can be run in IE, Chrome and FF)
• If any test needs to be changed, do this editing in the Selenium IDE

So this is a very one-way workflow. However, I would like to do a little more automation. For example, I would like each test to run under each of two accounts. I deal with maintenance issues. If I have 6 tests that I want to run under two accounts, I suddenly need 12 tests in the Selenium IDE tests. This is too much editing. But the ton of this code is exactly the same.

How can I share pieces of Selenium tests among tests? Should I use the Selenium IDE to develop a test for the first time, and then never use it again (only after that editing in VS)?

Answer 1

Selenium code is very linear after it is exported from the IDE.

For example (ignore syntax):

  someTestMethod() {
     selenium.open("http://someLoginPage.com");
     selenium.type("usernameField", "foo");
     selenium.type("passwordField", "bar");
     selenium.click("loginButton");
     selenium.waitForPageToLoad("30000");
     assertTrue(selenium.isTextPresent("Welcome * foo"));
  }

This is the login page. Each of your tests will have to use it. You must reorganize it into a method.

  someTestMethod(){
     selenium.open("http://someLoginPage.com");
     String username = "foo";
     String password = "bar";
     performLogin(username, password);
  }

  performLogin(String username, String password){
      selenium.type("usernameField", username);
      selenium.type("passwordField", password);
      selenium.click("loginButton");
      selenium.waitForPageToLoad("30000");
      assertTrue(selenium.isTextPresent("Welcome * foo"));
  }

The method performLogin()does not have to be in the same file as your test code. You can create a separate class for it using your methods and share it between your tests.

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This is not true reuse, but it works for me for test cases or quick improvements to existing test cases.