A4Q Selenium Tester Foundation Certification

Course Category: Software Testing
Course Duration: 4 Days
Hours: 28 Contact Hours

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Course Overview

The Certified Selenium Tester as the leading certification for Selenium WebDriver offers a practical training course aimed at test professionals who desire a basic understanding of Selenium WebDriver for creating web application tests; upon successful completion, participants will be able to create and run Selenium WebDriver tests without supervision.

Participants in the course will learn about factors to consider when deciding to automate testing as well as specific techniques for navigation, interacting with GUI elements, logging, reporting, and more.

About Alliance for Qualification (A4Q)

The Alliance 4 Qualification has the mission to create globally leading content and certification schemes in an independent environment.   It was founded by different organizations with the aim to work independent from a specific exam provider or a specific training provider with a long term focus on lifelong learning.  A4Q is a new independent place to strengthen quality in the field of training and certification.

Why A4Q Selenium Tester?

The A4Q Selenium Tester Foundation Certification is an independent, internationally recognised certification as proof of expertise in the field of test automation with Selenium WebDriver.

  • Upon the successful completion of the course, you will be able to create and run Selenium WebDriver tests without supervision.
  • You will be able to apply correctly test automation principles to build a maintainable test automation solution.
  • You will be able to choose and implement correct test automation tools.
  • You will be able to implement Selenium WebDriver scripts that execute functional web application tests and implement maintainable scripts.

Who is this certification for?

This certification is for anyone who wants to validate and demonstrate skills in using Selenium Test Driver in test automation.

This course is ideal for automators and those who want to learn automation using the Selenium WebDriver toolset. While this course is accessible to anyone wanting to acquire a basic, hands-on knowledge of Selenium, the main audiences are:

  • People with no test automation experience who are starting to automate in Selenium (or who want to get a job doing that)
  • People with some GUI test automation experience who are new to Selenium or starting to automate in Selenium (or who want to get a job doing that)

People with some non-GUI test automation experience who are new to Selenium and starting to automate in Selenium (or who want to get a job doing that)

Prerequisites

Participants must have basic level experience with manual web testing. They must be willing to automate tests either using Python or any other supported language. Basic coding knowledge of any language will be useful. Program covers needed knowledge about Python to automate using Selenium.

Laptop Requirement

Machines with Selenium Webdriver installed with Java or C# IDE. Selenium Webdriver with Java or C# (or any other supported language) IDE.

Course Outline

Introduction

  • Purpose of this Syllabus
  • Examinable Learning Objectives and Cognitive Levels of Knowledge
  • The Selenium Tester Foundation Exam
  • Accreditation
  • Level of Detail
  • How this Syllabus is Organized
  • Business Outcomes
  • Acronyms

Test Automation Basics

  • Test Automation Overview
  • Manual vs. Automated Tests
  • Success Factors
  • Risks and Benefits of Selenium WebDriver
  • Selenium WebDriver in Test Automation Architecture
  • Purpose for Metrics Collection in Automation
  • The Selenium Toolset

Internet Technologies for Test Automation of Web Applications

  • Understanding HTML and XML
    • Understanding HTML
    • Understanding XML
  • XPath and Searching  HTML Documents
  • CSS Locators

Using Selenium WebDriver

  • Logging and Reporting Mechanisms
  • Navigate to Different URLs
    • Starting a test automation session
    • Navigating and refreshing pages
    • Closing the browser
  • Change the Window Context
  • Capture Screenshots of Web Pages
  • Locate GUI Elements
    • Introduction
    • HTML Methods
    • XPath Methods
    • CSS Selector Methods
    • Locating Via Expected Conditions
  • Get the state of GUI elements
  • Interact with UI elements using WebDriver commands
    • Introduction
    • Manipulating Text Fields
    • Clicking on WebElements
    • Manipulating Checkboxes
    • Manipulating Dropdown Controls
    • Working with Modal Dialogs
  • Interact with user prompts in web browsers using WebDriver commands

Preparing Maintainable Test Scripts

  • Maintainability of Test Scripts
  • Wait Mechanisms
  • Page Objects
  • Keyword Driven Testing

Training and Exam Duration

Training: 4 days.

The course material shall be issued on the first day of the course during registration.

Exam: 60 minutes duration

The testing format is multiple choice. A 65% score is required to pass the exam.

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Course Category: Software Testing
Course Duration: 4 Days
Hours: 28 Contact Hours