How to Automate Web Applications
Automate web applications end-to-end using the Java Selenium Framework in algoQA — from scraping UI elements and profiling to executing scripts and viewing reports.
Use Case: Amazon Shopping Journey — Verifying the Cart Details
In this use case, you are shopping for a new laptop on an Amazon website, making selections based on specific requirements, such as brand, filtering options, adding items to the cart, and proceeding to check out for a purchase.
Using algoQA, you can automate this workflow through the following stages:
Prerequisites
- Use algoScraper for Application Scraping
- The algoScraper tool, available as an 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, visit the algoScraper Chrome Web Store page.
- Scrape all the required UI elements and download the file in the .json format. For more information on scraping UI elements and tool information, see algoScraper as an Extension for Web Applications.
- The downloaded spreadsheet contains comprehensive details of UI elements.
Ensure that all page names in the scraped file are the 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.
Test Design the Application
Test Designing 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:
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Create an Offline Model: To create an offline model, see Offline Model.
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Recording the scenarios using Offline Recorder.
The Record Scenario feature is used to record and save the workflow, scenario, or use case. The scenario will be saved in the same sequence it has been recorded.
Note: Recording of a scenario with Offline Recorder feature is done in an offline model. It doesn't interact with the live application.
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Generating Test Cases and Test Scripts
Test cases are generated in Gherkin language and are Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) compliant.
For more information, see Generate Test Cases and Test Scripts.
You can also generate test cases using Auto Generate Test Cases machine learning feature. For more information, see Auto Generate Test Cases Feature article.
Execute Scripts
To Execute scripts, Refer Executing Web Automation Scripts for Java Selenium Framework.