Steps to Create Keyword Driven Framework in Selenium Webdriver Using Junit and ANT

KeyWord Driven Framework in Selenium Web Driver using Junit

Frameworks help to structure our code and make maintenance easy. Without frameworks we will place all our code and data in same place which is neither re-usable nor readable. Using Frameworks, produce beneficial outcomes like increase code re-usage , higher portability , reduced script maintenance cost etc.

Steps for creating Keyword Driven Framework in Selenium using Junit

1.       Setting up Selenium Webdriver in your machine.

2.       Create a Java Project in Eclipse.

3.       Identify the scenarios to be automated.

4.       Create a test case in Java

a.       Java Basics

b.      Java Oops Concept

c.       Java Data types and Variable Types

d.      Exception handling in Java

e.      Selenium Web Driver Commands

5.       Start building a basic Project structure

a.       Introduction to Junit Framework

b.  Introduction to Keyword Driven Framework

6.       Identify Elements using Firebug

7.       Create a Config file for storing URLs

8.       Create an object Repository

9.       Create a utility file

a.       Providing Browser compatibility to the project

b.      Screen shot utility

c.        Reading Data From Excel

d.      Emailing Test Result

10.   Logging Mechanism

11. Create a Keyword Sheet with Scenarios and Execute it.

12.   Email Reports

a.       Create Junit Reports using ANT

b.      Zip HTML reports

c.       Email Zipped Reports

13.   Create a Batch file for one click execution of scripts

14.   Maintenance of Test