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Selenium is a software testing framework for automating web applications for testing purposes. It uses components such as Selenium IDE, Selenium Client API, and Selenium Webdriver to test web applications, which provides an easy-to-use platform and lets you test your applications more effectively and efficiently. Instant Selenium Testing Tools Starter - was born out of the need for a short, yet all-encompassing book that would give you a solid foundation in creating and running tests with Selenium testing tools. This book will enable you to harness the power of Selenium and put it to good use throughout the testing process, quickly and efficiently.
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Instant Selenium Testing Tools Starter
A short, fast, and focused guide to Selenium Testing tools that delivers immediate results
Unmesh Gundecha
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
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Instant Selenium Testing Tools Starter Copyright © 2013 Packt Publishing
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First published: April 2013
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Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB, UK. ISBN 978-1-78216-514-9 www.packtpub.com
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About the Author Unmesh Gundecha has a Master’s Degree in Software Engineering and around 10 years of experience in software development and testing. Unmesh has architected the functional test automation projects using industry standards, in-house and custom test automation frameworks, along with leading commercial and open source test automation tools. Presently, he is working as a Test Architect with a multinational company in Pune, India. He is also the author of Selenium Testing Tools Cookbook, published by Packt Publishing in November 2012. I would like to thank my family who are always supportive in everything I do and especially my two lovely kids, Ira and Arav. I would also like to thank the Packt team and reviewers for giving the perfect shape to this book. Finally, big thanks to Selenium Development and User Community for building this wonderful tool.
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About the Reviewers Vatsala Dorairajan is a budding software technologist. In her 4 years of work experience
spread across three startup companies, she has worked with ‘Idea’smiths, building ‘on paper’/’inconcept’ ideas into working prototypes evolving into products. Her technical experience so far has been in Jav