How to Download & Install Selenium IDE for Firefox

Step 1 : Launch Firefox and navigate to the following URL- http://seleniumhq.org/download/.

Under the Selenium IDE section, click on the link that shows the current version number as shown below.

Step 2 : Firefox add-ons notifier pops up with allow and disallow options. User has to allow the installation.

Step 3 : The add-ons installer warns the user about untrusted add-ons. Click 'Install Now'.

Step 4 : The Selenium IDE can now be accessed by navigating to Tools >>Selenium IDE.

Step 5 : The Selenium IDE can also be accessed directly from the quick access menu bar as shown below.

Introduction to Selenium IDE

The Selenium-IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is an easy-to-use Firefox plug-in to develop Selenium test cases. It provides a Graphical User Interface for recording user actions using Firefox which is used to learn and use Selenium, but it can only be used with Firefox browser as other browsers are not supported.

However, the recorded scripts can be converted into various programming languages supported by Selenium and the scripts can be executed on other browsers as well.

The following table lists the sections that we are going to cover in this chapter.

Title	Description
Download Selenium IDE	This section deals with how to download and configure Selenium IDE.
SeleniumIDE Features	This section deals with the features available in Selenium IDE.
Creating Selenium IDE Tests	This section deals with how to create IDE tests using recording feature.
Selenium IDE Script Debugging	This section deals with debugging the Selenium IDE script.
Inserting Verification Points	This section describes how to insert verification points in Selenium IDE.
Selenium Pattern Matching	This section deals with how to work with regular expressions using IDE.
Selenium User Extensions	The Java script that allows users to customize or add new functionality.
Different Browser Execution	This section deals with how to execute Selenium IDE scripts on different browsers.

Overview on Selenium

Selenium is an open-source and a portable automated software testing tool for testing web applications. It has capabilities to operate across different browsers and operating systems. Selenium is not just a single tool but a set of tools that helps testers to automate web-based applications more efficiently.

Let us now understand each one of the tools available in the Selenium suite and their usage.

Tool	Description
Selenium IDE	Selenium Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a Firefox plugin that lets testers to record their actions as they follow the workflow that they need to test.
Selenium RC	Selenium Remote Control (RC) was the flagship testing framework that allowed more than simple browser actions and linear execution. It makes use of the full power of programming languages such as Java, C#, PHP, Python, Ruby and PERL to create more complex tests.
Selenium WebDriver	Selenium WebDriver is the successor to Selenium RC which sends commands directly to the browser and retrieves results.
Selenium Grid	Selenium Grid is a tool used to run parallel tests across different machines and different browsers simultaneously which results in minimized execution time.

Advantages of Selenium

QTP and Selenium are the most used tools in the market for software automation testing. Hence it makes sense to compare the pros of Selenium over QTP.

Selenium	QTP
Selenium is an open-source tool.	QTP is a commercial tool and there is a cost involved in each one of the licenses.
Can be extended for various technologies that expose DOM.	Limited add-ons and needs add-ons for each one of the technologies.
Has capabilities to execute scripts across different browsers.	Can run tests in specific versions of Firefox , IE, and Chrome.
Can execute scripts on various operating systems.	Works only with Windows.
Supports mobile devices.	Supports mobile devices with the help of third-party tools.
Executes tests within the browser, so focus is NOT required while script execution is in progress.	Needs Focus during script execution, as the tool acts on the browser (mimics user actions).
Can execute tests in parallel with the use of Selenium Grids.	QTP cannot execute tests in parallel, however integrating QTP with QC allows testers to execute in parallel. QC is also a commercial tool.

Disadvantages of Selenium

Let us now discuss the pitfalls of Selenium over QTP.

Selenium	QTP
Supports only web based applications.	Can test both web and desktop applications.
No feature such as Object Repository/Recovery Scenario	QTP has built-in object repositories and recovery scenarios.
No IDE, so the script development won't be as fast as QTP.	More intuitive IDE; automation can be achieved faster.
Cannot access controls within the browser.	Can access controls within the browser such as favorites bar, backward, and forward buttons.
No default test report generation.	Default test result generation within the tool.
For parameterization, users has to rely on the programming language.	Parameterization is built-in and easy to implement.

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1. The test language usually used in Selenium is ________.
PHP	Python
JavaScript	None of the above

2. The term AJAX expands to ________.
Asynchronous Java and XML	Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
Accumulated Java and XML	None of the above

3. The term JSON refers to ______________.
JavaScript Object Notation	Java Object Notation
Java Object Naming	None of the above

4. Selenium tests _____________.
DOS applications	Browser-based applications
GUI applications	None of the above

5. Selenium variables are stored in _____________.
storedVars	storedVariables
VariablesStore	None of the above

6. Which selenium command check whether specific text exists somewhere on the page ?
verifyTextPresent	verifyTextPresent
CheckTextPresent	VerifyPresentText

7. What does the term CSS refers to ?
Cascade Style Sheets	Cascading Style Sheets
Clear Style Sheets	Catering Style Sheets

8. What is Selenium IDE ?
Windows Software	Firefox Plug-in
Java Software	Flash Plug-in

9. What is called that scale for large test suites or test suites that must be run in multiple environments?
Selenium-Grid	Selenium RC
Selenium Web driver	Selenium NG

10. Where is XPath used in ?
XML documents	MS-Word documents
MS-Excel documents	MS-PowerPoint documents

11. What does the term DOM refers to ?
Dynamic Object Model	Document Object Model
Data Object Model	Document Flow Object Model

12. What does the term regex expands to ?
Registered Expression	Regular Expression
Regression Expression	Regional Expression

13. Which label is used as prefix pattern to specify a globbing pattern parameter for a Selenese command ?
pattern	glob
regex	None

14. What is a test suite made of ?
Test packs	Tests
Test blocks	Test pattern

15. What does the assertTitle checks ?
Element title	Page title
Block title	Title of element under focus

16. Select the component which is NOT part of Selenium suite.
Selenium IDE	Selenium RC
SeleniumGrid	Selenium Web

17. Select the language which is NOT supported by the Selenium RC.
ASP	Java
C#	PHP

18. Select the name which is NOT the type of the locaters.
ID	Name
Password	Link Text

19. Is Web Driver a component of the Selenium?
No	Yes
All of the above	None of the above

20. Selenium IDE stands for _____.
Selenium Intialization Development Environment	Selenium Interrelated Development Environment
Selenium Integrated Development Environment	Selenium Information Development Environment

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1. Select the method which clears all selected entries in Web driver Selenium.
dselectAll()	deselect_All()
dselect_All()	deselectAll()

2. Method which selects the option which displays the text matching the parameter passed to it ______.
selectVisibleText()	selectByVisibleText()
select_VisibleText()	select_ByVisibleText()

3. Out of the following which is NOT a wait command.
waitForTitle	waitForTextPresent
waitForActive	waitForAlert

4. Select the command which retrieves the alert message and stores it in a variable that you will specify.
storeAlert	storedAlert
store_Alert	storesAlert

5. Select the method which performs a context-click at the current mouse location.
click_Context()	context.Click()
contextClick()	context_Click()

6. By Default time of WAITFOR command is :
15 sec	20 sec
25 sec	30 sec

7. Selenium is compatible with _______.
CSS1.0 and CSS 2.0	CSS1.0, CSS 2.0, and CSS 3.0 selectors
CSS 2.0, and CSS 3.0 selectors	CSS1.0, CSS 2.0, CSS 3.0 and CSS 4.0 selectors

8. In Selenium variables are stored in _________ .
storedVars	storedVariables
VariablesStore	All of the above

9. Which command should be used to confirm that test will pass in the future, when new element is added after page loaded?
waitForElementPresent	pause
assertElementPresent	None of these

10. Which is the following is true in case of waitFor command?
waitForAlertPresent	waitForTextPresent
waitForFramePresent	waitForPageToLoad

11. How to execute specific command?
Highlight a command. Press Ctrl + F9.	Highlight a command. Press Alt + F9.
Highlight a command. Press Ctrl + X.	Highlight a command. Press X.

12. Which is odd one out?
ID	XPath
CSS selector	Pattern matching

13. Which command is used to extend the time limit of WAITFOR command?
Extend waitFor (time in sec)	waitFor (time in sec) extend
setTimeout (time in sec)	setTimeout

14. _______ finds the item ending with the value passed in. This is the equivalent to the XPath ends-with. Is concern with?
^=	$=
*=	&=

15. In Selenium, Following Axis is related to:
Selects all the siblings after the current element	Selects all elements that follow the closing tab of the current elements.
Selects all of the siblings before the current element	Selects all elements that are before the current element

16. The // tells the query that
It needs to stop at the first element that it finds.	This is comment
The path of the file or folder	All of these

17. In regular Expression * quantifier refers to:
0 or more of the preceding character.	1 or more of the preceding character
0 or 1 of the preceding character	All of these

18. Which regular expression sequence that loosely translates to "anything or nothing?"
.* (dot star)	*. (star dot)
“?	*+

19. Which is a procedure?
Wait	Exit
WaitForProperty	None of these

20. Variable can be saved in which format?
${variableName}	storedVars['variableName']
Both of these	None of these

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1. Select the Browser which is supported by Selenium IDE
Google chrome	Opera mini
Mozilla Firefox	Internet Explorer

2. Select the operating system which is NOT supported by Selenium IDE.
Unix	Linux
Windows	Solaris

3. The Web driver is used _____.
To execute tests on the HtmlUnit browser.	To design a test using Selenese
To quickly create tests	To test a web application against Firefox only.

4. The Selenium IDE is used
To create customized test results.	To deploy your tests across multiple environments using Selenium Grid
To test with HTML Unit	To test a web application against Firefox only

5. The Selenium RC is used ______.
To run your test against different browsers (except HtmlUnit) on different operating systems	To create tests with little or no prior knowledge in programming
To test a web application against Firefox only	To run a huge test suite, that can be executed on multiple machines

6. Out of the following which can only test web applications
QTP	Selenium
QC	All of the above

7. Select the command which is NOT a type of assertion in Selenium IDE.
Assert	Verify
WaitFor	Wait

8. Select the method which selects the option at the given index.
selectByIndex()	selectIndex()
selectedByIndex()	selectByIndexes()

9. The Selenium can ______.
access controls within the desktop	both web and desktop applications
only test web applications	All of the above

10. The Selenium _______.
Provides professional customer support	Test Reports are generated automatically
Comes with a built-in object repository	Cannot access elements outside of the web application under test

11. Can Google chrome be supported by Selenium IDE?
Yes	No
All of the above	None of these

12. Can Unix operating system be supported by Selenium IDE?
No	Yes
All of the above	None of these

13. Which command can be used to enter values onto text boxes?
sendsKeys()	sendKey()
sendKeys	sendKeys()

14. Select the language which is supported by The Selenium Web Driver
Perl	Sql
ASP	Cobol

15. Which Selenium component supports All Operating System?
Selenium Generator	Selenium IDE
Selenium WebDriver	All of the above

16. Select the command in Selenium IDE used to open a page using the URL.
OpenRecord	Open
OpenText	OpenTable

17. In case of Selenium IDE, the Source view shows your script in ________.
DHTML format	J2EE format
XML format	HTML format.

18. The Action commands _______.
are commands that directly interact with page elements.	are commands that allow you to store values to a variable.
are commands that verify if a certain condition is met.	All of the above

19. Select the command which is used to check the presence of a certain element.
verifyTable	verifyTitlePresent
verifyTextPresent	verifyElementPresent

20. Select the command which is used to print a string value or a variable in Selenium IDE.
The 'display' command	The 'echo' command
The 'print' command	The 'printr' command

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