[Cosmo-dev] Selenium at Java SIG hands-on session

[Mikeal Rogers]

Thanks for sending this out Jared.

I'd love to attend.

-Mikeal

On Sep 15, 2006, at 2:53 PM, Jared Rhine wrote:

> Next Wednesday, September 20th, the East Bay Java SIG is having a  
> session:
>
> Java SIG "Hands-on session: Selenium - an open source web application
> testing framework"
>
> It's $11.50 for guests, but I was wondering if any other of the  
> OSAF people,
> as we're talking Selenium next week anyway, would like to go?  More
> information is here:
>
>   http://www.ebig.org/events/event.aspx?id=796
>
>> From the announcement:
>
> In our next meeting we will be studying Selenium
> (http://www.openqa.org/selenium/), an open source web application  
> testing
> framework. Selenium allows you to automate the testing of your web
> application at the level of user interactions with a browser. It is  
> a free
> alternative to commercial web testing frameworks such as Mercury  
> and Silk.
> Selenium's Java "Remote Control" facility allows you
> to use Java as the "test scripting language" to simulate user  
> interactions
> with your application through the browser.
>
> The meeting will be a hands-on pair-programming session where we work
> together to  create and run automated tests. To be effective, this  
> format
> needs some preparation on your part.
>
> To prepare for this meeting:
> - Download Selenium Core, Selenium IDE, and Selenium RC from:
>
>  http://www.openqa.org/selenium/.
>
> - Go over Neal Ford's NJFS presentation slides on Selenium:
>
>  http://www.nealford.com/downloads/conferences/2006_nfjs_canonical/ 
> Neal_Ford-Testing_with_Selenium-slides.pdf
>
>
> - Read the following short sections of the Selenium documentation:
>
>  http://www.openqa.org/selenium-core/usage.html
>  http://www.openqa.org/selenium-rc/tutorial.html
>
> - Check out the sample Java test showing how to access Google  
> through Selenium:
>
>  http://svn.openqa.org/fisheye/viewrep/~raw,r=HEAD/selenium-rc/ 
> trunk/clients/java/src/test/java/com/thoughtworks/selenium/ 
> GoogleTest.java
>
>
> - Watch the short video on recording tests by using the Selenium  
> IDE at:
>
>  http://wiki.openqa.org/display/SIDE/Recording+a+Test
>
>
> If you have a laptop, please bring it with a web application  
> development
> environment and Selenium installed and ready to go. If you don't  
> have a
> laptop, no worries, we'll be pair-programming. The key to the  
> success of
> this format is to quickly get past the initial hiccups of getting  
> any new
> piece of software working. So if you have time, try to get as far  
> as you can
> getting something to work. That way we'll have enough collective  
> experience
> not to get bogged down in setup trivia during the session.
>
> (Thanks for Azad Bolour for suggesting this topic, creating a great
> collection of links and providing this write-up)
>
>
> 	Location:
> Reed Smith Law firm
> 1999 Harrison St
> 24th Floor
> Oakland, CA 94612-3572
>
> 	
>
> Agenda:
> 6:30-7:00 Networking & Registration, pizza & soda
> 7:00-7:15 Announcements & Introductions
> 7:15-8:30 Presentation
> 8:30-9:00 Q&A
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