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Selenium Commands & Locators Explained

A look at the common Selenium commands and locator methods. In my first post I introduced Selenium IDE and stepped through creating and running your first test case and test suite. In this second post I am going to introduce some of the basic commands in Selenium, and the various methods used to locate elements [...]

If Phoebe Buffay Were A Tester

You know Phoebe Buffay from “Friends” TV show, do you? The most notable song of hers was “Smelly Cat”, and this is how would it probably sound if Phoebe were a tester. Buggy Code, Buggy Code, How they are building you? Buggy Code, Buggy Code, It’s not your fault. Did they unit test you? Have [...]

An Introduction To Selenium IDE

An introduction, showing how to create a test case and test suite with Selenium IDE I discovered Selenium IDE in 2006 when I was looking for a way to automate testing using a real browser. I found it simple to pick up and surprisingly powerful, and since then it’s become even more so. Selenium IDE [...]

Mr Fails

We would like to introduce you to a good friend of the Cartoon Tester, Mr Fails. He is an excellent tester but he’s gone through a rough time of late. With Mr Fails’ permission, Andy has written a short biography.  You can download it using the big red ‘Download Mr Fails’ button below. Mr Fails [...]