Advanced Selenium: Page Objects and GUI Automation

Introduction

• Model your application for automation
• What you should know

1. Understanding Abstractions

• What are abstractions?
• How do abstractions help?
• Refactoring to abstractions

2. Support Abstractions

• What are support abstractions?
• Infrastructure abstractions
• Dependency abstractions
• Driver abstractions
• Technology abstractions
• Storage abstractions refactored
• Element abstractions

3. Page Objects

• What are page objects?
• POJO page objects
• Component abstractions
• Structural page objects
• Locator page objects
• Functional page objects

4. Logical Abstractions

• Navigation abstractions
• Data abstractions
• Domain abstractions

5. Execution Abstractions

• Domain-specific languages
• Code-based DSLs with fluent interfaces

6. Abstraction Design Decisions

• Trade-offs and decisions
• Dos and don'ts

Conclusion

• Next steps