Learning Selenium Testing Tools - Third Edition

Recording your first test with Selenium IDE

We will record our first test using Selenium IDE. To start recording the tests, we will need to start Mozilla Firefox. Once it has been loaded, you will need to start Selenium IDE. You will find it under the Tools drop-down menu in Mozilla Firefox or in the Web Developer drop-down menu. Once loaded, it will look like the next screenshot. Note that the record button is engaged when you first load the IDE.

To start recording your tests, let's do the following:

1. When in the record mode, navigate to http://book.theautomatedtester.co.uk/chapter1.
2. On the web application, do the following:
   1. Click on the record button (red-colored radio button).
   2. Select another value from the drop-down box, for example, Selenium RC ...