Selenium Design Patterns and Best Practices

The Record and Playback pattern

Let's start with the very first test development pattern: the Record and Playback pattern. This is the starting point with majority of Selenium and other automated user interface testing tools. The idea behind this approach of test development is to allow the user to record their normal testing activities and play them back through the testing tool at a later date.

Advantages of the Record and Playback pattern

Having a tool record our interaction with the application has several advantages; chief among them is the speed at which we can grow our test suite. Let's take a look at individual advantages:

• Fast test growth: This is the biggest selling point in most commercial tools available. A user is able to record new ...