June 18, 2017

Selenium Webdrivers Explained

Selenium webdrivers are the key element to launching and controlling the different browsers during test execution. All other interactions with the browser happen through these webdrivers.

In this lesson you will learn:

• What is a webdriver?
• How to launch and close browsers using a local webdriver
• The differences in handling with a remote webdriver
• Using a webdriver to do page navigation and refresh
• How to navigate the browser history

Prerequisites:

Ideally, you should complete these lessons first:

• Why Automated Browser Testing
• Selenium Explained
• Local Selenium Setup

Start the lesson:

• Read the text version
• Watch the screencast