Selenium WebDriver Installation - Selenium Testing Tutorial



Step 1 : Install Java on your Computer

Step 2 : Install Eclipse IDE

  • Download the latest version of “Eclipse IDE for Java Developers”.
  • Be sure to choose the correct version of Windows 32 or Windows 64 bit versions
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Install Eclipse

  • Once you click on download, you should be able to see an eclipse-inst-win64.exe setup folder in your downloads folder.
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  • From the download folder, double click on the Double-click on eclipse-inst-win64.exe setup folder to Install the Eclipse. A new window will open. Click Eclipse IDE for Java Developers.
Install Eclipse
  • Once clicked on the above link, a new window will open, in that check for the jdk java installation folder path.
  • You can change the installation path if needed.
  • After verifying the details, click on install button as shown in the figure:
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  • Once the installation procedure is completed, a window will appear. Click Launch on the window.
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  • This will start the Eclipse IDE for Selenium Scripts.

Step 3 : Download the Selenium Java Client Driver

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  • Under that select Java client driver stable version. Once clicked this will download a ZIP file named “selenium-3.14.0.zip”.
  • Extract the contents of the zip folder on your drive, and after extracting the zip folder in your drive which will look like C:\selenium-3.14.0\”.
  • This is the directory that will contain all the jar files that we will need to use it in selenium.

Step 4 : Configure Eclipse IDE with WebDriver

  • Launch the “eclipse.exe” file inside the “eclipse” folder that was extracted. If extraction was successful, the executable should be located on C:\eclipse\eclipse.exe.
  • Select a workplace for the files to be stored, this workspace path can be changed by clicking on the browse button.
  • If we donot want to change the workspace location, select use this as default location and click on OK.
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  • Create a new project through File > New > Java Project. Name the project as “newproject”.
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  • A new pop-up window will open enter details as follow
    • Project Name
    • Location to save project
    • Select an execution JRE
    • Select layout project option
    • Click on Finish button
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  • Once project is set up, you will see a src folder under projects tab, then Right-click on the newly created project and Select New > Package, and name that package as “newpackage”.
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  • A pop-up window will open to name the package,
  • Enter the name of the package
  • Click on Finish button
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  • Create a new Java class under newpackage by right-clicking on it and then selecting- New > Class, and then name it as “MyClass”.
  • Your Eclipse IDE should look like the image below.
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  • When you click on Class, a pop-up window will open, enter details as
    • Name of the class
    • Click on Finish button
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  • This is how class is created in Selenium in java
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Steps to add Selenium Jar Files to Java Build Path:

  • In this step,
    • Right-click on “newproject” and select Properties.
    • On the Properties dialog, click on “Java Build Path”.
    • Click on the Libraries tab, and then
    • Click on “Add External JARs..
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  • When you click on “Add External JARs..” It will open a pop-up window. Select the Selenium JAR files you want to add.
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  • After adding the selenium jar files, add the jar files under the lib folder also.
  • After adding all the necessary jar files our java build path will look like
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  • Click on Apply and Close. You see all the added jar files in Referenced Libraries under your project folder, Now Eclipse IDE is ready to write selenium Scripts.

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