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January 2025

Do not use a boolean parameter for a page method
This is one of things that I see over and over in Selenium code of beginners.
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Alex Siminiuc
Is your page method doing too much?
Let’s use the following method for this discussion:
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Alex Siminiuc
Do not use Object as type
One of things that you should avoid in your Selenium code is using Object as type for a variable.
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Alex Siminiuc
Do you need a test case if you have a Selenium test for it?
In automation projects, everything starts with a test case:
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Alex Siminiuc

December 2024

November 2024

Why do we use WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver() in Selenium instead of WebDriver driver = new WebDriver ()?
Why do we need to create the driver object with
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Alex Siminiuc
Start your learning by reading the user guide
I see daily a lot of Selenium Java code published on the internet.
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Alex Siminiuc
How an SDET interview should look like
Long time ago, I interviewed at Best Buy for a SDET lead position.
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Alex Siminiuc
How to check that the save popup is not displayed after clicking the save button?
So you have a popup focused on creating a new user.
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Alex Siminiuc
Useful Reading - unit testing best practices
Most of the Selenium automation projects use a unit testing library such as jUnit or Test NG.
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Alex Siminiuc
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