Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
1. Setting Up Your Environment
Install Selenium using pip and set up the appropriate WebDriver for your browser. Make sure the
WebDriver is accessible in your system's PATH.
Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
2. Understanding WebDriver and Browser Automation
Learn how to launch a browser, navigate to a website, and understand the basics of browser
automation with Selenium.
Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
3. Locating Elements on a Web Page
Get familiar with different locator strategies: By ID, Name, Class Name, Tag Name, CSS Selector,
XPath, Link Text, and Partial Link Text.
Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
4. Interacting with Elements
Practice basic interactions like clicking buttons, entering text, and clearing fields, and explore
advanced interactions such as handling dropdowns and checkboxes.
Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
5. Handling Waits
Learn the importance of waits in Selenium. Use Implicit Waits for global settings and Explicit Waits
for specific conditions like element visibility.
Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
6. Working with Browser Navigation
Practice browser navigation including back, forward, and refresh. Also, learn to handle multiple
windows or tabs.
Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
7. Handling Pop-ups and Alerts
Understand how to interact with JavaScript alerts, confirmation dialogs, and prompt dialogs in web
pages.
Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
8. Taking Screenshots
Learn to capture screenshots of web pages, which is useful for debugging and documentation.
Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
9. Managing Frames and Iframes
Understand how to switch between frames or iframes and interact with elements within them.
Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
10. Working with Cookies
Learn to manage cookies in your browser, including adding, deleting, and retrieving them.
Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
11. Handling Exceptions
Familiarize yourself with common exceptions like NoSuchElementException and learn how to
handle them.
Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
12. Headless Browsing
Learn how to run your browser in headless mode for background automation, useful for server
environments.
Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
13. Building Test Scripts
Start building simple test cases that automate real-world scenarios, and use assertions to validate
outcomes.
Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
14. Integrating with Testing Frameworks
Integrate Selenium with testing frameworks like pytest or unittest to organize and manage your
tests.
Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
15. Best Practices and Optimization
Follow best practices for writing clean and maintainable Selenium scripts. Optimize for speed and
reliability.
Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
16. Continuous Learning and Advanced Topics
Explore advanced topics like handling dynamic content, mobile testing, and integrating Selenium
with CI/CD pipelines.
Learning Selenium: A Beginner's Roadmap
17. Practical Projects
Apply your knowledge in real-world projects, such as creating automated workflows, scraping data,
or testing web applications. Consider contributing to open-source projects.
