How To Setup : Selenium Web Driver - tooltwist/documentation GitHub Wiki

Steps on how to setup the Selenium Web Driver:

  1. Download Eclipse (Note: Ideal is the latest Eclipse version)
  2. Download Selenium Web Driver package (https://code.google.com/p/selenium/downloads/detail?name=selenium-java-2.33.0.zip&can=2&q=selenium+webdriver)
  3. Create a new folder and rename it (e.g. Selenium Test Toolkit)
  4. Copy the downloaded file (Eclipse) into the new folder created (e.g. Selenium Test Toolkit)
  5. Unzip the Eclipse and Selenium Web Driver files under the same folder
  6. Open the Eclipse folder from the unzipped file. Click on the Eclipse Application
  7. Select/Create a workspace (e.g. /Users/Admin/Documents/workspace)
  8. Once the Eclipse Application is opened, create a Java Project
  9. Right click on the Package Explorer section. Select _New >> Java Project _
  10. The New Java Project screen will open. Type in the required Project Name on the "Project name" field. e.g. ("HubWebDriver")
  11. Click on the Finish button
  12. "HubWebDriver" Project is now created.
  13. Right click on the "HubWebDriver" project. Select New >> Folder
  14. New Folder screen will open. Type in "lib" on the folder name field. Click Finish.
  15. Go to the "Selenium Test Toolkit" folder >> selenium-x.xx.xx folder >> selenium-x.xx.x folder >> selenium-xx.xx.x folder.
  16. Copy selenium-java-x.xx.x-srcs.jar and selenium-java-x.xx.x.jar and paste it on the "HubWebDriver" Project >> lib folder on the Eclipse application.
  17. Go back again to "Selenium Test Toolkit" >> selenium-x.xx.xx folder >> selenium-x.xx.x folder > selenium-xx.xx.x folder >> libs folder.
  18. Copy all the existing libraries from the libs folder to "HubWebDriver" Project >> lib folder on the Eclipse application.
  19. Right click on the "HubWebDriver" Project. Select Build Path >> Configure Build Path
  20. Properties for "HubWebDriver" screen will open. Click on the "Add JARs…" button located on the right side of the screen.
  21. On the JAR Selection screen, select HubWebDriver Project >> lib folder. Select all the existing jar files under the lib folder. Once they are all selected, click on the OK button.
  22. On the Properties for "HubWebDriver" screen, click on the "Add Library…" button located on the right of the screen.
  23. Select on the JUnit. Click on the Next button. Select JUnit 4 as the JUnit library version. Click on the Finish button.
  24. Once the JUnit library is added, click OK button on the Properties for HubWebDriver screen.
  25. Right click on the "src" folder under the "HubWebDriver" Project. Select New >> Package
  26. On the New Java Package screen, type the desired Package "Name" on the Name field. e.g. "com.hub.test.smoke". Click on the Finish button.
  27. Install Selenium IDE in Firefox. (e.g. Go to http://docs.seleniumhq.org/download/. Click on the latest release version link (2.x.x) )
  28. Using Selenium IDE, you can now create the Java Web Driver test cases.