Course Description

A comprehensive 12-week course covering Selenium WebDriver with Java from basics to advanced frameworks. Perfect for beginners who want to become automation engineers.

What You Will Learn

• Java programming fundamentals for test automation
• Selenium WebDriver API and advanced interactions
• TestNG and JUnit for test management
• Page Object Model and Page Factory design patterns
• Data-driven testing with Excel and JSON
• CI/CD integration with Jenkins
• Building a scalable automation framework from scratch

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of manual testing. No Java or Selenium experience required.

Curriculum

Week 1: Java Basics for Automation

• Setting up JDK, IntelliJ/Eclipse
• Variables, Data Types, Operators
• Control Flow (if/else, loops)
• Arrays and Strings
• Hands-on: Write a calculator program

Week 2: OOP Concepts in Java

• Classes and Objects
• Inheritance, Polymorphism, Encapsulation, Abstraction
• Constructors, this/super keywords
• Interfaces and Abstract Classes
• Hands-on: Build a bank account system

Week 3: Java Advanced Topics

• Collections Framework (List, Set, Map)
• Exception Handling (try/catch, throws, custom exceptions)
• File I/O (reading/writing files)
• Date and Calendar APIs
• Hands-on: Read test data from a CSV file

Week 4: Selenium WebDriver Fundamentals

• What is Selenium? Architecture and components
• Setting up WebDriver (ChromeDriver, GeckoDriver)
• Locators: ID, Name, ClassName, TagName, LinkText, PartialLinkText
• Basic Browser Commands (get, navigate, close, quit)
• Hands-on: Open google.com and verify the title

Week 5: Advanced Locators & WebElement Interactions

• XPath (Absolute, Relative, Axes, Functions)
• CSS Selectors
• Handling text boxes, buttons, dropdowns, checkboxes, radio buttons
• Actions class (mouse hover, drag and drop, double click, right click)
• Hands-on: Automate a flight booking form

Week 6: Wait Strategies & Synchronization

• Implicit vs Explicit vs Fluent Waits
• WebDriverWait and ExpectedConditions
• Handling AJAX calls and dynamic elements
• Page load timeout and script timeout
• Hands-on: Automate a dynamic search suggestions page

Week 7: Handling Alerts, Frames & Windows

• JavaScript Alerts (accept, dismiss, getText, sendKeys)
• Switching between frames and iframes
• Handling multiple windows and tabs
• Robot class for file uploads and keyboard actions
• Hands-on: Automate file upload and alert handling scenario

Week 8: TestNG Framework

• Setting up TestNG
• Annotations (@Test, @BeforeMethod, @AfterMethod, @BeforeClass, etc.)
• Assertions (Assert, SoftAssert)
• TestNG XML configuration
• Parallel execution, groups, data providers
• ExtentReports for reporting
• Hands-on: Convert existing tests to TestNG with reporting

Week 9: Page Object Model (POM) & Page Factory

• Design patterns in test automation
• Page Object Model implementation
• Page Factory and @FindBy annotation
• Base class and page inheritance
• Hands-on: Re-structure the framework using POM

Week 10: Data-Driven Testing & Utilities

• Reading test data from Excel (Apache POI)
• Reading from JSON and XML
• Config properties files
• Singleton pattern for WebDriver
• Taking screenshots on failure
• Hands-on: Create a data-driven test suite for login

Week 11: CI/CD & Framework Enhancements

• Integrating with Maven (pom.xml)
• Setting up Jenkins for scheduled test runs
• Email notifications for test results
• Cross-browser testing (Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
• Running tests in parallel (Grid/Standalone)
• Hands-on: Set up a Jenkins job for the automation suite

Week 12: Capstone Project & Interview Prep

• Build a complete automation framework from scratch
• Framework includes: POM, TestNG, ExtentReports, Excel DDT, Screenshots, Config, CI/CD
• Integrate with GitHub
• Mock interview questions and answers
• Resume tips for SDET roles
• Hands-on: Present the framework and run full test suite