What Are Selenium Testing Frameworks

So first, we need to understand what is a framework, what is selenium framework and where we can use frameworks in our selenium projects.

Frameworks are basically considered a combination of the set of Rules, Protocols, Standard, and guidelines that can be incorporated as a whole. Selenium Frameworks is a code structure through which we can increase the maintainability of our code. If we don't use the framework so that we have to place our "data" and "code" due to which we can neither re-use it nor we understand this. Selenium Framework lets us understand the complete and proper structure of our selenium code, it provides higher portability, cost-effective, re-usability of our code, reduces script, increases the code readability, easy reporting, maximum coverage, etc. 

I hope now you will be able to understand what is a framework and how does it affect our code management in selenium projects. Selenium framework is not only one type there are many types of the framework through which we can achieve our goal and make our project compatible. These frameworks are 

1.Module Based Testing Framework

2. Library Architecture Testing Framework

3. Data Driven Testing Framework

4. Keyword Driven Testing Framework

5.  Hybrid Testing Framework

6. Behaviour Driven Testing Framework 

Now let's have to look these frameworks in a hierarchy way 

Now I hope this is clear to you all what is a framework and what are their types and how much they help us in automation project. Now have look towards modular based testing framework with its advantages and disadvantages 

Module Based Testing Framework 

This model is based on OOPS concept i.e Abstraction. In this framework, test scripts are written in a format that to match the functionality that represents module of that application-under-test. In this for each module, we can create the separate modules and separate script. Thus, this module together builds a large test script which represents more than one module.

Let's understand with code

This is a common file where we have to write our elements in a modular way

@FindBy (xpath="//button/span[text()='Sign in']")
 public  WebElement SignIN_Button;
 
 @FindBy (xpath="//a[@title='YouTube Home']")
 public  WebElement Youtube_Home;
 
 @FindBy (id="identifierId")
 public  WebElement Username;
 
 @FindBy (name="password")
 public   WebElement Password;
 
 @FindBy (xpath="//span[text()='Next']")
 public  WebElement Next ;
 
 @FindBy (xpath="//input[@title='Search']")
 public  WebElement searchBar ;
 
 @FindBy (xpath="//a[@title='Jana Gana Mana - National Anthem']")
 public  WebElement NationalAnthem ;
 
 @FindBy (xpath="//button[@title='Theater mode']")
 public  WebElement Theater;

Now in your signIN() class you can use them

public void SignIN(){
  PageFactory.initElements(driver, this);
  WaitForElement(10,Youtube_Home);
  SignIN_Button.click();
  Username.sendKeys("[email protected]");
  Next.click();

Advantage of Module Based Testing Framework

- Easy to Maintain 

- Scalability of automated test script is independent to write  

- Framework is pretty much scalable 

- if you want to fix any script of the module then other parts are untouchable 

Disadvantages of Module Based Testing Framework 

- Difficult to debug whenever a test case failed 

- Implementation of test script for each module sometimes is difficult 

Now in another blog, we will be understanding about other testing frameworks 

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