How to Install Selenium and execute your first program

You can install and test Selenium using the following steps.

All files can be downloaded from http://www.seleniumhq.org/download/

1.  Download Selenium Server jar file
2.  Download client library java jar file
3.  Download InternetExplorer Driver file
4.  Install eclipse workspace. (download eclipse. Unzip folder. Find eclipse.exe application and open it)
5. Create a new java project with 1,2 as references
6. Copy 3 to workspace
7. For IE, go to internet options->security and change the security level so that it’s the same for all zones.
8. Write sample java program

Below program opens google in IE and searches for selenium test and closes it.

// All the imports happen automatically when you use eclipse ide and add the downloaded jars in the project references

package test;

import org.openqa.selenium.Alert;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;

import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;

import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;

public class googlesearch {

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

NewTest t=new NewTest();

t.test();
}
}

class NewTest {
public void test() throws Exception

{
System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", "IEDriverServer.exe");
final WebDriver driver=new InternetExplorerDriver();
driver.get("http://www.google.com");

//Alert is to handle pop ups

//Alert alert=driver.switchTo().alert();
//alert.accept();
WebElement myelm=(new WebDriverWait(driver,10)).until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(By.name("q")));
driver.findElement(By.name("q")).sendKeys("selenium test");
driver.findElement(By.name("q")).submit();
driver.quit();
}
}