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Selenium is rapidly becoming synonymous with automation testing. This is because of the widespread usage of Selenium across industries and businesses. All the major companies have resorted to Selenium for performing test automation for it is open-source, multi-browser functional, and portable across platforms.
Testing is quintessential for any software product before it is delivered to the customer. Despite many attempts made by the development teams to catch the bugs, they somehow manage to creep in. So, qualified testers essentially perform software testing in two ways – Manual testing and automation testing.
Manual testing, if done anymore, is left out for outsourcing. A majority of businesses are depending on automation testing for it saves time, effort, and money. Manual testing is performed by testers sitting in front of the code and carefully screening it for bugs. They apply various testing combinations and inputs to validate the code against the requirement. Manual testing is performed multiple times during the SDLC at every change in the code or to check the coding compatibility across browsers and platforms.
On the other hand, the record and playback feature of the automation testing executes the pre-defined conditions to compare the actual results with the expected results. The automated test cases can be executed multiple times over the project development phase and can be extended over to where the manual testing fails. Hence, the project managers are increasingly depending on automation testing for successful project development.
Selenium is one of the best automation testing tools available today. It is an open-source automation testing tool that almost works on all the browsers available. What makes it more dependable is the fact that it is cross-platform functional.
The testers can use a multitude of programming languages to develop test cases using Selenium, including Java, C#, C++, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Python, etc. That said, Selenium supports the following types of testing:
• Functional testing
• Regression testing.
• Sanity Testing
• Smoke testing
• UI Testing
• Integration Testing
• Responsive Testing
The following skills are vital for becoming a Selenium tester:
Technical Skills:
• Knowledge of SQL
• Basic Linux Commands
• Automation tool such as Selenium
• Good hold on Scripting Language such as VB Script, JavaScript, C#
Non-Technical Skills:
• Good communication skills to be able to interact with stakeholders, project managers,
other team members, developers, etc.
• Analytical skills
• The positive attitude which will enable a tester to work in a collaborative atmosphere.
Demand for automation engineers is evergreen. Moreover, with businesses vastly resorting to Selenium, the demand for Selenium tester is huge. According to Indeed.com, the average salary of a Selenium tester is around $101, 426 yearly.
The life of a tester is filled with buzz and enthusiasm, however, they can always opt to move to more exciting careers like Mobile Testing, Big Data, API testing, DevOps, Containerization, etc.
