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Locators, XPath Expressions, CSS Selectors and Locator Tools

Created by Arun Motoori, Last Updated 31-Jan-2020, Language:English

Locators, XPath Expressions, CSS Selectors and Locator Tools

Includes the creation of complex XPath Expressions and CSS Selectors from scratch and many more

Created by Arun Motoori, Last Updated 31-Jan-2020, Language:English

What Will I Get ?

  • HTML Basics required for understanding or learning Locators
  • Locator concepts, Types and choosing Locators
  • Creating XPath Expressions from scratch on the fly
  • Creating CSS Selectors from scratch on the fly
  • FireBug and FirePath Alternatives for auto-generating the Locators

Requirements

  • Basic knowledge about software usage

Description

This course covers all the below topics in detail:

HTML Basics that are required for learning and understanding different types of Locators

  1. Locator concepts 

  2. Types of Locators

  3. Creating Complex XPath Expressions from scratch

  4. Creating Complex CSS Selectors from scratch

  5. FireBug and FirePath Alternative tools for Locators Auto-generation

By the end of this course, you will be able to create reliable, stable and complex Locators for locating UI elements on the web pages. 

This course is for the Test Automation engineers who want to create better and 'easier to maintain' locators.

Check the course contents for more details.

Course Content

  • Introduction

    1 Lectures 00:06:20

    • Intro Video

      Preview
      00:06:20

  • HTML Basics for Locators

    12 Lectures 01:41:41

    • What is HTML?

      Preview
      00:07:59

    • HTML Tags, Attribute Names and Values, Enclosed Text and HTML Elements

      00:11:55

    • Structure of HTML

      00:18:39

    • Adding Title to the HTML Web Page

      Preview
      00:05:54

    • Adding Paragraphs to the HTML Web Page

      00:06:28

    • Adding Bold, Italic and Underlined text to the HTML Web Page

      00:07:13

    • Adding different sizes of headings

      00:08:50

    • Adding hyperlinks to the web page

      00:06:35

    • Adding Rulers to the Web Page

      00:05:55

    • Adding Images to the Web Page

      00:05:18

    • Adding Line Breaks to the Web Page

      00:05:46

    • Adding Table to the Web Page

      00:11:09

  • Locator Concepts and Types

    11 Lectures 01:45:07

    • What are Locators?

      00:13:35

    • Different Types of Locators

      00:13:20

    • Demonstrating ID locator

      Preview
      00:07:17

    • Demonstrating Name locator

      00:06:19

    • Demonstrating Class Name locator

      00:05:37

    • Demonstrating Link Text locator

      00:05:58

    • Demonstrating CSS Selector locator

      00:06:33

    • Demonstrating XPath locator

      00:06:12

    • Demonstrating DOM locator

      00:07:57

    • Priority of Locators

      00:09:52

    • Additional details about different Locators

      00:22:27

  • XPath Expressions

    30 Lectures 08:57:15

    • What is an XPath?

      00:25:08

    • Hierarchy of HTML Source Code

      Preview
      00:11:19

    • Types of XPath Expressions

      00:18:07

    • Building Absolute XPath Expressions

      00:39:38

    • Advantages and Disadvantages of Absolute XPath Expressions

      00:16:46

    • Relative XPath Expressions - First Set of Examples

      00:23:42

    • Relative XPath Expressions - Second Set of Examples

      00:32:32

    • Relative XPath Expressions - Third Set of Examples

      00:26:19

    • Relative XPath Expressions - Fourth Set of Examples

      00:21:36

    • Relative XPath Expressions - Fifth Set of Examples

      00:21:47

    • Relative XPath Expressions - Sixth Set of Examples

      00:14:27

    • Relative XPath Expressions - Seventh Set of Examples

      00:09:22

    • XPath Expressions - Wild Cards

      00:17:36

    • XPath Expressions - HTML Tables

      00:21:34

    • Different XPath Functions

      00:04:02

    • text() XPath Function

      00:14:28

    • contains() XPath Function

      00:16:23

    • starts-with() XPath Function

      00:14:53

    • last() XPath Function

      00:16:12

    • position() XPath Function

      00:05:53

    • Different XPath AXES

      00:14:13

    • following XPath AXES

      00:29:01

    • preceding XPath AXES

      00:21:39

    • following-sibling XPath AXES

      00:25:51

    • preceding-sibling XPath AXES

      00:16:56

    • parent XPath AXES

      00:12:55

    • child XPath AXES

      00:10:03

    • ancestor XPath AXES

      00:12:18

    • descendant XPath AXES

      00:13:49

    • Advantage of Relative XPath Expressions over Absolute XPath Expressions

      00:08:46

  • CSS Selectors

    17 Lectures 04:16:12

    • What is a CSS Selector?

      00:22:11

    • Types of CSS Selectors

      00:06:55

    • Building Absolute CSS Selectors

      00:29:38

    • Advantages and Disadvantages of Absolute CSS Selectors

      00:10:20

    • Relative CSS Selectors - First Set of Examples

      00:22:57

    • Relative CSS Selectors - Second Set of Examples

      00:19:06

    • Relative CSS Selectors - Third Set of Examples

      00:11:51

    • first-child in CSS Selectors

      00:10:58

    • last-child in CSS Selectors

      00:11:26

    • nth-child in CSS Selectors

      00:16:47

    • Comma and Asterisk Symbols in CSS Selectors

      00:13:22

    • Starts With, Ends With and Contains Symbols in CSS Selectors

      00:12:31

    • Using not in CSS Selectors

      00:14:53

    • Using following sibling in CSS Selectors

      00:13:34

    • Locating disabled, enabled and selected UI elements using CSS Selectors

      00:16:41

    • XPath Expressions are powerful over CSS Selectors

      00:12:41

    • CSS Selectors have higher priority over XPath Expressions

      00:10:21

  • FireBug and FirePath Alternatives

    19 Lectures 03:35:13

    • FireBug got deprecated and discontinued

      00:13:23

    • List of Alternatives

      00:06:15

    • ChroPath for Chrome Browser

      00:18:59

    • ChroPath for Firefox Browser

      00:15:12

    • ChroPath for Opera Browser

      00:16:37

    • devtools-highlighter

      00:08:00

    • Try XPath

      00:07:34

    • Default Chrome Dev Tools

      00:09:22

    • XPath Finder

      00:06:15

    • XPath Helper

      00:07:15

    • Relative XPath Helper

      00:07:47

    • MRI

      00:05:35

    • True Path for Chrome

      00:07:57

    • True Path for Firefox

      00:07:17

    • Ranorex Selocity

      00:05:45

    • Default Firefox Dev Tools

      00:05:00

    • Chrome Console

      00:06:02

    • ChroPath is the best

      00:58:44

    • Learn Manual Creation of XPath Expressions and CSS Selectors

      00:02:14

Arun Motoori

Selenium Expert and Training Specialist having 12 plus QA Experience

I am a software testing professional since 2007 (12 years of experience). I am a Selenium Training Expert since 2013. I love training in an organized, easy, practical and solution oriented manner. Subscribe to my course and feel the difference.

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