SeleniumBase is coming to SeleniumConf2023

[mdmintz]

SeleniumBase is coming to SeleniumConf 2023

I'll be representing the Python ecosystem for Selenium, (hosting the only Python-dedicated session):

https://seleniumconf.com/agenda/#python-selenium-fundamentals-to-frameworks-with-seleniumbase

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Python Selenium: Fundamentals to Frameworks (with SeleniumBase)

Michael Mintz
iboss
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
05:00 PM - 05:40 PM CST (Chicago Time)

Do you love Python? The WebDriver Ecosystem has you covered! With millions of downloads from the Python Package Index, (and growing), the Selenium Python bindings are a popular option for automation engineers worldwide.

This deep-dive session will kick-off with a demonstration of Python Selenium fundamentals. From there, we'll transition into improving on the fundamentals by using a test framework, SeleniumBase, which builds on top of pytest and other popular Python unit-testing frameworks.

Why use a test framework with Selenium? Selenium was designed to be a browser automation library... not a test framework, which can add useful features and improve on existing functionality.

Disadvantages of using raw Selenium without additional libraries or frameworks:

❌ The default timeout is 0: If an element isn't immediately ready to be interacted with, you'll get errors when trying to interact with those elements.
❌ The command statements can get a bit too long for performing a basic action. Eg: self.driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, CSS_SELECTOR).click() to click an element, which can be simplified.
❌ No HTML reports, dashboards, results, automatic screenshots, etc.
❌ No command-line options for changing default Selenium behavior or adding more functionality.
❌ No advanced tools included, such as recorders, test-runners, etc.

✅ A test framework (eg. SeleniumBase) can improve on that list!

Sometimes people choose to build their own frameworks: If that's you, you'll learn about how to do that more easily. Sometimes people choose to use an existing framework: If that's you, you'll learn about an existing one, (SeleniumBase), which may have all the features you're looking for.

Outline/Structure:

• Live demos and examples of Python automation scripts the whole way! Most examples can be found in the SeleniumBase examples folder: SeleniumBase/examples.

Things that will get covered:

• Python Selenium fundamentals.
• Generic ways for test frameworks to improve on the fundamentals.
• Using SeleniumBase as a framework to make Python Selenium testing easier.
• There will be multiple examples from SeleniumBase/examples/migration/raw_selenium, which demonstrate various ways to improve on raw Selenium without additional libraries.

Learning Outcome:

• You'll jump from learning the basics to mastering advancing Python automation techniques in under an hour.

Target Audience:

• Python enthusiasts

Prerequisites for Attendees:

• Basic knowledge of Python

Links:

• https://confengine.com/conferences/selenium-conf-2022/proposal/16748/solving-wordle-with-python-and-selenium-and-then-running-that-in-github-actions

• https://sessionize.com/michael-mintz/

• https://dev.to/mintzworld/solving-the-wordle-game-using-python-and-selenium-1aei

• https://seleniumbase.com/the-ultimate-pytest-debugging-guide-2021/

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[hololeo]

This is a great project and you are a great person for sharing it to the world. thank you!

[romek-codes]

Congrats man, you deserve it!
I would love to watch your talk but I'm not from the states, will there be an alternative way to watch it?

[mdmintz]

@RomanJus Presentations will be recorded! Other speakers and conference organizers were discussing this:

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[mdmintz]

The presentation recording is now available on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjiTdflkGWE

(Watch the tutorial on YouTube)

[mdmintz]

The slides are now available here: https://seleniumbase.io/other/fundamentals.html#/

[mdmintz]

Here's a blog post about the trip: https://seleniumbase.com/seleniumbase-at-seleniumconf-2023/

[elyamurza]

Was an absolute pleasure to hear you speak and get to chat afterwards!

[fenchu]

Just saw the presentation, It was awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjiTdflkGWE&t=2432s
I will use it in my next project

[mdmintz]

I added the recording to my personal YouTube channel in order to increase subscribers:

(Watch the tutorial on YouTube)