Automated Testing Elements on a Lazy Load Page with Selenium WebDriver

How to verify elements that get dynamically loaded on a page using Selenium WebDriver

A repost of my daughter’s article with permission. I added a few notes. This is also included in my “How to in Selenium WebDriver” series.

Zhimin’s notes:

Three years ago, I consulted on a Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM project. I developed one automated (UI) test for a core end-to-end workflow. The project manager did not expect that, after seeing the test execution, he said: “I have never seen automating Dynamics 365 like this (driving UI) and you did that on the first day. What testing tools did you use?”

My answer: “Raw Selenium WebDriver”.
The PM said: “I was told by automated testers, more than once, that Selenium or others, unable to drive Dynamics 365, because it is lazy loading”.
I replied: “Oh well, you are seeing it now”.

In this article, Courtney shows two approaches to automated-testing lazy-load web pages.

Advice on automating Microsoft web apps. The lazy loading in Dynamics 365 is not obvious as the example used in this article. Futhermore, combined with multiple frames used in Microsoft D365 and SharePoint pages, it can be overwhelming. However, if you understand automating frames and lazy-loading well, using a…