Why Selenium WebDriver is So Easy to Learn?

Raw Selenium WebDriver is the most easy-to-learn web automation framework.

Zhimin Zhan

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I will give my conclusion first. Raw Selenium WebDriver, besides being the most reliable and feature-complete, is also the most easy-to-learn test automation framework.

Table of Contents
· How long does it take to learn Selenium WebDriver?
· Reason 1: Intuitive
Step 1: Find a web control (also known as element)
Step 2: perform an action on it.
· Reason 2: Can use Ruby as the scripting language
· Reason 3: Can use RSpec as the syntax framework
· Reason 4: There is TestWise Functional Testing IDE
· Learning Effectively
· Q & A

How long does it take to learn Selenium WebDriver?

Let’s see the conventional answer on Google Search:

The second-ranked result: “We can learn selenium normally in 3 months

However, this is not right, it is way too long! The reason is that many people learned test automation wrongly or from the wrong person. The fact: real test automation engineers are extremely rare.

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Zhimin Zhan

Test automation & CT coach, author, speaker and award-winning software developer. Help teams succeed with Agile/DevOps by implementing real Continuous Testing.