How To Install Selenium IDE

How To Install Selenium IDE

There are many software products available online.The software needs to be validated before release and it should be done in time.To validate software especially web applications you can do it either by Manually testing it or by Automating the test cases.Generally we automate test cases for regression testing.

Now the need of automation tool had arose for efficient testing .To automate web based application we have a tool called Selenium IDE . In this tool you can record the scenarios and execute them on the web application  whenever it is required to test the application.

Now let me tell you

"HOW TO INSTALL SELENIUM IDE"

• BEFORE I TELL YOU HOW TO INSTALL SELENIUM IDE YOU SHOULD HAVE MOZILLA FIREFOX INSTALLED IN YOUR SYSTEM.

         Here is the link to Mozilla Firefox Download Page

•  After downloading Firefox navigate to the Selenium site in Firefox browser.

         Here is the link to download Selenium IDE

• In the selenium download page click on the link "1.6.0" present next Download version text present in the download page.You can clearly understand it by looking at the screen shot present below.                   

                

• Once you click on the download version link in the downloads page you will be  shown a pop up like this in Firefox

              

•  Once you click on Allow button download of the "Add-on" starts and after that you have to click on Install Now button.You can understand this by looking at this screen shot.

                 

• After installation you will be asked to restart the browser.Restart it and that's it  the installation is done.   
• Now let me tell you the most important thing I.E. where is Selenium IDE  present.You might say it is in Firefox but where? You will find it in Web Developer present in  the Firefox browser.
• How to Navigate to web Developer ?

1. Click on Firefox button present at the top of the Firefox window.
2. Place the Cursor on Web Developer in that you will find Selenium IDE click on it.

• That's it in this Tutorial .As this tutorial is all about How to Install Selenium IDE so I will explain how to use "Selenium IDE" in the next Tutorial. 
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