1. Download the selenium driver and server from http://seleniumhq.org/download/
2. Initialize selenium server by running the following command on the selenium server folder (java -jar selenium-server.jar)
3. Using the following code we will initialize a new selenium host that will be used to run our automated test
'start selenium host
Dim serverHost As String = "localhost"
Dim serverPort As Integer = 4333
Dim serverBrowserString As String = "*iexplore"
Dim serverBrowserURL As String = baseURL

   sel = New DefaultSelenium(serverHost, _
serverPort, _
serverBrowserString, _
serverBrowserURL)
sel.Start()
sel.WindowMaximize()


4. Next we will write a simple test that will automate the login process of a web application


sel.Open(Me.baseURL + "login.aspx")

sel.WaitForPageToLoad("10000")

Dim users As User() = User.FindAll

If (users Is Nothing) Then
Assert.Fail("Unable to login, no user found")
End If

sel.Type("txtUsername", users(0).username)
sel.Type("txtPassword", users(0).password)
sel.Click("btnLogin")

sel.WaitForPageToLoad("10000")

If (sel.GetTitle <> "Home") Then
Assert.Fail("Unable to login user")
End If


to be continued . . .

Tutorial Outline

1. Downloading and installing JQuery

2. Writing a JQuery AJAX call

3. Creating a dummy webservice method

Tutorial Details

1. Downloading and installing JQuery

• Download the latest JQuery from here
• Paste the JQuery file into your solution (e.g.: scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js)
• Add a reference to the JQuery file. This could be added in a specific page or in the master page making JQuery available to all inheriting pages

<script src=”scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js” type=”text/javascript”></script>

2. Writing a JQuery AJAX call

• The following is an example of a JQuery AJAX call that is currently reading authentication credentials from two text boxes and passing these values asynchronously to a web method

            (1) - $(document).ready(function() {

                     // btnLogin button click
                     (2) - $(“#btnLogin”).click(function() {
                            $.ajax({
                                       type: “POST”,
                               (3) - url: “webservices/loginHandler.asmx/authenticateAdmin”,
                               (4) - data: “{username : ‘” + $(‘#txtUsername’).val() + “‘,” +
                                                   “password : ‘” + $(‘#txtPassword’).val() + “‘ }”,
                                      contentType: “application/json; charset=utf-8″,
                                (5) - dataType: “json”,
                                (6) - success: function(result) {
                                         alert(‘User Logged In’);

                                      },
                                 (7) - error: function(e) {
                                              alert(“Cannot authenticate user’);
                                          }
                      });
                   });

               });

1. The is the place were we should write our JQuery code. This code is loaded as soon as the DOM is loaded and before the page contents are loaded
2. Binding an HTML element to a click event. The ‘btnLogin’ is the id of the element
3. The relative webservice URL ending with the web method name
4. The data to be sent, the should directly map with the web method signature
5. Setting the data type to be used as JSON
6. Taking appropriate action when the web method is successful
7. Taking appropriate action when the web method is unsuccessful

3. Creating a dummy webservice method

     The next step is to create a web method that can handle the previous request

• From your visual studio solution create a new web service called “loginHandler”
• Next create a web method as follows:

                  <System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat :=Script.Services.ResponseFormat.Json)> _

                   Public sub authenticateAdmin(ByVal username As String,  ByVal password As String)

                       ‘ Include some authentiation logic here

                   End sub