Chapter 6- Selenium IDE Debugging

Selenium IDE Debugging

Debugging is the process of finding and fixing errors in the test script which is a common step of any script development. To Make the process more robust we can make use a plugin "Power Debugger" for Selenium IDE

Step 1 : To Install Power Debugger for Selenium IDE, Navigate to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/power-debugger-selenium-ide/ and click on "Add to Firefox" Link as shown below.

Step 2 : Now launch 'Selenium IDE' and you will notice a new icon, "Pause on Fail" on recording toolbar as shown below. Click on the same to turn it ON. Upon clicking again, it would be turned "OFF".

Step 3 : Users can turn "pause on fail" on or off any time even when the test is running

Step 4 : Once the test case pauses due to a failed step, you can use the usual resume/step buttons to continue the test execution. The execution will NOT be paused if the failure is on the last command of any test case.

Step 5 : We can also use break points to understand what exactly happens during the step. To Insert a break point on a particular step, perform a "Right Click" and select "toggle Break Point" from the context sensitive menu.

Step 6 : Upon inserting the breakpoint, the particular step is displayed with a pause icon as shown below.

Step 7 : When we execute the script, the script execution is paused where the break point is inserted. This will help the user to evaluate the value/presence of an element etc when the execution is in progress.