Free online courseSelenium WebDriver Automation Testing

Course Description

Manual testing can catch important bugs, but modern delivery cycles demand fast, repeatable checks that run every time you ship. In this free online course, you will learn how to create reliable UI automation with Selenium WebDriver using Java, progressing from core programming foundations to a practical testing framework you can grow in real projects. It is designed for learners who want more than isolated scripts: you will build the habits and structure that make automated tests readable, maintainable, and useful to a team.

You start by setting up the tools and understanding how software automation fits into quality assurance, then strengthen the Java skills that matter most in test code. You will work with variables, data types, strings, arrays, methods, and control flow so you can write clear logic, manage test data, and avoid flaky behavior. You will also apply object-oriented concepts such as classes, constructors, access modifiers, and inheritance, which are essential when organizing automation code and modeling applications in a scalable way.

From there, you move into Selenium fundamentals and learn how browsers, drivers, and Selenium Manager fit together, then practice interacting with the application through web elements and locators. You will automate real user flows such as login, and learn how to improve readability by refactoring repeated element interactions into cleaner helper methods. Along the way, you will explore techniques that make UI automation more robust, including building custom control methods that encapsulate clicks, typing, and validations consistently.

As your tests grow, structure becomes the difference between a quick demo and an automation suite that can survive change. You will learn to implement the Page Object Model, use PageFactory and @FindBy effectively, and design page actions that return the next page object so your tests read like user journeys. Finally, you will integrate TestNG to run tests professionally with annotations, centralized setup, suite configuration with testng.xml, and data-driven testing with @DataProvider. By the end, you will be able to create automation that is easier to debug, simpler to extend, and ready to support continuous testing in real-world software teams.