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Beginner to Selenium Java Library, How much java to learn?

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YouhavedecidedtolearnSeleniumtoautomateyourwebapplication.Butnotsurewheretobeginfrom.Thereis
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programmingexperience.AndifyouaregoingtousejavaclientdriverofSeleniumthenhowmuchjava
knowledgeyouneed?

HereinIhavejotteddownsomejavaessentialswhichareneededinordertousedjavaclientlibraryofSelenium.
OOPSEncapsulation,Abstraction,Inheritance,Polymorphism.

Needlesstoemphasizeontheirimportanceinprogramming.

IntroductiontoClass,instancevariable,instancemethods,classvariable,classmethod,Object

Constructor,AbstractClass,Interface,methodoverloading,methodoverriding,Package
Youdefinitelyneedtoknowwhentocreateaclassorinterface,howtoinitializeyourinstancevariables,createmethods
fortestscenariosandbundleyourtestclassesinpackages

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CtrlStatment.Tobeablemaketomakedecisionintestmethods.ShouldIcontinuetestexecutionifloginfails?

Loops.Toexecutesamestatementstimeandagain,forexamplelogginginfor5differentaccountsusingsame
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execution?

Filesandstreams.Soyouwanttokeeptestdataoutofyourjavasourcefile,buthowwouldyouaccessthemwith
inyourtestscripts?

JavaGenerics.Wanttoworkwithobjectsandnotprimitivedatatypesandatthesametimewanttypesafetyalso.
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CollectionFramework.ArrayListandHashMapisamusttoknow

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MultiThreading.Howmanythreadstorunforfasterexecution?

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seoguru July15,2011at5:32PM
VeryNiceInformativepost.Ithinkabovementionedthingsshouldbeenoughforbeginnerlikeme.

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Excellentblog:)
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Srinivas October6,2011at8:03PM
Thanksithelpedmealot...IthinkIneedatrainingonjavatomakeuseofitinseleniumbecauseidontanythingaboutjavaasiam
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Giribabu May24,2012at9:42PM
Goodblog..knowledgable.
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Yogindernath July18,2012at7:22AM
Accordingtome,weneedtohavegoodknowledgeonJavainordertoworkwithSeleniumandJava.
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NagalathaKs April2,2013at6:26AM
Iamnewtoseleniumandihavenojavadevelopmentexp.ineedsomebasicmaterialsofjavaandbasicsofselnium.ineedtostart
learningit.itwillreallyhelpinmywork.

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WonderfulPost,wassearchingforthis...ThanksTarun!!!!BigthumbsUpfortheawesomepost.
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