Selenium is a powerful open-source automation tool used for testing web applications. It provides a suite of libraries and APIs that support testing of web applications in different programming languages like Java, Python, C#, and Ruby. But when it comes to automating tests for enterprise-level web applications, the complexity and requirements of the project often require more than just writing Selenium test cases. This is where Spring Boot comes into the picture.

Spring Boot is a popular Java-based framework for building and deploying web applications. It allows developers to create standalone, production-grade Spring-based applications easily. When combined with Selenium, it provides a powerful and efficient way to create a complete automated testing framework for web applications.

In this blog series, we will be discussing how to create a Selenium automation testing framework using Spring Boot. We will cover topics such as setting up the project, writing test scripts using Selenium and Spring Boot, implementing the Page Object Model (POM), creating a Selenium framework with Spring Boot, and finally, integrating Selenium tests in Continuous Integration and Deployment Pipelines.

If you are a Java developer looking to improve your testing processes, or just starting out with Selenium and Spring Boot, this blog series is for you. In the next article, we'll discuss how to set up a Selenium automation project with Spring Boot, so stay tuned!

Sample code snippet:

@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
public class LoginPageTest {

    @Autowired
    private TestRestTemplate testRestTemplate;

    @Test
    public void testLoginPage() {
        ResponseEntity<LoginPage> responseEntity = testRestTemplate.getForEntity("/login", LoginPage.class);
        assertNotNull(responseEntity);
        assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK, responseEntity.getStatusCode());
        assertEquals("Login - My App", responseEntity.getBody().getTitle());
    }
}

This code snippet is an example of how to write a test case using TestRestTemplate to test a login page in a Spring Boot application.

Please follow the upcoming pages for how & where to create the framework.