Using Selenium for automated functional testing of ASP.NET applications

Selenium (by Thoughtworks) is on open source tool for automated functional tests. It’s simplicity makes it an excellent candidate for introducing automated functional testing in your project. (Hi! This article is now several years old and updates may have changed how Selenium works) Setting it up for an ASP.NET application is done in a few simple steps: Download Selenium (choose the full install). Create a folder “selenium” in your web site root folder. Unpack the zip file and move the selenium files to to the selenium folder. That’s it! Selenium is now installed. You can test the installation by running the Selenium self-test by pointing your browser to http://localhost/selenium/TestRunner.html. Selenium runs in your browser of choice and there is nothing more to install. ...

December 28, 2005 · Peter Krantz