Before we get started with WebDriver scripting using Java and Eclipse

Check 01: Java Installed??

• You can check the JDK is installed by opening a new command line and running the command: javac -version

         

             cmd prompt java version

• This should show you the version number which you downloaded and installed.

Check 02: Eclipse IDE Installed??

• You should be able to download a ZIP file named 'eclipse-java-juno-SR2-win32-x86_64.zip; (the version number 'SR2' may change).

• Inside that ZIP file, there is an 'eclipse' folder which contains all the application files. You can extract the 'eclipse' folder anywhere you want in your system(extract it to your C drive.).

Check 03: Selenium JAR files downloaded??

• You will find client drivers for other languages there, but only choose the one for Java.

Selenium JAR files from seleniumhq.org

• This download comes as a ZIP file named 'selenium-2.46.0.zip'. Extract the contents of this ZIP file on your C drive so that you would have the directory 'C:\selenium-2.46.0\'. 
• This directory contains all the JAR files that we would later import on Eclipse IDE.

Check 04: Eclipse configured with WebDriver??

• Launch the eclipse IDE using “eclipse.exe” residing inside the eclipse folder.
• When asked to select for a workspace, accept the default location and click OK.

Select Eclipse workspace

• In Eclipse IDE, create a new java project goto File => New => Java Project.

Select Java project

• Provide a name to your Java Project. Let us provide the name as 'Learning_WebDriver' and Click on the Finish Button. The newly created project can be viewed at the left side of the screen in the package explorer panel.
• Create new Java class. Let us provide the name as 'First_WebdriverClass' under the source folder by right clicking on it and navigating to New => class.

Create Java class

• Now let us configure the libraries into our Java project. For this, select the project and Right click on it. Select 'Properties' within the listed options. The following screen appears, Select 'Java Build Path' from the options.

Adding Selenium JAR files to library

• 'Libraries' tab is opened,. If not, click on the 'Libraries' tab. Then, click on the 'Add External Jars…' button. Browse to the location where we have saved the extracted folder for Java Client Libraries.
• Navigate to C:\selenium-2.46.0\ (or any other location where you saved the extracted contents of 'selenium-2.46.0.zip').Add all the JAR files inside and outside the 'libs' folder. Your Properties dialog should now look similar to the image below.

External JAR files added

• Click 'OK', the project will look like the following image.

The project

Check 05: Let's Begin:

Now that we have our project set up, let's start writing some WebDriver script!