III. Workarround Selenium IDE - PART A.

1.What is IDE?

An integrated development environment (IDE) is a software suite that consolidates the basic tools developers need to write and test software. Typically, an IDE contains a code editor, a compiler or interpreter and a debugger that the developer accesses through a single graphical user interface (GUI).

Ex: Eclipse is an IDE. Before I explain how this IDE contain compiler inbuilt let's understand JDK and JRE.

Story started when I was installing Eclipse 👶

I got an error when I was installing eclipse in my system, saying that JRE must be configured or installed in the machine.

Next, I installed JRE but how come Eclipse knows i installed JRE? ... For that, We need to create the system variable/User variable JAVA_HOME which contains the path of installed JRE. 

Now, Again 3 new words "system variable ",  "User variable " and "JAVA_HOME"

System variable: are those if you create once it will be available for all users in that system

User variable: Are specific to that user who logged into the system.

JAVA_HOME: Is environment variable.Or you can say its key where other software which required 

JAVA to be pre-installed software. That software will look into this key and find the value set for this key.

Ex: JAVA_HOME = C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_111 

Note : Installing JAVA,eclipse and Setting environment varible will explained "Selenium Webdriver 1 - Environment Setup"

Selenium IDE: Is an integrated development environment for Selenium scripts. It is implemented as a Firefox extension, and allows you to record, edit, and debug tests. Selenium IDE includes the entire Selenium Core, allowing you to easily and quickly record and play back tests in the actual environment that they will run in.

Selenium IDE is not only a recording tool: it is a complete IDE. You can choose to use its recording capability, or you may edit your scripts by hand. With autocomplete support and the ability to move commands around quickly, Selenium IDE is the ideal environment for creating Selenium tests no matter what style of tests you prefer.

Features:

Easy record and playback. 

2. Installing Selenium IDE.

As we know Selenium IDE is plugin for Mozilla Firefox browser. You can install this plugin by 2 ways 

I.Installing throw Firefox marketplace.

Step 1.

Step 2.

Step 3.

Click on install button.

Step 4.

After installing restart the browser or close and re-open.

Step 5. Check IDE icon is shown at right side cornner.

Step 6.

Or you can see IDE under tools section.

II. Install by downloading 

Step1. 

Open Firefox and enter URL https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/selenium-ide/

Step 2.

Click on button as shown below.

Step 3.

You will get popup , click on install button.

Step 4.

close and reopen browser.

Step 5. Check IDE icon is shown at right side cornner.

Step 6.
Or you can see IDE under tools section.