How are the selenium based tests/scripts executed for a enterprise/project/application?

Question

It may sound a very basic question,how does selenium scripts are executed for a enterprise/project/application? Scripts are created in java using locators etc and lots of tests are created.Tests are structured via TestNG and i can run these test via IDE(eclipse for me) using Run as " TestNG suite" . As i am in learning phase for selenium i am curious, if this is the only way or some other process as well. I want to understand how the complete packaging/deployment/execution of scripts happens along with other dependencies like additional libraries for TestNG or excel utilities etc(using maven or others).

I tried searching on web , but nothing of this sort is available or i am not searching the correct way.

Answer 1

Selenium tests/scripts of any enterprise/project/application are executed with the help of the components used to develop the Test Framework. There are numerous Tools and Frameworks available which can be integrated to execute the Selenium related test. A few of them are as follows:

• Tests can be executed as a standalone Java program or through TestNG. You can find a relevant discussion in How to write Selenium Java Application code in IDE through main() and TestNG
• You can also integrate Maven to execute the Tests. You can find a relevant discussion in How to start FireFoxDriver using Selenium 3.4.0 using Maven?
• You can also integrate Jenkins to execute the Tests. You can find a relevant discussion in Need correct step for Bat file creation using (TestNG.xml + Maven)
• You can also integrate Cucumber to execute the Tests. You can find a relevant discussion in Cucumber test not running