How to install Java and configure the path in System Variables – Selenium
How to install Java and configure the path in System Variables – Selenium
Selenium web driver :
- Part of selenium syllabus.
- To automate functional testing on websites , which pages are developed in HTML.
- Developed by Simon Stewart (SS).
- Selenium web driver is available in different flavors like java, c#, .net, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby and java script.
- Selenium web driver java client is famous because java is platform independent ( Tester can use windows / Linux / Mac computer during testing).
- Tester can write test scripts ( programs) using selenium web driver java client in eclipse IDE instead of notepad. ( IDE –> Integrated development environment IDEs are better than editors).
Download and launch eclipse IDE :
From the above diagram we need to install JDK ( java developer kit) first.
Navigation :
Installation:
- Go to google.com site
- Enter JDK 8 free download.
- Click search.
- Click the first one/ site ( oracle site).
- Click JDK link w.r.t OS
- Select license agreement .
- Wait until complete download.
- Copy download and paste in a personal folder.
- Double click on that download to start installation.
- Click next until finish .
Configuration:
- IF windows OS ,
- Click start.
- Right click on computer .
- Properties.
- Advanced system settings.
- Advanced.
- Environment variables.
- Click new in system variables.
- Enter variable name as “JAVA_HOME.
- Enter path of JDK as value.
- Example : c:\program files\ java\ jdk1.8.0_65 .
- Click ok.
- Select path variable.
- Click edit.
- Add path of JDK +/ bin; at end of existing path value.
- Close properties window.
After completion of JDK installation and configuration, test automaters can verify java installation completeness.
- Go to command prompt (cmd)
- Change to any directory .
- In any drive.
- Enter javac and observe command execution to confirm correctness of JDK installation.
In this article we have seen How to install Java and configure the path in System Variables – Selenium . In the next article will see Eclipse download and installation.
