Make Selenium Smarter with GenAI 🤖 | Self-Healing Locators & AI-Powered Testing!



AI Summary

Summary of AI QA Engineer Session 2

Introduction

  • The session focuses on making Selenium or Playwright tests more intelligent.
  • Last session overview: Discussed LangChain, DEEPEVAL, and evaluating LLMs.

Current Problems with UI Automation Testing Tools

  1. Locator Challenges:
    • Fragile UI locators: Locators change frequently, causing test failures.
    • Hard to maintain: Constant updates needed when application UIs change.
    • Identifying different locator types: Issues with handling shadow DOMs and pop-ups.

Proposed Solution

  • [Self-Healing Mechanism]: Utilizing AI tools to autonomously manage locators and adapt to UI changes.
  • Demo of self-healing locator using AI to query current UI structure rather than relying solely on hardcoded values.

Tools & Techniques for AI Integration

  • Usage of chatbots (like ChatGPT) and other AI tools helps in identifying and suggesting locators dynamically.
  • Importance of using web-scraping tools and adapting AI capabilities to improve test automation efficiency.

Code Example

  • Provided a simple Selenium Java code structure to illustrate the integration of AI for dynamic locator handling.
  • Example shows how to interact with the application using AI to identify UI components based on user-friendly labels (e.g., “username”, “password”).

Conclusion

  • Encouraged attendees to keep learning about AI advancements and their applications in software testing.
  • Offered specialized courses for deeper insights into using AI in automation testing.