First Automation Program

Let us kick start automating our first program.

Program: To open www.google.com in chrome browser.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
 namespace First_Program
     {
            class Program
                {
                     static void Main(string[] args)
                       {
                          //Creates an instance of chrome browser
                          IWebDriver chrome = new ChromeDriver();
                          //Opens www.google.com in chrome browser
                          chrome.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.google.com");
                                            
                        }
                 }
     }

Now let us analyse the above program:

• Importing Packages in Namespace Section
• OpenQA.Selenium - Contains the WebDriver class needed to instantiate a new browser loaded with a specific driver
•  OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome -  Contains the chromeDriver class needed to instantiate a chrome-specific driver onto the browser instantiated by the WebDriver class.
• The following namespace are specific to browser:
• using OpenQA.Selenium.Edge; //Used for Edge browser
• using OpenQA.Selenium.IE; //Used for IE Browser
• using OpenQA.Selenium.firefox; //Used for firefox browser
• using OpenQA.Selenium.Opera; // Used for Opera browser
• Main Program:
• Iwebdriver is an interface through which user controls the browser.
   IWebDriver chrome = new ChromeDriver(); 
  //The above statement creates a new instance of google chrome browser.                  Syntax to create a new instance of various browser:-
• IWebDriver IE = new InternetExplorerDriver();//For IE Explorer
• IWebDriver fox = new FirefoxDriver();//For Morzilla firefox
• IWebDriver edge = new EdgeDriver();//For Edge browser
• chrome.Navigate().GoToUrl("Https://www.google.co.in");
  The navigate method instructs the browser to navigate to another location.
• GoToUrl(string) method loads a webpage in the current browser window.

We finally finished Automating our first program.

In the next Tutorial let us learn more about navigation command!