“Don’t read about testing. Do the testing.”
Here’s your fast-track to firing your first Selenium test with Python & Pytest.

🚀 TL;DR

  • Setup ChromeDriver
  • Add some WebDriver options
  • Write a Pytest test
  • ✅ Profit
pip install selenium pytest

📦 Setup

from selenium import webdriver
import pytest

@pytest.fixture
def driver():
    options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
    options.add_argument('--headless')
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
    yield driver
    driver.quit()

🧪 First Test

def test_page_load_and_title(driver):
    driver.get("https://www.example.com")
    assert "Example Domain" in driver.title

💡 Gotchas

  • Always use yield in fixture, or you’ll get ghost browsers haunting your RAM.
  • Use --headless for CI pipelines (no GUI).
  • Selenium tests = real browser = real slow → use sparingly.

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Stay sharp, test sharper. 🔪