Exercise - Difference between assert and verify

Aim:

Modify this script and use verify and assert and notice the differences in operation.

Pre-requisites:

• Firefox browser with Selenium IDE installed ,use link How to install Selenium IDE?

key steps:
      1. use an existing script ( provide a script with verify command)
      2. run the script with command verify and observe what happens during execution and the results
      3. now use an existing script ( provide a script with asset command)
      4. run the script with command verify and observe what happens during execution and the results




Background:
Assert vs verify: If you use seleniums verify command - then the test suite/case - will still run - and fail at the end. Hence in most cases you should use assert command which will cause the test to stop.

Zip file location: ( download from here)
C:\FoundationSelenium\AssertAndVerify\AssertScript.html, C:\FoundationSelenium\AssertAndVerify\VerifyScript.html.

Assert Example's Script

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head profile="http://selenium-ide.openqa.org/profiles/test-case">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<link rel="selenium.base" href="http://foundation.time2test.co.uk/" />
<title>AssertScript</title>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="1">
<thead>
<tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="3">AssertScript</td></tr>
</thead><tbody>
<tr>
 <td>open</td>
 <td>/</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>clickAndWait</td>
 <td>link=Log in</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>assertTextPresent</td>
 <td>Username</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>assertTextPresent</td>
 <td>Password</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>type</td>
 <td>id=user_login</td>
 <td>admin</td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>type</td>
 <td>id=user_pass</td>
 <td>time4test</td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>clickAndWait</td>
 <td>id=wp-submit</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>waitForElementPresent</td>
 <td>//div[@id='user_info']/p/a[2]</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>clickAndWait</td>
 <td>link=Posts</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>assertTextPresent</td>
 <td>Posts</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>clickAndWait</td>
 <td>link=Add New</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>click</td>
 <td>id=title-prompt-text</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>type</td>
 <td>id=title</td>
 <td>New Post</td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>assertTextNotPresent</td>
 <td>Add New Post</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>clickAndWait</td>
 <td>id=publish</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>clickAndWait</td>
 <td>link=Log Out</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</body>
</html>

Verify Example's Script

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head profile="http://selenium-ide.openqa.org/profiles/test-case">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<link rel="selenium.base" href="http://foundation.time2test.co.uk/" />
<title>VerifyScript</title>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="1">
<thead>
<tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="3">VerifyScript</td></tr>
</thead><tbody>
<tr>
 <td>open</td>
 <td>/</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>clickAndWait</td>
 <td>link=Log in</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>verifyTextPresent</td>
 <td>Username</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>verifyTextPresent</td>
 <td>Password</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>type</td>
 <td>id=user_login</td>
 <td>admin</td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>type</td>
 <td>id=user_pass</td>
 <td>time4test</td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>clickAndWait</td>
 <td>id=wp-submit</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>waitForElementPresent</td>
 <td>//div[@id='user_info']/p/a[2]</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>clickAndWait</td>
 <td>link=Posts</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>verifyTextNotPresent</td>
 <td>Posts</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>clickAndWait</td>
 <td>link=Add New</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>click</td>
 <td>id=title-prompt-text</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>type</td>
 <td>id=title</td>
 <td>New Post</td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>verifyTextPresent</td>
 <td>Add New Post</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>clickAndWait</td>
 <td>id=publish</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>clickAndWait</td>
 <td>link=Log Out</td>
 <td></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</body>
</html>

Solution Video File