http://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/GettingStarted
Here is where I looked for help when it wouldn't work[1]:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10057163/cant-run-java-example-for-selenium-webdriver
To save you the trouble: my Java is poor. :-) That's okay, because I'm not a Java programmer. I do want to script Java[2], however, using JavaScript and Mozilla Rhino. A prime candidate for learning how to do so (for me) is writing Selenium / WebDriver tests against their Java API.
I finally got the example code to work. Here is the command line:
alis-mac-pro:selenium ali$ java -cp ".:/Users/ali/Downloads/selenium-2.20.0/*:/Users/ali/Downloads/selenium-2.20.0/libs/*:/Users/ali/Downloads/rhino1_7R3/*" org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main -f example.js Page title is: Cheese! - Google Search
That's my input, and the program's output. And here is the example.js file that Rhino executed:
importClass(org.openqa.selenium.By);
importClass(org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver);
importClass(org.openqa.selenium.WebElement);
importClass(org.openqa.selenium.htmlunit.HtmlUnitDriver);
// Create a new instance of the html unit driver
// Notice that the remainder of the code relies on the interface,
// not the implementation.
var driver = new HtmlUnitDriver();
// And now use this to visit Google
driver.get("http://www.google.com");
// Find the text input element by its name
var element = driver.findElement(By.name("q"));
// Enter something to search for
element.sendKeys("Cheese!");
// Now submit the form. WebDriver will find the form for us from the element
element.submit();
// Check the title of the page
print("Page title is: " + driver.getTitle());
[1] - (BTW, before this, I asked for help on irc.freenode.net on #selenium and on #java and got nearly zero response. The response was useful, though, but without any follow-up, I was left high and dry. Theoretically, IRC and other live communication channels are wonderful resources for support, but I find that the reality falls way short of that theory. Maybe it's just my theory?)
[2] - http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/ScriptingJava.html
