The unambiguous identification of page elements is a solved problem. As with all good computing problems, two different groups of people solved the same problem in two different ways: CSS and XPath. Let’s use both!

We previously separated out actions and assertions in test steps to make our plain-English readable test a little more precise. We will now add more precision to actions and assertions.

We previously summarised the components of a test and created a simple test in plain English. Let’s now look at how grouping actions and assertions make things just a little more clear.

My aim is to define browser automation tests using a plain-English configuration language. Before I can start, we need to look at what web testing is and what terminology is used, or can be used, to describe what goes on.

Given the right automation system you don’t need to write code to define your tests, you instead need to configure the system to test as needed.