Was mulling over the C#/Java situation & couldn't find a compelling reason to use C# other than for WhiteBox Testing. It is slaved to M$ OS & ecosystem, meaning that any hardware used as a test fixture is going to have 40G of bloatware & 1000 background services running which doesn't seem efficient or advisable when consistent results are paramount.

Jumping on the web & AutomationPanda.com seems to come to the same conclusion - though has a preference of Python, probably due to it being a little more lightweight. I just can't get with the syntax/format marriage. I'm not a fan of formatting being a part of syntax. I suppose it forces some standardization of coding styles, but who says that standard is the best approach.

Source: https://automationpanda.com/2017/01/21/the-best-programming-language-for-test-automation/

Example of creating a DataProvider with simple data object : Object[][]

sometimes

• An example of a Java-based REST Service/Client.
• Will be using for programmatic push of text files, so no UI will be needed.

source: https://javatutorial.net/java-file-upload-rest-service

REST Service

Repo: https://github.com/JavaTutorialNetwork/Tutorials/tree/master/FileUploaderRESTService

Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2411270/when-should-i-use-this-in-a-class

Clean Eclipse:

./eclipse -clean -clearPersistedState

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• https://openjdk.java.net/install/index.html
• https://alternativeto.net/software/openjdk/

How to download and install prebuilt OpenJDK packages

JDK 9 & Later

Oracle's OpenJDK JDK binaries for Windows, macOS, and Linux are available on release-specific pages of jdk.java.net as .tar.gz or .zip archives.

As an example, the archives for JDK 11 may be found on jdk.java.net/11 and may be extracted on the command line using

$ tar xvf openjdk-11*_bin.tar.gz

or

$ unzip openjdk-11*_bin.zip

depending on the archive type.

ImplicitWait

driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

FluentWait

• creates a method that polls for a successful findElement() response every 5s - for 30s
• wait.until(loop until no exception/false returned){
  • create an 'on-the-fly' method
    • create a FluentWait wait & set its properties
    • try findElement(By) while response is NoSuchElementFound or null
      • once true, return WebElement

requires import: