While writing Selenium test automation scripts, it is important to make sure that your test scripts are scalable and can keep up with any changes in the UI of your web page. But, sadly it’s easier said than done! The goal of automated UI web tests is to verify the functionality of the elements of the web page. With the ever-changing UI, the web locators also change at times, these frequent changes in the web locators can make the task of code maintenance quite challenging.

I have come across many scenarios, where tests failed due to lack of proper maintenance. At times, a change in web locator, when the Selenium test automation scripts are not updated, can cause ‘most’ of the tests to fail!

The solution to this was simple, restructure the Selenium test automation scripts to make it more modular and minimize the duplication of code. So, how did I do it? I used a design pattern called the Page Object Model (POM), which helped in restructuring the code, thereby minimizing the overall effort spent in test code maintenance activity.

In this Selenium C# tutorial, I’ll give you a detailed look at Page Object Model along with how to implement it to make sure you maintain your Selenium test automation scripts in a better manner.

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