📚 Learn Selenium with Python in 2025 | Practice Basics Locators | XPath | CSS Selector
Welcome to Part 1 of the Selenium with Python Crash Course! 🚀
In this video, you’ll learn:
✅ What is Selenium and why use it for automation?
✅ Selenium Component, Webdriver architecture , DOM (Document Object Model)
✅ How to set up Python, PyCharm, and Selenium step-by-step.
✅ Your first browser automation script using Selenium WebDriver.
✅ Browser Navigation (get url, back, forward, refresh)
✅ Locators (By.ID, By.CLASS_NAME, By.TAG_NAME, By.NAME, By.LINK_TEXT, By.PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT, By.XPATH & By.CS_SSELECTORS)

This beginner-friendly guide is perfect for anyone starting their Python automation journey — whether you’re a student, tester, or someone curious about web automation!
📌 Useful Links:
Selenium Documentation: https://www.selenium.dev/
Python Setup Guide: https://www.python.org/
Download PyCharm: https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/
Practice Websites: https://www.saucedemo.com/
GitHub Link for Source code: https://github.com/prachicodestudio/SeleniumPython.git

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Time Stamp:
00: 00 Introduction

Introductory Section:
00: 30 Course Intro
03: 26 Course Outline
06: 10 Why Should You Learn Selenium?
08: 05 Selenium Architecture (Selenium IDE, WebDriver, Grid)

Setup & Tools:
18: 28 Installing Python and
18: 40 Installing Python and Installing Selenium via pip
27: 51 Verify Setup

Part 1: Selenium Basics

Intro to Web Automation:
30: 16 What is Web Automation?
31: 00 Elements and the DOM
34: 30 Selenium Main Functions

Starting with Selenium:
34: 35 Writing Your First Automation Script
21: 30 Opening and Closing a Browser Window
35: 40 What is WebDriver
37: 26 Basic Browser Navigation (Open URL, Back, Forward, Refresh)
49: 27 Locating Web elements:
Locator Strategies in Selenium:
1: 04: 29 By.NAME
1: 07: 50 By.XPATH
What is XPath?
Absolute XPath vs. Relative XPath
Writing Effective XPath Expressions
XPath Functions (contains(), text(), or, and)
Hands-on Example (Using SauceDemo URL)
1: 32: 39 Selectors Hub (XPath Helper)
2: 23: 16 By.LINKTEXT
2: 28: 41 By.PARTIAL_LINK
2: 30: 03 By.TAGNAME
2: 37: 29 By.CLASS_NAME
2: 41: 20 CSS_SELECTOR
What is a CSS Selector?
Basic CSS Selector Syntax
CSS Selectors vs. XPath
Hands-on Example (Using SauceDemo URL)

Locating Multiple Elements:
03: 12: 27 Difference Between find_element vs. find_elements
Iterating Over Multiple Elements
Extracting Text and Attributes
Hands-on Example (Finding All Product Names in SauceDemo)

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