Session 1: Introduction to Selenium, Java, and Cucumber

Overview of Selenium and its advantages in automation.

Basics of Java essential for Selenium.

Introduction to the Cucumber framework and its significance in Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD).

Session 2: Setting Up the Environment

Installing JDK, Maven, and Visual Studio Code IDE.

Adding Selenium and Cucumber dependencies via Maven.

Overview of folder structure for Cucumber projects.

Session 3: Writing Feature Files in Cucumber

What are feature files?

Writing Gherkin syntax (Feature, Scenario, Given, When, Then).

Examples of feature files for web testing.

Session 4: Step Definitions in Cucumber

Mapping Gherkin steps to Java methods.

Writing step definitions for browser interactions (login forms, navigation).

Hands-on practice.

Session 5: Selenium WebDriver with Cucumber

Integrating Selenium commands into Cucumber step definitions.

Handling locators, dropdowns, checkboxes, and alerts.

Working with explicit waits.

Session 6: Hooks and Data-Driven Testing

Using @Before and @After hooks for test setup and teardown.

Parameterizing tests with Cucumber Examples and Data Tables.

Practical implementation.

Session 7: Building and Running a Cucumber Test Suite

Organizing feature files and step definitions.

Running Cucumber tests with Maven.

Generating reports (overview of HTML reports with Cucumber).

Create a mini BDD project with login functionality.

**NOTE: LAPTOP IS MANDATORY, SINCE HANDS-ON SESSIONS NEEDS PROGRAMMING