Locators & XPath

Summary

The strategies for finding a specific element on a page — CSS selectors, IDs, and XPath expressions — a foundational skill, since a test can't interact with an element it can't locate reliably.

• 1Practice locating elements using ID, CSS selector, and XPath on a sample page.
• 2Learn why relying on brittle, auto-generated locators causes tests to break frequently.
• 3Build a personal preference order for locator strategies, favoring stable, meaningful attributes.