3. Configure Projects in Eclipse IDE to work with Selenium RC


1. Create a Project in Eclipse IDE

1. Install Eclipse IDE as explained in Post#8 Install Eclipse IDE
2. Launch Eclipse IDE as explained in Post#9 Launch Eclipse IDE
3. Create a Project in Eclipse IDE as explained in Post#10 How to create Projects in Eclipse IDE

2. Adding Java Client Drivers (i.e. .jar files) in the 'selenium-remote-control-1.0.8' extracted folder to the Project created in Eclipse IDE

1. Right click on the Project and select 'New' -> 'Folder' option as shown below:



2. Ensure 'New Folder' dialog is displayed, specify the folder name as 'library' and click on 'Finish' button as shown below:



3. Ensure whether 'library' folder in added to the Project under 'Package Explorer' as shown below:


4. Go the Folder where we have extracted the 'selenium-remote-control-1.0.3.zip' folder in our previous post as shown below:


5. Open the Extracted Folder and ensure that 'selenium-java-client-driver-1.0.1'  folder exists as shown below:



6. Open the 'selenium-java-client-driver-1.0.1' folder and ensure that there are four .jar files as shown below:


7. Copy these four .jar files as shown below:

8. In Eclipse IDE, select 'libraries' folder and paste the copied .jar files as shown below:


9. Ensure that all the copied .jar files got pasted as shown below:



3. Adding Selenium-Server-Standalone-Version.JAR file to the Project in Eclipse IDE


1. Go to the folder where the downloaded 'selenium-standalone-server-version.jar' file is available as shown below: (i.e. downloaded in our previous post)



2. Copy the 'selenium-server-standalone-version.jar' file as shown below:

3. In Eclipse IDE, select the 'library' folder and paste the copied .jar file as shown below:



4. Ensure that the copied .jar got pasted under the 'library' folder as shown below:



Thats it !!! Now you have configured your project for working with Selenium RC.

How to Start the Selenium Server ? will be explained in the next post.