Why Assertions Are Used in Selenium?

Assertions are used for validating a test case and helps us understand if a test case has passed or failed. ... While automating web applications using Selenium, we need to validate our tests to verify if they are working as expected or not (that is, if a test case result is pass/fails).

Why do we use assertion in selenium?

In Selenium, Asserts are validations or checkpoints for an application. Assertions state confidently that application behavior is working as expected. One can say that Asserts in Selenium are used to validate the test cases. They help testers understand if tests have passed or failed.

Why are assertions used?

Assertions are used to codify the requirements that render a program correct or not by testing conditions (Boolean expressions) for true values, and notifying the developer when such conditions are false. Using assertions can greatly increase your confidence in the correctness of your code.

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