Galen Framework

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Galen Framework
Original author(s) Ivan Shubin
Initial release2013 (2013)
Stable release
2.4.4 / March 15, 2019;5 years ago (2019-03-15) [1]
Repository
Written in Java
Operating system Cross-platform
Available in English
Type Test automation
License Apache License v2.0
Website galenframework.com

Galen Framework is an open source layout and functional testing framework for websites, written in Java, which allows testing the look and feel of responsive websites. It has its own special language Galen Specs for describing the positioning and alignment of elements on a Web page. It is based on Selenium and could be executed via Selenium Grid for cross-browser testing [2]

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Main features

Galen Specs Language

Galen Specs language consists of the following entities:

# Declaring objects @objects     header              id header         icon            css img.icon         text            xpath //h1  # Declaring a section = Header =      @on *         header:             inside screen 0px top left right             height ~ 70px          header.icon:             width 34px             height 34px             centered vertically inside header             inside header 7 to 10px left      @on desktop         header.text:             centered vertically inside header             right of header.icon 5 to 15px      @on mobile         header.text:             absent 

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References

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