32. Configuring Projects in Eclipse IDE to work with Selenium WebDriver

1. Create a Project in Eclipse IDE

1. Install Eclipse IDE as explained in Post#14 Install Eclipse IDE
2. Launch Eclipse IDE as explained in Post#15 Launch Eclipse IDE
3. Create a Project in Eclipse IDE as explained in Post#16 How to create Projects in Eclipse IDE

2. Adding Java Client Drivers (i.e. .jar files) in the 'selenium-java-x.xx.x' 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 'lib' and click on 'Finish' button as shown below:

3. Ensure whether 'lib' folder got created as shown below:

4. Go the Folder where we have extracted the 'selenium-java-2.32.0.zip' folder in our previous post as shown below:

5. Open the Extracted Folder and ensure that the following files exists as shown below:

6. Copy the two displayed Jar files as shown below:

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

8. Ensure that all the copied .jar files (i.e. two jar files) got pasted as shown below:

9. Now open the 'libs' folder and ensure that the following Jar files exists as shown below:

10. Copy the displayed Jar files as shown below:

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

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

3. Configuring the copied JAR files in Eclipse IDE:

a. Right click on the Project and select 'Properties' option as shown below:

b. In 'Properties for Project' dialog, select 'Java Build Path' option as shown below:

c. Select 'Libraries' tab as shown below:

d. Click on 'Add JARs' butt under the 'Libraries' tab as shown below:

e. In 'JAR Selection' dialog, select the all the JAR Files copied under 'lib' folder and click on 'OK' button as shown below:

f. Ensure that all the JAR files got added in the properties dialog and click on 'OK' button as shown below:

Thats it !!! Now you have configured your project with all the JAR files that are required for working with Selenium WebDriver Code.