Waits

Implicit Waits

• Default setting for "wait" is 0
• Set once and its use is continue through the life of the webdriver instance
• Waits for the presence of the web element 

Explicit Waits

• Define certain condition on the webelement
• Define the wait period
• Able to use convenience methods from the ExpectedConditions class (Java API)
• Able to create more elaborate wait methods - FluentWaits (Java API)

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Why

• Waits allow the webdriver and the HTML code to stay synchronized; therefore, when the webdriver tries to interact with webelements on the page, those webelements are "ready" for use.

When

• Any call of a new page object

Where

• From the page object itself (returning this or a boolean)

Disclaimer - These are my technical notes around Selenium, various code and frameworks.