43. Debugging Strategies: Element Inspection, DOM Breakpoints & Logs

Debugging Playbook for Selenium Engineers

1. Console Locator Validation: Open DevTools Console and verify: - XPath: $x("//button[text()='Submit']") - CSS: $$("button.submit-btn") 2. Retrieve Browser Console Logs in Java:

import org.openqa.selenium.logging.LogEntries;
import org.openqa.selenium.logging.LogType;
LogEntries logs = driver.manage().logs().get(LogType.BROWSER);
logs.forEach(entry -> System.out.println(entry.getLevel() + ": " + entry.getMessage()));