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+# keeper-ui-tests
+
+Project containing the **automated tests** for **KEEPER** on **UI level**.
+
+## Frameworks & Patterns
+
+- **Selenium** - Automate test steps in the browser
+- **Page Object Pattern** - Define each web page under test as page object
+- **Cucumber** - Tests are defined as scenarios in the feature files
+- **Spring** - Dependency injection used for WebDriver and page objects 
+- **TestNG** - Run the cucumber scenarios as tests
+
+## Setup and Execution
+
+1. Clone the repository on your machine.
+2. Configure basic test data (see testData.properties), consistent with your test environment, in the Maven settings.xml.
+3. Run tests by using Maven goal "clean test".