KISS PageObjects

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Presents three PageObject styles—Static, Void, and Fluent—illustrated in Java using Selenium and Selenide (with occasional PageFactory/find annotations). Recommends keeping PageObjects simple by preferring composition over inheritance, avoiding typed-element wrappers and ambiguous return types, and not adding unused locators or methods; shows patterns like public-element and constructor-component, using Selenide assertions for waits, and discusses tradeoffs that reduce maintenance.

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" chapters (15)

1. 0:00Introduction
2. 3:57TSTD simplicity benefits
3. 8:57Simple PageObjects
4. 14:43PageObjects purpose
5. 16:52Typing anti-patterns
6. 19:40Implementation approaches
7. 22:08Public benefits
8. 25:17Fluent constructors
9. 28:28Avoid returning PageObjects
10. 29:53Inheritance anti-pattern
11. 31:39Composition over inheritance
12. 32:20PageObjects containers
13. 34:25Overloaded responsibilities
14. 35:50Structure tips
15. 37:00Q&A

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