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You just have to export the test case from IDE in your preferred programming language & testing framework. **Note**: The exported test case would run on Firefox by default. Following are the steps that are to be followed to export your test case:  1. Select the **Test Case** that is to be exported 2. Go to \> **File** menu 3. Select **Export Test Case As** 4. Choose your preferred option. **For example:** If java is the preferred language then save the test case as ‘.java’ format. ![img-1-12.png](https://blog.e-zest.com/hs-fs/hubfs/img-1-12.png?width=720&name=img-1-12.png) Further, add the selenium language bindings ([http://docs.seleniumhq.org/download/](http://docs.seleniumhq.org/download/)) to your Eclipse project build path. Following are the steps need to be followed: 1. Right-click the project folder and select **Build Path** 2. **Build Path** -\> **Configure Build Path** 3. **Configure Build Path** -\> **Add External JARS** 4. Select the location where you have stored the JARS on your local machine and **import all the JARS** **![img-2-7.png](https://blog.e-zest.com/hs-fs/hubfs/img-2-7.png?width=698&name=img-2-7.png)** **![img-3-3.png](https://blog.e-zest.com/hs-fs/hubfs/img-3-3.png?width=725&name=img-3-3.png)** 1. Once the above steps are completed copy the exported test case file into your Eclipse workspace. 2. Run the file from eclipse and it’s done. **For example:** If the test case was exported as TestNG then simply right-click the file \> **Run As** \> **TestNG Test** **![img-4-3.png](https://blog.e-zest.com/hs-fs/hubfs/img-4-3.png?width=718&name=img-4-3.png)** This process allows you to test on multiple web browsers by pushing away the limitation of IDE which only runs on Firefox. **Prerequisites:** - Eclipse IDE ([https://eclipse.org/downloads/](https://eclipse.org/downloads/)) - JDK 1.6 or above ([http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html)) - Basic knowledge of any of the following programming languages: Java, Python, C#, Ruby etc. - - - ### Similar Blog [![For IOT testing - you need to cook your own recipe!](https://blog.e-zest.com/hubfs/sneha-internet-of-things-testing-20170825.png) For IOT testing - you need to cook your own recipe! 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