Nosuchelementfound exception in Selenium Webdriver - selenium

Question

As a new learner for Selenium, I am trying to identify a basic element on the Google page for the Google Search button. However I am getting a NoSuchElementException even though the element is perfectly visible on the page.
Code Snippet :
String driverPath = "C:\\Users\\nchaudhary006\\IEDriverServer.exe";
System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver",driverPath);
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.internetExplorer();
capabilities.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.INTRODUCE_FLAKINESS_BY_IGNORING_SECURITY_DOMAINS, true);
InternetExplorerDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver(capabilities);
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.get("https://google.com");
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.findElement(By.name("btnK"));
Solutions Tried :
Element until visible option
Scroll down so that page is in view
Identifying element by xpath, id , name, etc.
All possible wait combinations.
What can I be possibly doing wrong?

Answer 1

I am not sure to which element you exactly referred by name as btnK but on https://google.com there is a Search field by name as q
Using Selenium 3.4.0, IEDriverServer 3.4.0 & IE 10.x (& above) the below code will put "Neha Chaudhary" in the Search field.
A few words about the Solution:
Once you set ImplicitlyWait at the begining, it remains valid throughout your execution. So you don't have to mention again & again.
Instead of InternetExplorerDriver implementation you must use the WebDriver interface.
While you search for an element driver.findElement(By.name("btnK")); either store it as a WebElement for future use or perform some action by click() or sendKeys("Neha Chaudhary")
Here is the working code snippet:
String driverPath = "C:\\Utility\\BrowserDrivers\\IEDriverServer.exe";
System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver",driverPath);
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.internetExplorer();
capabilities.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.INTRODUCE_FLAKINESS_BY_IGNORING_SECURITY_DOMAINS, true);
WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver(capabilities);
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.get("https://google.com");
driver.findElement(By.name("q")).sendKeys("Neha Chaudhary");
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