[wtr-general] Re: Watir simple field recorder
What's the thinking behind going with the structure... def field_name browser.thing(:how, what) end ...versus simply: field_name = browser.thing(:how, what) ? Are there advantages/disadvantages with each? -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
[wtr-general] Re: Watir simple field recorder
I know Watir community does not like recorders - I read about it in Wikipedia. This script is not exactly a recorder per say. I would call it a Object repository builder - if that appeals better to the Watir community. It helps you get around the mundane task of using Firebug or Developer tool bar to identify each element ids/names. Moreover, it is written in a very object oriented way. I have uploaded it at http://pastie.org/1837926. Thanks Darryl for that info. Željko, I suggest you try it. It will not solve your complex field identification problems where you still have to use Firebug/Developer Toolbar; but it will ease your development effort a lot; especially if you have a form based application with lots of data entry fields. Thanks Babitha On Apr 21, 1:46 am, Željko Filipin zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch wrote: On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Babitha babitha.augus...@gmail.com wrote: I could share this script if anybody was interested. But, I am not sure where I can upload it. You will find that Watir community does not like recorders. You can upload it on your site, github, or you can take over watir recorder project at openqa.org. Željko -- watir.com - community manager watir.com/book - author watirpodcast.com - host viaqa.mobi conference on software testing - organizer -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
[wtr-general] Re: Watir simple field recorder
I don't personally use 'recorders' but tools like this are an immense help for getting new team members up to speed until they get a grasp on effectively using Firebug. There are no Watir recorders per se. However, tools such as this one and Webmetrics offer help to new testers that don't have a programming background and I think that they should be encouraged for the purpose of capturing objects. Babitha - If you want to easily share your version of the tool with the group, you can use http://pastie.org/ just paste and paste(post). Here's an example - http://pastie.textmate.org/1777913 Darryl On Apr 20, 4:46 pm, Željko Filipin zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch wrote: On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Babitha babitha.augus...@gmail.com wrote: I could share this script if anybody was interested. But, I am not sure where I can upload it. You will find that Watir community does not like recorders. You can upload it on your site, github, or you can take over watir recorder project at openqa.org. Željko -- watir.com - community manager watir.com/book - author watirpodcast.com - host viaqa.mobi conference on software testing - organizer -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
[wtr-general] Re: Watir simple field recorder
Hello Babitha, I would be interested in see your version of the Watir recorder. On a new project, creating a GUI map is one of the first things that we do after initial prototyping. I will respond directly to you with my email address. Thanks, Darryl On Apr 1, 1:26 pm, Babitha babitha.augus...@gmail.com wrote: A long time back, Scott Hanselman of microsoft had posted a ruby watir recorder in his blog. Like most other recorders, this had the problem that the code generated couldn't be reused. I made some small tweaking to this code so that when a user traverses through the page, clicking on each element that he wants to record, it records all the elements in the Watir format and gives back a nice module with properties defined for each element. As a sample say you have a page with two fields FirstName and LastName. The recorded output will be something like below: module MyPage def first_name $browser.text_field(:id, FirstName) end def last_name $browser.text_field(:id, LastName) end end Now just add this module to your test cases and use first_name, last_name etc directly without bothering about the identification of IDs. I could share this script if anybody was interested. But, I am not sure where I can upload it. Thanks, Babitha -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
