Re: [Wtr-general] another next step
Bret Pettichord wrote: 7. make a gem how could i forget -- kingsley is helping me with this. To remind, I once submitted a gemspec for Watir. It was before there were any native libraries in the distibution though. Anyway, Bret, if you need help with a gem, just whistle :) Alexey Verkhovsky ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Command Line Arguments
Tim Feltham wrote:
type irb at the command prompt (without the )
Even better, there is this RubyForge project called 'breakpoint',
http://ruby-breakpoint.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?HomePage, which opens
an IRB session inside a running Ruby program. With it, you can do
something like
test/watir/long_convoluted_test_script.rb
require 'watir'
include Watir
config = load_configuration
database = connect_to_database
ie = IE.start('http:/foo.bar.com/login')
ie.text_field(:id, 'username').set_value('me')
...
...
...
# somewhere in the middle
require 'breakpoint'
breakpoint
...
and this will execute the script until breakpoint and then open an IRB
session in which the actual values of ie, configuration, database are
available and even can be modified. As well as any other variable
visible from the breakpoint location. Exiting the IRB continues the
program.
This is often the easiest way to get to the state that you want to play
with. Besides, you can do conditional breakpoints
breakpoint if some arbitrarily complex condition
Bottom line: don't leave home without it.
Alex
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Re: [Wtr-general] Question - Why ruby?
Bret Pettichord wrote: Python could work. Ruby was Brian Marick's choice and he was convinced to switch from Python to Ruby when he sat with Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt on a bus. Oh! Being a devote Ruby hacker, I don't even want to imagine the possibilities of that bus ride not happening... :) Seriously though, the Python vs Ruby theme is rehashed once in a while on ruby-talk and in other forums. The general consensus seems that qualities of both languages are quite similar to each other, and a choice between the two is a subjective choice more than anything else. In other words, there are many enough people who strongly prefer Ruby over Python (and vice versa), but they have a hard time try to explain the reason. :) See also: http://bluebones.net/news/default.asp?action=view_storystory_id=81 Best regards, Alexey Verkhovsky ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
