Is XPath still a thing?

2014-04-14 Thread Eric Shepherd
I think I know the answer to this, but want to confirm: is XPath a going concern? We want to be sure of its current status before migrating its documentation to where it ought to be assuming that it is in fact something people still use. -- Eric Shepherd Developer Documentation Lead Mozilla Bl

Re: Is XPath still a thing?

2014-04-14 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:28 PM, Eric Shepherd wrote: > I think I know the answer to this, but want to confirm: is XPath a going > concern? We want to be sure of its current status before migrating its > documentation to where it ought to be assuming that it is in fact something > people still us

Re: Is XPath still a thing?

2014-04-14 Thread David Burns
On 14/04/2014 22:28, Eric Shepherd wrote: I think I know the answer to this, but want to confirm: is XPath a going concern? We want to be sure of its current status before migrating its documentation to where it ought to be assuming that it is in fact something people still use. XPath is stil

Re: Is XPath still a thing?

2014-04-14 Thread Eric Shepherd
On 2014-04-14 21:38:24 +, David Burns said: XPath is still a going concern from where I stand. Web Testing people, who use Selenium WebDriver, use XPath extensively since they struggle to get to have testable documents. Having decent documentation for them would be awesome :) On 2014-04-

Re: Is XPath still a thing?

2014-04-14 Thread David Burns
Not from my side! David On 14/04/2014 22:41, Eric Shepherd wrote: On 2014-04-14 21:38:24 +, David Burns said: XPath is still a going concern from where I stand. Web Testing people, who use Selenium WebDriver, use XPath extensively since they struggle to get to have testable documents. Ha

Re: Is XPath still a thing?

2014-04-14 Thread Jorge Villalobos
On 4/14/14, 3:46 PM, David Burns wrote: > Not from my side! > > David > > On 14/04/2014 22:41, Eric Shepherd wrote: >> On 2014-04-14 21:38:24 +, David Burns said: >> >>> XPath is still a going concern from where I stand. Web Testing >>> people, who use Selenium WebDriver, use XPath extensivel

Re: Is XPath still a thing?

2014-04-14 Thread gNeandr
On 14.04.2014 23:54, Jorge Villalobos wrote: On 4/14/14, 3:46 PM, David Burns wrote: Not from my side! David On 14/04/2014 22:41, Eric Shepherd wrote: On 2014-04-14 21:38:24 +, David Burns said: XPath is still a going concern from where I stand. Web Testing people, who use Selenium WebD

Re: Is XPath still a thing?

2014-04-15 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Jorge Villalobos wrote: > FWIW, many add-ons use XPath. If there's anything we should be > recommending add-on developers to migrate to, please let me know. It would be interesting to know what they use it for and why querySelector() et al don't meet their needs,

Re: Is XPath still a thing?

2014-04-15 Thread gNeandr
On 15.04.2014 12:17, Anne van Kesteren wrote: On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Jorge Villalobos wrote: FWIW, many add-ons use XPath. If there's anything we should be recommending add-on developers to migrate to, please let me know. It would be interesting to know what they use it for and why

Re: Is XPath still a thing?

2014-04-15 Thread Andreas Tolfsen
On 15/04/2014 11:17, Anne van Kesteren wrote: On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Jorge Villalobos wrote: FWIW, many add-ons use XPath. If there's anything we should be recommending add-on developers to migrate to, please let me know. It would be interesting to know what they use it for and why

Re: Is XPath still a thing?

2014-04-15 Thread Gijs Kruitbosch
On 15/04/2014 14:21, Andreas Tolfsen wrote: On 15/04/2014 11:17, Anne van Kesteren wrote: On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Jorge Villalobos wrote: FWIW, many add-ons use XPath. If there's anything we should be recommending add-on developers to migrate to, please let me know. It would be int

Re: Is XPath still a thing?

2014-04-15 Thread Andreas Tolfsen
On 15/04/2014 14:33, Gijs Kruitbosch wrote: On 15/04/2014 14:21, Andreas Tolfsen wrote: On 15/04/2014 11:17, Anne van Kesteren wrote: It would be interesting to know what they use it for and why querySelector() et al don't meet their needs, but there's no immediate threat of what we have going