Re: [wtr-general] when HTML code changes to often

2010-08-03 Thread Željko Filipin
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Sharma Vishav wrote: > yes you did answer my question I forgot to say before, it is possible to automate tests even when developers do not care about testability (and/or having automated tests), but automation will be a lot easier if developers cared about it. Žel

Re: [wtr-general] when HTML code changes to often

2010-08-03 Thread Sharma Vishav
yes you did answer my question thank you very much On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Željko Filipin wrote: > 2010/8/3 Sharma Vishav >> using element ID would be able to access element, as long as the >> element ID and the frame it was defined originally does not change. > > Exactly. There is not

Re: [wtr-general] when HTML code changes to often

2010-08-03 Thread Željko Filipin
2010/8/3 Sharma Vishav > using element ID would be able to access element, as long as the > element ID and the frame it was defined originally does not change. Exactly. There is not much you can do if the application changes a lot, but even then fixing the tests would be easier if the element had

Re: [wtr-general] when HTML code changes to often

2010-08-03 Thread Sharma Vishav
Thanks Zeljko, To clarify when you say you can use > element ID to access the element and no matter where the element is located > on the page." using element ID would be able to access element, as long as the element ID and the frame it was defined originally does not change. On Tue, Aug 3, 20

Re: [wtr-general] when HTML code changes to often

2010-08-03 Thread Željko Filipin
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Sharma Vishav wrote: > I am working on an agile project, where screens, hence underline HTML > changes between sprints. Application that I am testing is just changing technologies, so I face a similar problem. Make sure your Watir code is good quality. The only

[wtr-general] when HTML code changes to often

2010-08-03 Thread Sharma Vishav
I like simplicity of Watir and ease of writing test cases with it.I am working on an agile project, where screens, hence underline HTML changes between sprints. Actual screens will get finalised towards very end of the project. Watir scripts depend on HTML code to identify elements and drive autom