That's what I use recorders for - to scrape and to learn. They don't always scrape what I want (capture ID when I want name, text when I want ID, etc.). Sounds like a nice feature to be able to specify priority of properties.
Good luck Enrique. Let me know if you would like some ideas or for a beta tester. Dave On Dec 3, 12:04 pm, Charley Baker <charley.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: > No worries. I'm curious to see how it goes. Like I say, there's > potential for a scraper, recorders can lead into a large abyss between > newbie and intermediate scripting, as well as countless other > problems, notably the easy silver bullet for automation. It's a tricky > path to navigate, but as I mentioned I will be following the progress. > :) > > Cheers, > > Charley Baker > Lead Developer, Watir,http://watir.com > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 12:02 PM, watirboy <enrique.j.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey Charley, > > > Thanks for the heads up. I will monitor this thread closely and try to > > move the conversation over to a new group. I talked to Scott and he > > gave me his blessing, and since I got it out of the OpenQA SVN I > > figured it's gotta be under some OSI Compliant license. The Ruby > > version of the recorder (from hence forth called Scrapper) is under > > BSD so I placed the source code under that as well. > > > Again, Thanks for the help. This is the first time I am leading a > > forked project, so I apologize for placing this here. > > > --Enrique > > > On Dec 2, 4:16 pm, Charley Baker <charley.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Enrique, > > >> Good work. We generally have an anti-recorder philosophy for Watir, > >> and for any issues/user support you might want to resurrect > >> WatirRecorder lists or set up a new one. I'm assuming you've talked to > >> Scott about this as well? I don't know what the original license was. > >> People will have questions about it, and I'd recommend you monitor > >> this group and gently redirect to the group specific to the recorder. > > >> There's more historical information in the group about why we choose > >> not to support recorders, which I'd recommend taking a look at. Also > >> you may want to blog a bit about your intentions and the inherent > >> dangers in recorders. Without going into too much detail, most of > >> which you'll find through a quick search, I'm more inclined to rename > >> it and consider it a potential scraper, not recorder. > > >> hth, > > >> Charley Baker > >> Lead Developer, Watir,http://watir.comOnThu, Dec 2, 2010 at 9:53 AM, > >> watirboy <enrique.j.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Hey Guys, > > >> > I dont know how else to tell people about this, and I hate promoting > >> > it, but I have recently resurrected the WatirRecorder that Hanselman > >> > did back in the day. It is updated to use more modern WATIR standards > >> > and calls a config.xml file for template changes. > > >> >http://code.google.com/p/watirrecordersharp/ > > >> > I would love the community to play, test, break, and contribute if > >> > possible. This is a first release, and I am planning on changing the > >> > UI from utilizing SandBar and SandDock to WPF. > > >> > Again, any help will be tremendous. It's a great tool and I would hate > >> > to see it die... > > >> > --watirboy > > >> > -- > >> > Before posting, please readhttp://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 > > > -- > > Before posting, please readhttp://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 -- 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
