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My 2 cents...for whatever it is worth. I started using Python's PAMIE framework to automate. However,
the support was sporadic (the guy working on it was very busy and couldn't
devote enough time to support the framework). Eventually I ran into a
roadblock with popups (ironic given the volume of messages on this subject)--the
framework had not evolved enough to support this activity yet. I also
looked at SAMIE (way too cryptic), IEUnit (same roadblock as PAMIE) as well as
a bout 15 other frameworks all boasting to have what I needed at a price.
Enter Ruby. WATIR is by far the most complete web testing framework out
here--that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. And this forum is the most
active and well supported that I have seen. You can post a question and is
just a short period of time get someone (most of the time the architects of the
framework!) who will steer you in the right direct, give you a work around to
get over any roadblocks, or add it to the framework if it doesn't currently exist.
That is the reason I switched and tell everyone interest (and those not) that Ruby
is the way to go! Save your money, get WATIR! --Mark -----Original Message----- Bret, Jonathan: Thanks for these notes. I personally like Ruby's object oriented
approach. The only 'flip' I found about ruby that I find is the relatively scarce resources / documentation when compared to Python. Almost all searches point to a different version of the 'pragmatic programmer'. Are there
other online resources that you guys could point me to? For example, when
trying to do something with the Win32 API callbacks, I couldn't find much
help. Thanks Raghu Bret Pettichord wrote: > Perl encourages cryptic code, which makes it a bad choice. It also
> lacks an interactive shell. > > 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. > > At 12:26 PM 7/31/2005, Raghu Venkataramana wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I was explaining to my friend about Watir and its nice
capabilities. >> In the middle of the conversation he asked me as to why Watir
uses >> Ruby, which is not as well known as Perl, Python or other
scripting >> languages. Is there a special reason why Ruby is being used or
is >> just incidental. >> >> Thanks >> Raghu >> _______________________________________________ >> Wtr-general mailing list >> Wtr-general@rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general > > > _____________________ > Bret Pettichord > www.pettichord.com > > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-general mailing list > Wtr-general@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general > _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general |
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