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watir: web testing that doesn't suck automated web testing ruby library (BSD) w/ active and friendly open source community good for UAT: drives actual browsers: supports IE (DOM) & Firefox (JSSh) + SafariWatir other flavours: WatiN & WatiJ clean API: easy to learn no server side components needed (unlike selenium) used by google (maps), yahoo! (mail), gap inc...

automated web testing ruby library (BSD) w/

active and friendly open source community

good for UAT: drives actual browsers:

supports IE (DOM) & Firefox (JSSh) + SafariWatir

other flavours: WatiN & WatiJ

clean API: easy to learn

no server side components needed (unlike selenium)

used by google (maps), yahoo! (mail), gap inc...

a simple script require "watir" test_site = "http://www.google.com" b = Watir::Browser.new b.goto test_site b.text_field(:name, "q").set "OSDC" b.button(:name, "btnG").click if b.text.include? "Open Source Developers' Conference" puts "Test Passed" else puts "Test Failed!" end

require "watir" test_site = "http://www.google.com" b = Watir::Browser.new b.goto test_site b.text_field(:name, "q").set "OSDC" b.button(:name, "btnG").click if b.text.include? "Open Source Developers' Conference"

puts "Test Passed"

else

puts "Test Failed!"

end

watir: web testing that doesn't suck can use irb and firebug to develop scripts can create multi-threaded scripts uses real browsers but can run 'invisible' can use w/ rspec, cucumber, faucets (fitnesse) can use on any website: realestate.com.au (disable images) really good at sync; can test ajax

can use irb and firebug to develop scripts

can create multi-threaded scripts

uses real browsers but can run 'invisible'

can use w/ rspec, cucumber, faucets (fitnesse)

can use on any website: realestate.com.au

(disable images)

really good at sync; can test ajax

watir: more info http://wtr.rubyforge.org/ google group: watir-general jira (bugs) and confluence (doco) me: more info watirmelon.wordpress.com twitter.com/alisterscott www.linkedin.com/in/alisterscott

http://wtr.rubyforge.org/

google group: watir-general

jira (bugs) and confluence (doco)