Hello, watir-rspec isn't needed per se, which means that you can use just watir itself. As stated in watir-rspec readme <https://github.com/watir/watir-rspec/blob/master/README.md>, it will make it slightly easier to manage browser opening/closing, adds few helpful matchers and creates nice html reports with links to files/screenshots created during tests. If you do not need any of these then watir-rspec is not needed.
However, if you're using Rails, then I suggest using watir-rails <https://github.com/watir/watir-rails> since it helps you to create running server etc. like you're probably used to with Capybara. Best Regards, Jarmo On Friday, October 7, 2016 at 10:34:13 PM UTC+3, artie...@gmail.com wrote: > > Thanks again to Justin for the massive help! > My stack is running and smoking' fast! > This next inquiry is for everyone else! <grin> :) > > I am seeking most up-to-date resources for using/programming with Watir. I > guess that any resource prior to some particular year (2011, 2013?) is out > of date and not usable? Such as this book: https://leanpub.com/watirbook > > Here is what I think may be up-to-date: > > http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/watir/frames > + http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/watir/Watir > + http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/watir/Watir/Browser > > > I am running Watir by invoking rspec within a Rails environment. Capybara > and RSpec are old comrades. > > Where is the most relevant documentation and best practices for using > Watir/Watir-RSpec to drive the user interface of Web site. > > Is the primary source for Watir documentation, here? > https://watir.com/documentation/ > > If so, then maybe there is a problem with the wiki. > All the links that point to the wiki load “stubs” as if the wiki was > re-initialized. > > > As this is my first experience with these tools, I am not sure if I > require the added abstraction of Watir-RSpec or not. > Is Watir-RSpec essential? Or is it primarily a wrapper for the browser > object to reduce the visual clutter of the Watir in an RSpec spec file? > > I imagine that some use cases (test cases) may use some of watir-rspec and > watir, both? Such as using and manipulating the browser object directly? > Any examples of those? > > In fact, I would very much appreciate any recommendations/links to any > relevant code examples. Even if they are old. > > Even if you know of a public gist (somewhere out there) with one single > test, that might be very helpful to someone just starting out, please > consider posting a link or sending it to me via e-mail. I would like to > read tests written by others — from the simple to the complex. > > Many thanks! > AZ > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
