On 2/10/06, Paul Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, I searched the archives but I wasn't able to find any references > to Ruby or Watir scripts for testing Dot.Net web apps that use Biztalk. > Biztalk is the workflow engine below the app layer (and beside the database > server). It doesn't have any UI presence on the web pages, but it controls > the states of the various objects in our system.
As a matter of fact, I'm building a test framework in Ruby for a BTS-based Integration system right now. In a nutshell: investigate what protocols the SendPorts on the BTS server are using; you'll almost certainly be able to drive individual BTS SendPorts through Ruby scripts (assuming that that's what you decide that you want to do.) For a great treatement of testing these sorts of systems, see http://eaipatterns.com/docs/TestDrivenEAI.pdf. > So my question is: How do I get Ruby or Watir to wait around until an > object is in a desired state before it can continue? > > A secondary question is: How can I tell my Ruby or Watir script that if it > waits too long, it should probably just give up and stop the test there? This sort of question is a lot easier to answer if you post some of the code that you've used to try to do these things. There are a zillion ways to do both of them, and you should see if you can find one, first. > Please let me know if anyone has any experience scripting web apps with > Biztalk or this kind of setup? I suggest that to start, you think about this as two separate test efforts: one for scripting web apps (presumably with Watir); another for scripting BizTalk tests (presumably with Ruby). Brian Marick has several articles and papers about testing "behind the GUI". You should probably read them, as well. This one is probably the most relevant: http://www.testing.com/writings/behind-the-screens.pdf. (BTW, I suspect that as you write more tests for each test effort, they will eventually begin to inform each other; but don't bite off too much at the beginning.) I've been talking to BizTalk with Ruby every day since the summer, so feel free to ask me specific questions about what you're up to. Bret and others have said plainly in the past that non-Watir subjects are welcome on this list, as long as they have to do with Ruby and/or with testing. Finally, at the risk of annoying you and others, I'm going to suggest that you (all) read Eric Raymond's "How to Ask Questions the Smart Way". http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html A warning, though: Raymond is pretty raw, uses four-letter words, might insult your intelligence in parts. Please take that last recommendation in the spirit it was intended-- this is a great essay, and a seminal part of open-source culture. -Chris _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
