Michael,
I don't doubt your intentions and wish you best of luck. Keep us informed
of progress.
And when you are ready for release, please set up a separate mailing list
for all the clueless newbies who are are now going to be watir scripters!
Bret
At 01:22 PM 8/17/2005, Michael Kelly wrote:
Bret, thanks for sharing your thoughts on WatirMaker. I have similar
concerns about the utility of script recorders and caution your readers
to not expect too much from WatirMaker. It has *not* been conceived of
as a record/playback tool for non-programmers. On the contrary, at
Eleven the programmers use Watir to write UI unit tests in a test-driven
fashion. Nearly every test starts with some setup in the database using
the DataMother design pattern (a variant of the ObjectMother pattern
which can be found here:
http://www.thoughtworks.com/us/library/ObjectMother%20Website.pdf), and
concludes with one or more asserts validating specific conditions. It is
the stuff in the middle that we hope WatirMaker will facilitate.
We imagine the tool fitting nicely into a process that looks something
like this:
1. Create test skeleton (including data prep).
2. Capture Watir statements and paste into the test skeleton.
3. Modify as needed and add asserts.
In truth, I believe that we're seeking the same tool you've described as
"...a tool that would show you the Watir syntax for identifying a
control or page element you point to." We've simply conceived of the
tool as a recorder.
-=michael=-
--
Michael Kelly
Sr. Software Engineer
Eleven Wireless Inc. - The Possibilities are Wireless
http://www.elevenwireless.com
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Subject: [Wtr-general] I Like WET
I really like WET and looking over its code has strongly influenced the
direction that i want to take Watir in.
For background, see this:
http://www.io.com/~wazmo/blog/
I'll have more details about what i want to do posted here shortly.
Bret
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