I hear you. Both of your points would make for very valuable developer feedback in the form of bugs. Developer-originated bugs count for a lot - please file some!
Matt On Mar 16, 2011, at 12:38 PM, Christian Niles wrote: > I am, though I'm really sold on using Cucumber to write my automation specs > and Frank is the most active project that allows me to do that right now. The > big problems with UIAutomation are (1) it's written in Javascript with no > testing framework like jasmine provided, and (2) you're forced to run them > through Instruments. That really breaks my BDD workflow :/ > > I'd love it if Frank were updated to use the UIAutomation framework instead, > so there were a single DSL/API for writing the cucumber specs. I'm > considering undertaking that work myself as part of my gem, but have to > decide whether I want to commit the time or just put up with things as they > are. My primary goal right now is to make BDD and automation testing as > simple, painless, and unobtrusive as possible. > > christian. > > On Mar 16, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Matt Massicotte wrote: > >> Hi Christian, >> >> Are you aware of the UIAutomation framework for UI-based testing in iOS? >> It's not quite the same as Frank, but is an Apple-supplied UI test mechanism. >> >> Matt >> >> On Mar 16, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Christian Niles wrote: >> >>> Hey All, >>> >>> One of the reasons I've gotten so in love with MacRuby is that it's let me >>> BDD my Cocoa projects, in particular an app I just released to the App >>> Store, called TrackerBot [1]. TrackerBot is an iPad and iPhone interface to >>> Pivotal Tracker, the well-known agile project management tool [2]. >>> >>> While I can't run my MacRuby/RSpec2 specs on the actual device, I've ben >>> able to move a majority of my code into an iPhone compatible framework that >>> I do test with MacRuby. I'm beginning to use Frank for UI automation tests >>> on the device and am developing a gem that tries to make all the XCode >>> configuration and setup painless for new users who want to get started with >>> MacRuby/XCode/Cocoa development. >>> >>> So, in addition to the release announcement, I just wanted to thank you all >>> for making it possible to use all the Ruby BDD tools I love with Cocoa. It >>> has made me far more productive, and the development far less frustrating. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> christian. >>> >>> [1] http://vulpinelabs.com/trackerbot >>> [2] http://www.pivotaltracker.com/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacRuby-devel mailing list >>> MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org >>> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacRuby-devel mailing list >> MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel > > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel
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