[wtr-general] Can you run Watir on an Ipad?
Is it possible to take existing Watir scripts that run on a webbrowser and have them run on an Ipad? I guess I'm wondering if you can install Ruby and the watir-webdriver gems on an Ipad. If anyone has successfully done this I'd love to hear about it. Thanks, Patrick -- 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
Re: [wtr-general] Can you run Watir on an Ipad?
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Patrick patrick.rawli...@gmail.com wrote: I guess I'm wondering if you can install Ruby and the watir-webdriver gems on an Ipad. I do not think so. This is probably the closest to what you are looking for: http://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/IPhoneDriver I have never used it, so I do not know if it is any good. Željko -- watir.com/book - author watir.com - community manager watirpodcast.com - host -- 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
Re: [wtr-general] Can you run Watir on an Ipad?
iphonedriver is not bad at all i have used it on a few projects. you just have to use it with selenium-webdriver On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:26 AM, Željko Filipin zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Patrick patrick.rawli...@gmail.com wrote: I guess I'm wondering if you can install Ruby and the watir-webdriver gems on an Ipad. I do not think so. This is probably the closest to what you are looking for: http://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/IPhoneDriver I have never used it, so I do not know if it is any good. Željko -- watir.com/book - author watir.com - community manager watirpodcast.com - host -- 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 -- 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
[wtr-general] how to call Function argument into another ruby script.
Consider I have a ruby file called library.rb. In which i defined a function like this : def Name(testcase, result) pdf = PDF::Writer.new testcase= $testcase pdf.text $testcase, :font_size = 72, :justification = :center result= $result pdf.text $result, :font_size = 72, :justification = :center end now i have another ruby file named web.rb which calls thus library.rb. My Problem is I need to pass these arguments separately. Means , I need to call Testcase argument firstly and then after many conditions I need to pass result as Pass or fail. The Testcase is like I am doing a web automation and the library.rb is the report part where From the web.rb I need to pass the testcase name and then at the end I need to pass end result. Please help me to do this. -- 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
Re: [wtr-general] how to call Function argument into another ruby script.
Hello, I think you've posted this question to the wrong forum. This is the WATIR forum which deals with WATIR questions specifically. Have a nice day, Brett On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 11:45 AM, meaculpa harismah...@gmail.com wrote: Consider I have a ruby file called library.rb. In which i defined a function like this : def Name(testcase, result) pdf = PDF::Writer.new testcase= $testcase pdf.text $testcase, :font_size = 72, :justification = :center result= $result pdf.text $result, :font_size = 72, :justification = :center end now i have another ruby file named web.rb which calls thus library.rb. My Problem is I need to pass these arguments separately. Means , I need to call Testcase argument firstly and then after many conditions I need to pass result as Pass or fail. The Testcase is like I am doing a web automation and the library.rb is the report part where From the web.rb I need to pass the testcase name and then at the end I need to pass end result. Please help me to do this. -- 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.comhttp://groups.google.com/group/watir-general%0awatir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- 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
[wtr-general] method_missing: fireEvent WIN32OLERuntimeError
Hi all, I trying to do simple task fill 2 fields and click 'add', and so on.. ~ 80 times. But currently it crashes after 20-30 times with errors below. I guess this must be 'synchronous' problem.. But I have no idea how I can fix it. I use methods: check page with ie.busy and ie.readyState, before every action, do check if field exist before making action with it.. nothing is useful except sleep, but it's very slow down script. Please note that ~20 times watir handle situation correctly, but later somehow can't find method which was used ~20 times before in loop.. If you interested for my code: http://pastebin.com/xEKHp129 C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.7/lib/watir/ input_elements.rb:415:in `method_missing': fireEvent (WIN32OLERuntimeError) OLE error code:80004005 in htmlfile Unspecified error. HRESULT error code:0x80020009 Exception occurred. from C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.7/lib/watir/ input_eleme nts.rb:415:in `type_by_character' from C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.7/lib/watir/ input_eleme nts.rb:427:in `characters_in' from C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.7/lib/watir/ input_eleme nts.rb:412:in `type_by_character' from C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.7/lib/watir/ input_eleme nts.rb:378:in `set' from coll_items1000.rb:52 from coll_items1000.rb:42:in `times' from coll_items1000.rb:42 -- 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
[wtr-general] Keyword Driven Framework
Good Morning,
I am Deepu, Working as a Manual tester, i decided to learn an automation
tool for my existence in the industry and i chose Ruby Watir. But i am
having a lot of doubts .
1. How good is watir compared to other Free Tools Like Selenium
,Watin,Watij.
2.Which is the best free ware tool to deal with database related testing?
3. I have taken a sample watir code from a site but i am not able to
execute as it gives me the error.
Here goes the code
require 'win32ole'
require watir
$Keyword
$Object_Prop_Name
$Object_Prop_Value
$Expected_Output
$Parm_01
excel = WIN32OLE::new(excel.Application)
workbook = excel.Workbooks.Open('H:\Watir\Framework\POC.xls')
worksheet = workbook.WorkSheets(1)
worksheet.Select
for i in 1 .. workbook.Worksheets.Count
worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(i)
rowcount = worksheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count
for j in 2..rowcount
$Keyword =worksheet.Cells(j, 1).value
$Object_Prop_Name = worksheet.Cells(j, 2).value
$Object_Prop_Value = worksheet.Cells(j, 3).value
$Expected_Output = worksheet.Cells(j, 4).value
$Parm_01 = worksheet.Cells(j, 6).value
case $Keyword
when /^OpenURL/
@Browser=IE.start(Parm_01)
@Browser.maximize
when /^SetText/
@Browser.text_field(:#{Object_Prop_Name},
Object_Prop_Value).set(Parm_01)
else
Exit
end
workbook.Close()
excel.quit()
end
end
On Running the code using ruby fgetme.rb i am getting the following error
message
'block(2 level)in main ':uninitialized constant Object::IE (Name error)
from getme .rb17.in 'each'
*Please help me to resolve the issue.*
Thanks in advance
DeepuV
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[wtr-general] Re: Can you run Watir on an Ipad?
Well firstly you would need Ruby for the iPad, and I don't know if such a beast exists, and if it does how good it is. ( Not owning an iPad, I'm not interested enough to research this.. google is your friend, have fun ;-) let us know if you find anything promising) After that you'd likely need to run SafariWatir but I don't know if the iPad safari is close enough to the Mac version to work with it. as far as I know, nobody has tried this yet. Watir would not work of course because it drives IE, and it will be a pretty cold day in hell before apple MS conspire to create an IE browser for the iPad. You Might (again depending on how good the ruby environment for the iPad is) be able to use something like Watir-webdriver and run it against Opera or Firefox, both of which I believe had iPad versions, but I'm not sure how well that would work or if the webdriver drivers for those browsers would work on the iPad. (personally, given what a security sieve Safari is, if I had an iPad, I think I'd take a hard look at Firefox or Opera as a browser on that device anyway, so looking into at least part of that might be good for you in terms of finding a good safe browser to surf with.) Even presuming all that worked, I'm not sure the iPad's multitasking capabilities (or lack thereof) are up to running all that stuff at the same time. As far as I understand it, people developing stuff to run on iPads often use emulators to simulate the ipad, and most of their test tools run on the host OS in parallel with the emulator software, I suspect in large part due to multitasking restrictions on the iPad itself (at least the initial generation) On Nov 21, 6:07 am, Patrick patrick.rawli...@gmail.com wrote: Is it possible to take existing Watir scripts that run on a webbrowser and have them run on an Ipad? I guess I'm wondering if you can install Ruby and the watir-webdriver gems on an Ipad. If anyone has successfully done this I'd love to hear about it. Thanks, Patrick -- 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
Re: [wtr-general] Re: Can you run Watir on an Ipad?
I think he meant running them against an iphone/ipad either device or simulator this can be done with iphonedriver. we actually messed around with trying to actually get watir-webdriver and the iphonedriver to work together but it seems that watir-webdriver can launch the browser and go to the webpage but it cant interact with any of the elements. sorry for the hijack On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Chuck van der Linden sqa...@gmail.com wrote: Well firstly you would need Ruby for the iPad, and I don't know if such a beast exists, and if it does how good it is. ( Not owning an iPad, I'm not interested enough to research this.. google is your friend, have fun ;-) let us know if you find anything promising) After that you'd likely need to run SafariWatir but I don't know if the iPad safari is close enough to the Mac version to work with it. as far as I know, nobody has tried this yet. Watir would not work of course because it drives IE, and it will be a pretty cold day in hell before apple MS conspire to create an IE browser for the iPad. You Might (again depending on how good the ruby environment for the iPad is) be able to use something like Watir-webdriver and run it against Opera or Firefox, both of which I believe had iPad versions, but I'm not sure how well that would work or if the webdriver drivers for those browsers would work on the iPad. (personally, given what a security sieve Safari is, if I had an iPad, I think I'd take a hard look at Firefox or Opera as a browser on that device anyway, so looking into at least part of that might be good for you in terms of finding a good safe browser to surf with.) Even presuming all that worked, I'm not sure the iPad's multitasking capabilities (or lack thereof) are up to running all that stuff at the same time. As far as I understand it, people developing stuff to run on iPads often use emulators to simulate the ipad, and most of their test tools run on the host OS in parallel with the emulator software, I suspect in large part due to multitasking restrictions on the iPad itself (at least the initial generation) On Nov 21, 6:07 am, Patrick patrick.rawli...@gmail.com wrote: Is it possible to take existing Watir scripts that run on a webbrowser and have them run on an Ipad? I guess I'm wondering if you can install Ruby and the watir-webdriver gems on an Ipad. If anyone has successfully done this I'd love to hear about it. Thanks, Patrick -- 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 -- 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
[wtr-general] Re: how to call Function argument into another ruby script.
I would post this on a Ruby forum, on on Stack Overflow with a Ruby tag. What you are asking is pretty basic stuff in terms of defining classes and methods in ruby. You should be able to find the answers you need by reading any number of good books on basic ruby programming. For testers who will be using ruby mostly as a scripting tool I recommend the book Everyday Scripting with Ruby by Brian Marick. Likely you will need two methods if you want to call each on on it's own, not a single method. On Nov 21, 8:45 am, meaculpa harismah...@gmail.com wrote: Consider I have a ruby file called library.rb. In which i defined a function like this : def Name(testcase, result) pdf = PDF::Writer.new testcase= $testcase pdf.text $testcase, :font_size = 72, :justification = :center result= $result pdf.text $result, :font_size = 72, :justification = :center end now i have another ruby file named web.rb which calls thus library.rb. My Problem is I need to pass these arguments separately. Means , I need to call Testcase argument firstly and then after many conditions I need to pass result as Pass or fail. The Testcase is like I am doing a web automation and the library.rb is the report part where From the web.rb I need to pass the testcase name and then at the end I need to pass end result. Please help me to do this. -- 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
[wtr-general] Re: method_missing: fireEvent WIN32OLERuntimeError
maybe I'm not reading things right, but I think your 'ready' method is returning true when the browser is not ready I might also recommend a more current version of Watir, v1.6.7 is a little old You might want to try this with 1.9.1 and see if it works any differently for you. On Nov 21, 9:00 am, xeranas anorku...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I trying to do simple task fill 2 fields and click 'add', and so on.. ~ 80 times. But currently it crashes after 20-30 times with errors below. I guess this must be 'synchronous' problem.. But I have no idea how I can fix it. I use methods: check page with ie.busy and ie.readyState, before every action, do check if field exist before making action with it.. nothing is useful except sleep, but it's very slow down script. Please note that ~20 times watir handle situation correctly, but later somehow can't find method which was used ~20 times before in loop.. If you interested for my code:http://pastebin.com/xEKHp129 C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.7/lib/watir/ input_elements.rb:415:in `method_missing': fireEvent (WIN32OLERuntimeError) OLE error code:80004005 in htmlfile Unspecified error. HRESULT error code:0x80020009 Exception occurred. from C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.7/lib/watir/ input_eleme nts.rb:415:in `type_by_character' from C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.7/lib/watir/ input_eleme nts.rb:427:in `characters_in' from C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.7/lib/watir/ input_eleme nts.rb:412:in `type_by_character' from C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.7/lib/watir/ input_eleme nts.rb:378:in `set' from coll_items1000.rb:52 from coll_items1000.rb:42:in `times' from coll_items1000.rb:42 -- 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
[wtr-general] Re: Can you run Watir on an Ipad?
Thanks for the tips. I'll look into using an emulator and see what I can come up with. -- 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
Re: [wtr-general] Re: method_missing: fireEvent WIN32OLERuntimeError
Yes, it looks like his ready method is returning true when the browser is in a busy state. But, besides that point, if you take Chucks advice and update to a more modern version (like 1.9.1), you can take advantage of the very cool #when_present extension and simplify your current code to something more along the lines of: #- 999.times do $b.text_field(:id, 'singlelineedit1').when_present.set(1) $b.text_field(:id, 'multilineedit1').when_present.set(...) $b.button(:id, button1).when_present.click end #- Brett On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Chuck van der Linden sqa...@gmail.comwrote: maybe I'm not reading things right, but I think your 'ready' method is returning true when the browser is not ready I might also recommend a more current version of Watir, v1.6.7 is a little old You might want to try this with 1.9.1 and see if it works any differently for you. On Nov 21, 9:00 am, xeranas anorku...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I trying to do simple task fill 2 fields and click 'add', and so on.. ~ 80 times. But currently it crashes after 20-30 times with errors below. I guess this must be 'synchronous' problem.. But I have no idea how I can fix it. I use methods: check page with ie.busy and ie.readyState, before every action, do check if field exist before making action with it.. nothing is useful except sleep, but it's very slow down script. Please note that ~20 times watir handle situation correctly, but later somehow can't find method which was used ~20 times before in loop.. If you interested for my code:http://pastebin.com/xEKHp129 C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.7/lib/watir/ input_elements.rb:415:in `method_missing': fireEvent (WIN32OLERuntimeError) OLE error code:80004005 in htmlfile Unspecified error. HRESULT error code:0x80020009 Exception occurred. from C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.7/lib/watir/ input_eleme nts.rb:415:in `type_by_character' from C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.7/lib/watir/ input_eleme nts.rb:427:in `characters_in' from C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.7/lib/watir/ input_eleme nts.rb:412:in `type_by_character' from C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.7/lib/watir/ input_eleme nts.rb:378:in `set' from coll_items1000.rb:52 from coll_items1000.rb:42:in `times' from coll_items1000.rb:42 -- 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.comhttp://groups.google.com/group/watir-general%0awatir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- 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
[wtr-general] Re: Keyword Driven Framework
I'm not sure how much current work has been done on Watin or Watij, it
really all depends on what language you want to work in. Personally I
prefer Ruby, but if your Developers are using .net or Java it might
be easier to use something which has the same language so they can
mentor you.
Personally I feel Watir-Webdriver combines the best of the Selenium
Webdriver technology (for cross browser support) with the more
friendly and easy to use Watir API. Selenium has a lot of fans, but
really I tend to feel it it aimed more at developers (java developers
in particular) than at testers. Watir was created by testers who are
also developers, so I think its better for testers. opinions vary.
I'd try Selenium RC vs Watir and see what you think.
I don't know where that sample code came from, but if you are having
issues with it, I'd start at the place you got it.
It seems a bit strange to me since I never see it initialize a new
browser object anywhere in the code, which is where your error comes
from. Also it seems to be using uppercase names for a lot of
variables, which normally in Ruby denote constants or class names
Have you worked through any of the basic tutorials on Watir? or had a
look at Zeljko's book? That's probably a better place for you to
start.
http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Start+Here
http://watir.com/book/
On Nov 21, 9:16 am, Deepu V nair deepu105...@gmail.com wrote:
Good Morning,
I am Deepu, Working as a Manual tester, i decided to learn an automation
tool for my existence in the industry and i chose Ruby Watir. But i am
having a lot of doubts .
1. How good is watir compared to other Free Tools Like Selenium
,Watin,Watij.
2.Which is the best free ware tool to deal with database related testing?
3. I have taken a sample watir code from a site but i am not able to
execute as it gives me the error.
Here goes the code
require 'win32ole'
require watir
$Keyword
$Object_Prop_Name
$Object_Prop_Value
$Expected_Output
$Parm_01
excel = WIN32OLE::new(excel.Application)
workbook = excel.Workbooks.Open('H:\Watir\Framework\POC.xls')
worksheet = workbook.WorkSheets(1)
worksheet.Select
for i in 1 .. workbook.Worksheets.Count
worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(i)
rowcount = worksheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count
for j in 2..rowcount
$Keyword =worksheet.Cells(j, 1).value
$Object_Prop_Name = worksheet.Cells(j, 2).value
$Object_Prop_Value = worksheet.Cells(j, 3).value
$Expected_Output = worksheet.Cells(j, 4).value
$Parm_01 = worksheet.Cells(j, 6).value
case $Keyword
when /^OpenURL/
@Browser=IE.start(Parm_01)
@Browser.maximize
when /^SetText/
@Browser.text_field(:#{Object_Prop_Name},
Object_Prop_Value).set(Parm_01)
else
Exit
end
workbook.Close()
excel.quit()
end
end
On Running the code using ruby fgetme.rb i am getting the following error
message
'block(2 level)in main ':uninitialized constant Object::IE (Name error)
from getme .rb17.in 'each'
*Please help me to resolve the issue.*
Thanks in advance
DeepuV
--
Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before
you ask, be nice.
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[wtr-general] Re: Can you run Watir on an Ipad?
No worries for the hijack.. I was responding to I guess I'm wondering if you can install Ruby and the watir-webdriver gems on an Ipad. which I didn't take to mean using an emulator. (although I agree for testing purposes, the emulator approach is most likely best. ) It would be interesting to figure out why the iphonedriver doesn't work with watir-webdriver once it gets to the webpage. (what webpage is it going to?) On Nov 21, 10:55 am, bis bis...@gmail.com wrote: I think he meant running them against an iphone/ipad either device or simulator this can be done with iphonedriver. we actually messed around with trying to actually get watir-webdriver and the iphonedriver to work together but it seems that watir-webdriver can launch the browser and go to the webpage but it cant interact with any of the elements. sorry for the hijack On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Chuck van der Linden sqa...@gmail.com wrote: Well firstly you would need Ruby for the iPad, and I don't know if such a beast exists, and if it does how good it is. ( Not owning an iPad, I'm not interested enough to research this.. google is your friend, have fun ;-) let us know if you find anything promising) After that you'd likely need to run SafariWatir but I don't know if the iPad safari is close enough to the Mac version to work with it. as far as I know, nobody has tried this yet. Watir would not work of course because it drives IE, and it will be a pretty cold day in hell before apple MS conspire to create an IE browser for the iPad. You Might (again depending on how good the ruby environment for the iPad is) be able to use something like Watir-webdriver and run it against Opera or Firefox, both of which I believe had iPad versions, but I'm not sure how well that would work or if the webdriver drivers for those browsers would work on the iPad. (personally, given what a security sieve Safari is, if I had an iPad, I think I'd take a hard look at Firefox or Opera as a browser on that device anyway, so looking into at least part of that might be good for you in terms of finding a good safe browser to surf with.) Even presuming all that worked, I'm not sure the iPad's multitasking capabilities (or lack thereof) are up to running all that stuff at the same time. As far as I understand it, people developing stuff to run on iPads often use emulators to simulate the ipad, and most of their test tools run on the host OS in parallel with the emulator software, I suspect in large part due to multitasking restrictions on the iPad itself (at least the initial generation) On Nov 21, 6:07 am, Patrick patrick.rawli...@gmail.com wrote: Is it possible to take existing Watir scripts that run on a webbrowser and have them run on an Ipad? I guess I'm wondering if you can install Ruby and the watir-webdriver gems on an Ipad. If anyone has successfully done this I'd love to hear about it. Thanks, Patrick -- Before posting, please readhttp://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 -- 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
Re: [wtr-general] Re: Can you run Watir on an Ipad?
I was going to www.etsy.com On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Chuck van der Linden sqa...@gmail.com wrote: No worries for the hijack.. I was responding to I guess I'm wondering if you can install Ruby and the watir-webdriver gems on an Ipad. which I didn't take to mean using an emulator. (although I agree for testing purposes, the emulator approach is most likely best. ) It would be interesting to figure out why the iphonedriver doesn't work with watir-webdriver once it gets to the webpage. (what webpage is it going to?) On Nov 21, 10:55 am, bis bis...@gmail.com wrote: I think he meant running them against an iphone/ipad either device or simulator this can be done with iphonedriver. we actually messed around with trying to actually get watir-webdriver and the iphonedriver to work together but it seems that watir-webdriver can launch the browser and go to the webpage but it cant interact with any of the elements. sorry for the hijack On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Chuck van der Linden sqa...@gmail.com wrote: Well firstly you would need Ruby for the iPad, and I don't know if such a beast exists, and if it does how good it is. ( Not owning an iPad, I'm not interested enough to research this.. google is your friend, have fun ;-) let us know if you find anything promising) After that you'd likely need to run SafariWatir but I don't know if the iPad safari is close enough to the Mac version to work with it. as far as I know, nobody has tried this yet. Watir would not work of course because it drives IE, and it will be a pretty cold day in hell before apple MS conspire to create an IE browser for the iPad. You Might (again depending on how good the ruby environment for the iPad is) be able to use something like Watir-webdriver and run it against Opera or Firefox, both of which I believe had iPad versions, but I'm not sure how well that would work or if the webdriver drivers for those browsers would work on the iPad. (personally, given what a security sieve Safari is, if I had an iPad, I think I'd take a hard look at Firefox or Opera as a browser on that device anyway, so looking into at least part of that might be good for you in terms of finding a good safe browser to surf with.) Even presuming all that worked, I'm not sure the iPad's multitasking capabilities (or lack thereof) are up to running all that stuff at the same time. As far as I understand it, people developing stuff to run on iPads often use emulators to simulate the ipad, and most of their test tools run on the host OS in parallel with the emulator software, I suspect in large part due to multitasking restrictions on the iPad itself (at least the initial generation) On Nov 21, 6:07 am, Patrick patrick.rawli...@gmail.com wrote: Is it possible to take existing Watir scripts that run on a webbrowser and have them run on an Ipad? I guess I'm wondering if you can install Ruby and the watir-webdriver gems on an Ipad. If anyone has successfully done this I'd love to hear about it. Thanks, Patrick -- Before posting, please readhttp://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 -- 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 -- 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
Re: [wtr-general] Re: Can you run Watir on an Ipad?
watir-webdriver won't run on the iPad/iPhone (either emulator or device) until this bug is fixed: http://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=1371 On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:56 PM, bis bis...@gmail.com wrote: I was going to www.etsy.com On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Chuck van der Linden sqa...@gmail.com wrote: No worries for the hijack.. I was responding to I guess I'm wondering if you can install Ruby and the watir-webdriver gems on an Ipad. which I didn't take to mean using an emulator. (although I agree for testing purposes, the emulator approach is most likely best. ) It would be interesting to figure out why the iphonedriver doesn't work with watir-webdriver once it gets to the webpage. (what webpage is it going to?) On Nov 21, 10:55 am, bis bis...@gmail.com wrote: I think he meant running them against an iphone/ipad either device or simulator this can be done with iphonedriver. we actually messed around with trying to actually get watir-webdriver and the iphonedriver to work together but it seems that watir-webdriver can launch the browser and go to the webpage but it cant interact with any of the elements. sorry for the hijack On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Chuck van der Linden sqa...@gmail.com wrote: Well firstly you would need Ruby for the iPad, and I don't know if such a beast exists, and if it does how good it is. ( Not owning an iPad, I'm not interested enough to research this.. google is your friend, have fun ;-) let us know if you find anything promising) After that you'd likely need to run SafariWatir but I don't know if the iPad safari is close enough to the Mac version to work with it. as far as I know, nobody has tried this yet. Watir would not work of course because it drives IE, and it will be a pretty cold day in hell before apple MS conspire to create an IE browser for the iPad. You Might (again depending on how good the ruby environment for the iPad is) be able to use something like Watir-webdriver and run it against Opera or Firefox, both of which I believe had iPad versions, but I'm not sure how well that would work or if the webdriver drivers for those browsers would work on the iPad. (personally, given what a security sieve Safari is, if I had an iPad, I think I'd take a hard look at Firefox or Opera as a browser on that device anyway, so looking into at least part of that might be good for you in terms of finding a good safe browser to surf with.) Even presuming all that worked, I'm not sure the iPad's multitasking capabilities (or lack thereof) are up to running all that stuff at the same time. As far as I understand it, people developing stuff to run on iPads often use emulators to simulate the ipad, and most of their test tools run on the host OS in parallel with the emulator software, I suspect in large part due to multitasking restrictions on the iPad itself (at least the initial generation) On Nov 21, 6:07 am, Patrick patrick.rawli...@gmail.com wrote: Is it possible to take existing Watir scripts that run on a webbrowser and have them run on an Ipad? I guess I'm wondering if you can install Ruby and the watir-webdriver gems on an Ipad. If anyone has successfully done this I'd love to hear about it. Thanks, Patrick -- Before posting, please readhttp://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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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
