[wtr-general] Re: WatirCraft LLC is closing

2009-06-04 Thread Pete Dignan
and encouragement. Pete On Jun 4, 6:37 am, Željko Filipin zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch wrote: On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 5:45 AM, Bret Pettichord b...@pettichord.com wrote: Pete Dignan and I have decided to shut down WatirCraft LLC. I am really sorry to hear that. Is it polite to ask why? I

[wtr-general] Live ONLINE Watir Training

2009-04-09 Thread Pete Dignan
Good news - the Intro to Watir class will be taught live online for the first time April 27-28-29-30, 2009. The class will run from 10am to 1pm Central Daylight Time (US) those four consecutive days. Same content as our classroom training, covering Watir and the WatirCraft framework. Only SIX

[wtr-general] Host our next Intro to Watir class?

2009-04-08 Thread Pete Dignan
On April 16 and 17, Bret will be teaching Intro to Watir in the Portland, OR area. We were able to do this thanks to Keith Hamilton and the good people at Transcore, who offered to host the class at their facility. We'd like to hold our next public class soon - in May, or June at the latest -

[wtr-general] Speeding up unit testing for Rails projects

2009-04-06 Thread Pete Dignan
Hi everyone. There is a new startup here in Colorado that is doing something pretty cool for Ruby/Rails development projects. Full disclosure - I have a (tiny) investment in the company and provide advice to them from time to time. Agile Developers may spend (waste?) up to an hour a day

[wtr-general] Re: Watir users: What is your role at work?

2009-03-05 Thread Pete Dignan
Some related data... we've had a poll on the front page of the WatirCraft site for a while now that asks who uses Watir in your organization? there have been 129 responses as of this morning. 35% say just me (sorry, that doesn't tell you their role) 36% say testers only 17% say testers and

[wtr-general] 2 more days for early registration

2009-02-23 Thread Pete Dignan
If you are planning to attend the Watir training in Austin March 25-26, remember that the early registration discount expires on 2/25. http://marchaustinwatirtraining.eventbrite.com/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[wtr-general] Watir training near Portland, Oregon

2009-02-23 Thread Pete Dignan
Thanks to our friends at Transcore (tip of the hat to Keith Hamilton), Bret Pettichord will be delivering Watir training April 16-17, 2009 in Beaverton, Oregon (just outside Portland). This will cover Watir and the new WatirCraft framework, so you won't want to miss it if you are in the Pacific

[wtr-general] Where to hold public training?

2009-02-12 Thread Pete Dignan
The first public training class on Watir (including the new WatirCraft framework) is March 25-26 in Austin TX. We're discussing where to hold additional public classes after that. Portland OR has been mentioned. Bay Area? Chicagoland? We're looking for suggestions based on need. Pete

[wtr-general] Present Watir at OSCON?

2009-01-29 Thread Pete Dignan
Is anyone submitting a proposal to do a talk related to Watir at OSCON? Taza, Cucumber+Watir, Watirloo? AWTA attendee Dave Hoover talked last year (though sadly, not on Watir...). http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009 Proposals are due by February 3, 2009. The conference is July 20-24 in San

[wtr-general] Watir Training now available

2008-12-17 Thread Pete Dignan
If you are interested in training on Watir, including the new framework that is in the works, WatirCraft is offering a two-day public class in Austin March 25-26, 2009. Private on-site training is also available. http://www.watircraft.com/watir-training/ Apologies if the commercial nature of

[wtr-general] Re: Know how to make a screencast?

2008-12-09 Thread Pete Dignan
://charleybakersblog.blogspot.com/ Project Manager, Watir,http://wtr.rubyforge.org QA Architect, Gap Inc Direct On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Pete Dignan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you subscribe to this list, you probably know how to use Watir. The more people and companies that know

[wtr-general] Know how to make a screencast?

2008-12-08 Thread Pete Dignan
If you subscribe to this list, you probably know how to use Watir. The more people and companies that know and use Watir, the more valuable your Watir skills become. I have been thinking about ways to get more testers to try Watir, especially people who do not consider themselves to be test

[wtr-general] What do you want to see in Watir?

2008-12-01 Thread Pete Dignan
If you've been following along, by now you know that WatirCraft is a major contributor to the ongoing development of Watir. Many of the fixes and enhancements over the past six months have been a direct result of Bret's 100% dedication to the project, and more recently the involvement of Jim