[wtr-general] Re: How to Drag and Drop with Watir?
Paul, Would you be willing to just put this on github (well, the parts you can open source) anb let others take a look at it Thank you kindly. marekj Watirloo: Semantic Page Objects in UseCases Human Readable Machine Executable Acceptance Testing http://github.com/marekj/watirloo/ On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Paul Rogers paul.rog...@shaw.ca wrote: The app Ive been working on is all drag and drop. I think Im a reasonable javascript developer, and I know a bit about watir ;-) Drag and drop is really hard on my app. You need to have a really good understanding of the dom. Some of the more recent libraries, jquery , prototype etc have made it much simpler for developers, and make it easier for testers too, as there are now fewer different ways that drag drop is likely to be implemented. Ive got code to do this for ie and firefox for the app I work on and Ive created sample apps using jquery and prototype, but my code for IE isnt currently working for these ( it works fine for firefox though) However I still need to do more unit tests, and update to the latest watir releases. I was hoping to have all this done by now, but as is the way of the world, Im running behind. Im still committed to getting this done, but dont have a whole lot of time for the next 8 weeks or so. So it might happen by the end of April. Paul On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 9:15 AM, JackieH jkulb...@juno.com wrote: I have to agree. I have really enjoyed learning Watir and find it very easy and intuitive to use, but in tasked with scripting a page that contains Drag and Drop it has been a challenge to say the least. I have tried many examples from the group and the code provided on the Wiki but it is like Bill said, almost a different language. I understand that scripting purely mouse driven events is going to be difficult, but it just seems that there are so many smart people in this group that the solutions would be better defined... On Feb 12, 10:04 am, Bill Mosteller w...@greatdecals.com wrote: 30 June 2006, dannyy wrote: We are able to write very robust and concise test cases, such as automating drag-and-drop without knowing how such behavior is implemented. I'm wondering what he's talking about? I've successfully written drag and drop scripts in SilkTest and Selenium, but doing so in Watir appears to be very difficult. The few examples I've seen are so different from the isn't-this-easy tutorials on Watir as to be almost a different language. The drag_contents_to method appears so specialized as to be useless for any sort of actual drag and drop automation I'd actually be able to use. When forum members comment on drag and drop difficulties, others tell them when they're older they'll understand. Such guidance is not so helpful when I'm trying to field a test suite that must include drag and drop. Bill Mosteller Eloqua -- Paul Rogers! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[wtr-general] Re: How to Drag and Drop with Watir?
I'll try. It might not work so well as Im currently using an older version of watir/firewatir Paul On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 7:55 PM, marekj marekj@gmail.com wrote: Paul, Would you be willing to just put this on github (well, the parts you can open source) anb let others take a look at it Thank you kindly. marekj Watirloo: Semantic Page Objects in UseCases Human Readable Machine Executable Acceptance Testing http://github.com/marekj/watirloo/ On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Paul Rogers paul.rog...@shaw.ca wrote: The app Ive been working on is all drag and drop. I think Im a reasonable javascript developer, and I know a bit about watir ;-) Drag and drop is really hard on my app. You need to have a really good understanding of the dom. Some of the more recent libraries, jquery , prototype etc have made it much simpler for developers, and make it easier for testers too, as there are now fewer different ways that drag drop is likely to be implemented. Ive got code to do this for ie and firefox for the app I work on and Ive created sample apps using jquery and prototype, but my code for IE isnt currently working for these ( it works fine for firefox though) However I still need to do more unit tests, and update to the latest watir releases. I was hoping to have all this done by now, but as is the way of the world, Im running behind. Im still committed to getting this done, but dont have a whole lot of time for the next 8 weeks or so. So it might happen by the end of April. Paul On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 9:15 AM, JackieH jkulb...@juno.com wrote: I have to agree. I have really enjoyed learning Watir and find it very easy and intuitive to use, but in tasked with scripting a page that contains Drag and Drop it has been a challenge to say the least. I have tried many examples from the group and the code provided on the Wiki but it is like Bill said, almost a different language. I understand that scripting purely mouse driven events is going to be difficult, but it just seems that there are so many smart people in this group that the solutions would be better defined... On Feb 12, 10:04 am, Bill Mosteller w...@greatdecals.com wrote: 30 June 2006, dannyy wrote: We are able to write very robust and concise test cases, such as automating drag-and-drop without knowing how such behavior is implemented. I'm wondering what he's talking about? I've successfully written drag and drop scripts in SilkTest and Selenium, but doing so in Watir appears to be very difficult. The few examples I've seen are so different from the isn't-this-easy tutorials on Watir as to be almost a different language. The drag_contents_to method appears so specialized as to be useless for any sort of actual drag and drop automation I'd actually be able to use. When forum members comment on drag and drop difficulties, others tell them when they're older they'll understand. Such guidance is not so helpful when I'm trying to field a test suite that must include drag and drop. Bill Mosteller Eloqua -- Paul Rogers! -- Paul Rogers! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[wtr-general] Re: How to Drag and Drop with Watir?
I have to agree. I have really enjoyed learning Watir and find it very easy and intuitive to use, but in tasked with scripting a page that contains Drag and Drop it has been a challenge to say the least. I have tried many examples from the group and the code provided on the Wiki but it is like Bill said, almost a different language. I understand that scripting purely mouse driven events is going to be difficult, but it just seems that there are so many smart people in this group that the solutions would be better defined... On Feb 12, 10:04 am, Bill Mosteller w...@greatdecals.com wrote: 30 June 2006, dannyy wrote: We are able to write very robust and concise test cases, such as automating drag-and-drop without knowing how such behavior is implemented. I'm wondering what he's talking about? I've successfully written drag and drop scripts in SilkTest and Selenium, but doing so in Watir appears to be very difficult. The few examples I've seen are so different from the isn't-this-easy tutorials on Watir as to be almost a different language. The drag_contents_to method appears so specialized as to be useless for any sort of actual drag and drop automation I'd actually be able to use. When forum members comment on drag and drop difficulties, others tell them when they're older they'll understand. Such guidance is not so helpful when I'm trying to field a test suite that must include drag and drop. Bill Mosteller Eloqua --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
