Hi, Presently iam aslo working on WATIR but as per our manager we need a GUI to control. Please share your knowledge with me.
thanks, vasu On Sep 3, 11:55 am, Manish Sapariya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We use TestLink for managing our tests.http://www.teamst.org/ > We have customized testlink, wehrever necessary, for integration with > our other test framework. > > Regarding GUI testing, I am not satisfied with any of the tools that > I tried so far, > > Autoit, > Ruby GUITest library > Variant of accessing COM using ruby > > We are evaluatinghttp://www.codeplex.com/whitetool written in C#. > I am looking forward to access the automation api from Ruby, its work > in progress. So far whatever we have been able to automate our own > C# .Net based client, but all the automation code is also in C#. > > Just to complete story, cruisecontrol.rb is working like charm for > our CI processes. > > To summarize, > Watir/FireWatire + Testlink + CruiseControl.rb + our own framework > works like charm for us. > > Hope this helps. > Regards, > Manish > > Alex Collins wrote: > > I would second the thoughts of Nathan's email. A large project I > > worked on replaced Rational Robot tests with Watir. > > > I've also written a framework around Watir (code generation of Watir > > code) and used this successfully on several projects with a variety of > > tester skill levels. Always having the ability to fall back to Watir > > code when necessary, or Ruby if I need more automation or power is > > wonderful. > > > Once you have a good grasp of both Watir and Ruby, you are on to a > > winner. > > > I've also implemented a test management app in Rails. > > > Sadly, I cannot release the code to these. > > > If you would be prepared to pay for an test management app, invest > > instead in your own staff's skills. Learn a little ruby on rails > > (peepcode.com and railscasts.com were great for me, plus the advanced > > rails recipes book) and write one. If you can convince your company to > > open source it (I failed) I imagine you'd quite likely get others > > involved and get your company a better application. > > > With the web / non-web issue, I would probably look for a different > > solution that is really good for GUI apps. You don't use a metal saw > > to cut wood - it is the wrong specialised tool for the job. Use the > > best tool and ensure you can get the results into open formats you can > > process. It is easier to teach people two tools that do the job well > > than it is to teach one tool which does both jobs very poorly. > > > On 2 Sep 2008, at 20:56, "Nathan Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Just to get you started, sadly I don't know of any test managers for > >> Watir, but my own QA department (me and my supervisor) were working > >> on both a PHP-based and a Rails-based web application to take care > >> of the front end. In the process I built a tool that manages when > >> tests run and uses a database to store test data, tests, and > >> logging. It consisted of two parts, the database and a client that > >> runs continually on all systems running tests. Ideally there would > >> be a third part (server or controller) and the client would be > >> simpler. But it never fully matured. I still have the source code > >> and now own the project which means I can contue to work on it > >> during work and provide it outside of work as an unbranded open > >> source tool. > > >> As far as GUI testing goes, Ruby itself has the ability to connect > >> to any COM or OLE (and COM-/OLE-like) object. That means for > >> OpenOffice.org it connects to UNO, for .NET applications it uses > >> something similar to COM (provided the app registers itself as COM > >> operable), for Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office it uses either > >> COM or .NET. There are frameworks built on Ruby to automate many > >> common applications, but if you're working on internal applications > >> then it may not work out-of-the-box. Nonetheless, Ruby is powerful > >> enough to be used as an automation tool in many aspects. Don't give > >> up and don't let your boss tell you "you get what you pay for". We > >> used to license Mercury (now HP) QuickTest Professional for > >> something like $3,000 a year for four licenses and Quality Center > >> server application. We were able to write numerous creative a stable > >> tests for our web applications -- it's only half that good for > >> anything that isn't Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, or COM- > >> based...doesn't work well with .NET or Java, and it's terrible with > >> Firefox 1.5, 2.0, or 3. Basically it just doesn't work. And there is > >> no planned support for other browsers with HP QTP. Also we were > >> supposedly paying for service and support, and we've had to sit on > >> the phone for eight hours at a time to get even the smallest bit of > >> help from anybody that HP outsources. So I'd say that Watir is much > >> more worth the price than any of the commercial products that say > >> they do everything, when they don't. > > >> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 1:04 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> All, > > >> I am trying to convince my manager that WATIR is the way for us to go > >> for our web testing needs. One of his main concerns is test > >> management. Can anyone recommend a test management tool, maybe > >> similar to Rational Test Manager, that is structured for watir? > >> Another one of his concerns is that he wants a tool that can handle > >> both web and non-web applications. Would anyone recommend rSpec, or > >> any other ruby/watir related gui testing tool? Has anyone been > >> successful with bundling up watir, rSpec(or other non-web tool), and > >> some test management tool? Thank you in advance for all responses. > > >> - Shelton > > >> -- > >> Nathan Lane > >> Home,http://www.nathandelane.com > >> Blog,http://nathandelane.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
