Thanks Charley, I'll have a look at those. Is there anything around here that gives like a brief description of each one, and/or what they try to accomplish and/or how they differ from each other?
A bit of fumbling around with the debugging functions in Ruby in Steel (the IDE I'm trying out.. I REALLY should see if they have a tutorial, and learn to use it 'properly) was able to show me that @b was going to a nill value (it 'passed out of scope?) as soon as things stepped outside of the first test method (that had called the 'start' method to create it) So once we got into the second test method, even if it was valid to pass it to the login method I'd created, it didn't have a value.. I suppose if I knew how to use it better, I might have also been able to discover that via IRB somehow, but for me anyway being able to establish a watch on the @b object instance, set a break point, and 'debug' was good enough to let me 'see' what was actually happening. Changing @b to $b in my code (making it a global) got things working.. using so many globals seems to go against all the 'best practices' advice I can find, but I'm not sure there's a more graceful way around it for the type of things we need to do in test scripts. speaking of 'good form' it seems we're encouraged to avoid single letter variables except for simple iterators.. so I'm thinking my use of simply 'b', '@b', or '$b' is less than ideal. As we look at going through sample code and such to make it more browser neutral, is there a mutually accepted 'standard' name for the Watir browser object (to replace $ie or $firefox, etc.) are we just using 'browser' for that, or is it getting abreviated to something shorter? On Mar 2, 11:00 am, Charley Baker <charley.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: > My suggestion is that you take a look at one of the watir-centric frameworks > that are being developed and learn from them and/or just use one of them. > They're available on github: > > Watirloo:http://github.com/marekj/watirloo/tree/master > Taza:http://github.com/scudco/taza/tree/master > WatirCraft:http://github.com/bret/watircraft/tree/master > > Each of these frameworks encapsulates dealing with pages, movement between > pages, some abstraction, etc. which seems to be what you're trying to do. > > Charley Baker > blog:http://charleybakersblog.blogspot.com/ > Lead Developer, Watir,http://wtr.rubyforge.org > QA Architect, Gap Inc Direct > > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:30 AM, <sqa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Having had the weekend to ponder this, it occurs to me, am I guilty of > > slipping into pre-oop thinking? by trying to create what amount to > > 'functions' instead of teaching objects how to act on themselves? > > > Should I be doing something like subclassing the watir browser class > > and adding my methods to that?? perhaps have it take the URL of the > > login page, the username, and password as parameters, and then just > > send it a message tot he browser object something along the lines of > > > brow.login_ess_user(login_url, user, pass) > > > On Feb 27, 5:00 pm, sqa...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I'm having a similar issue, I'm pretty sure it's scope related, but I > > > can't wrap my head around what I need to do to fix it. My longterm > > > intent is to move a bunch of frequently called methods, such as > > > logging in a user, off into a seperate file (or module?) but my first > > > attempt at this is failing. The problem seems to center around my > > > trying to pass the browser instance to the method, which I should > > > think would be possible, but I'm getting the error below: > > > > test_login_user(Ess_Employee_Tests): > > > NoMethodError: undefined method `goto' for nil:NilClass > > > > Here's a somewhat abridged version of the code (removing most of the > > > validation, all of which is working) > > > > #-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > require 'watir' > > > require 'watir/testcase' > > > require 'example_logger1' > > > require 'CLReport.class' > > > > Watir::Browser.default = 'ie' > > > > # GlobalConstants > > > $employee_userid = 'hallb' > > > $employee_password = 'test' > > > $employee_name = 'Bob T. Hall' > > > $ess_site = 'http://odo-qas1/SelfService' > > > $ess_loginpage = $ess_site + '/SelfServiceLogin.aspx' > > > > #Create a Report file > > > $results = CLReport.new() > > > $testReport = $results.createReport('c:\\QAReports\\ess-smoketest') > > > #Create a Logfile > > > logfileprefix = 'ess_Employee_log' > > > $logger = LoggerFactory.start_xml_logger(logfileprefix) > > > > # method for logging a user into the site <<==== this is the method > > > I can't get to work... > > > # > > > def ess_login(b, userid, password) > > > b.goto $ess_loginpage > > > b.text_field(:id, 'UserId').set userid > > > b.text_field(:id, 'Password').set password > > > b.button(:id, 'Login').click > > > end > > > > class ESS_Employee_Tests < Watir::TestCase > > > > #initialization stuff > > > def start > > > #Open a browser > > > @b = Watir::Browser.new > > > @b.set_logger($logger) > > > end > > > > def test_login_page #tests content of user login page > > > #call start method > > > start > > > > $logger.log('Beginning of testcase set for ESS Employee actions') > > > $logger.log('Beginning of test_login_page)') > > > $logger.log('Step: call and validate login page') > > > @b.goto $ess_loginpage > > > $logger.log('action: browser goto ' + $ess_loginpage) > > > #Check page contents as expected > > > $logger.log('checking contents of login page') > > > > # is the word login on the page? > > > if @b.text.include?('Login') > > > $results.addtoReport($testReport, 'Page text contains phrase: > > > Login', 'PASSED', 'phrase: Login found') > > > $logger.log('found text "login" on page') > > > else > > > $results.addtoReport($testReport, 'Page text contains phrase: > > > Login', 'FAILED', 'phrase: Login not found on page') > > > end > > > > # <snip> for brevity I've removed a bunch more like the one above, > > > that test content of the page, all of which is working > > > > end #end of test_Login_Page > > > > def test_login_user > > > $logger.log('Calling ess_login from test_login user') > > > ess_login(@b, $employee_id, $employee_password) > > > > # <snip> more validation and assertions follow for the page seen > > > once the user is logged in > > > > end # end of test_login_user > > > end #end of class Ess_Employee_Tests > > > > class ZZZ_Cleanup_And_Publish_Report < Watir::TestCase > > > def test_finished > > > $logger.log('about to close test report') > > > $results.finishReport($testReport) > > > $logger.log('after test report closed') > > > $logger.end_log #needed for xml log only? > > > end #end of test_finished > > > end #end of class ZZZ_Cleanup_And_Publish_Report > > > > Notes: > > > * all the globals is ugly.. need to find a better way, either via > > > seperate ruby file, or reading from some spreadsheet or config file to > > > allow test to be more data driven down the road. > > > * I expect to add a whole additional class for the Manager action > > > tests (approving employee requests etc), which is why the ess_login > > > method isn't just inside the test case class. > > > * still fumbling around looking for best way to report the results > > > but the CLReport is spiffy enough to do for now > > > * Also not sure (with way I'm doing my validations, and not using > > > 'assert') that there's value to using Watir/testcase > > > * tons of best practice, what works well in real life large projects > > > etc questions, but for the moment I just need to get some scripts > > > working to make the boss happy.. will see perfection soon, but not > > > this instant. > > > > On Feb 25, 9:02 am, Tiffany Fodor <tcfo...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > I think your problem is with the scope of the variable @my_workbook > > > > because it's a member of a class now. I recommend finding a good Ruby > > > > resource that describes the various variable types - I'm sure any > > > > resource you find would do a better job than I could. > > > > > Good luck! > > > > > -Tiffany > > > > > On Feb 25, 1:16 am, magn...@ifi.uio.no wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Tried this out: > > > > > > I have one class called Utilities.rb with the following content: > > > """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" > > > > > require "watir" > > > > > require 'win32ole' > > > > > > class Utilities > > > > > > def connect(path_file) > > > > > excel = WIN32OLE::new('excel.application') > > > > > @my_workbook = excel.Workbooks.open(path_file) > > > > > end > > > > > > def disconnect(workbook) > > > > > workbook.Close > > > > > excel.Quit > > > > > end > > > > > end > > > """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" > > > > > > This is "Main" with this content: > > > """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" > > > > > require 'watir' > > > > > require'Utilities' > > > > > > util = Utilities.new() > > > > > util.connect("C:\\Programfiler\\Ruby\\FPSdata.xls") > > > > > > #read and write to @my_workbook > > > > > #worksheet = ut...@my_workbook.worksheet(1) > > > > > > util.disconnect(@my_workbook) > > > """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" > > > > > > As you might have guessed, I want to separate my Excel connect/ > > > > > disconnect into a separate class and call this class' methods in my > > > > > main class. > > > > > > I get the following error message: > > > > > > Undefines methos Close for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError) > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > On 24 Feb, 23:39, Tiffany Fodor <tcfo...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Try this: > > > > > > > def connect(path_file) > > > > > > excel = WIN32OLE::new('excel.application') > > > > > > �...@my_workbook = excel.Workbooks.open(path_file) > > > > > > end > > > > > > > def disconnect(path_file, workbook) > > > > > > workbook.SaveAs(path_file) > > > > > > workbook.close > > > > > > end > > > > > > > Then you can call your methods like this: > > > > > > > connect("C:\\Spreadsheets\\MySpreadsheet.xls") > > > > > > > #read and write to @my_workbook > > > > > > > disconnect("C:\\Spreadsheets\\MyNewSpreadsheet.xls", @my_workbook) > > > > > > > If you're hoping to have more than one spreadsheet open at a time, > > > > > > you'll run into trouble. In that case, it may be easier to just > > open > > > > > > each spreadsheet and close it without using the methods since each > > > > > > method is only a couple lines of code anyway. > > > > > > > I hope this helps! > > > > > > > -Tiffany > > > > > > > On Feb 24, 12:03 pm, magn...@ifi.uio.no wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > So I can write> > def connect(workbook) > > > > > > > > > worksheet = workbook.WorkSheets(1) > > > > > > > > > #Manipulate the workbook cells as in i.e. get the cell > > values here > > > > > > > > > end > > > > > > > > And have another method ´disconnect´ > > > > > > > > as this: > > > > > > > > > > def disconnect(workbook) > > > > > > > > > workbook.close() > > > > > > > > > end > > > > > > > > This will refer to the same object? > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > On Feb 24, 3:59 pm, Tiffany Fodor <tcfo...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Sorry, I should have also included that you can pass 'workbook' > > to > > > > > > > > methods and write to the file within those methods. > > > > > > > > > On Feb 24, 1:02 am, magn...@ifi.uio.no wrote: > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. 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