On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 12:54 AM, jw <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it true that watir-webdriver has improved significantly in the past 12 > months? >
Not sure if I would say "significantly", but I would say it has improved. > Watir-webdriver was considered watir 2.0, so when I saw watir-classic, it > made me think that maybe it had been created in response to negative > feedback on watir-webdriver...? Now it sounds like watir-classic is just > an update to watir that makes the syntax more similar to watir-webdriver...? > What used to be called watir gem is now renamed to watir-classic, and the current watir gem is un umbrella gem that installs other watir gems (watir-classic, watir-webdriver), depending on your operating system. > I am curious how anyone else feels about watir-webdriver 12 months ago and > watir-webdriver now and if anyone knows the true motivation for > watir-classic. > I used to work with watir-classic back when it was called watir and it was really stable. I do not remember tests failing randomly. I am using watir-webdriver exclusively for a year or two and it is not so robust. The tests fail here and there, but not a lot. Except when driving Internet Explorer, then it fails more often. I know the team is working hard on making the browser drivers better, so this is not a critique, but just my assessment of the current state. The reason for failures could be the way I write code. I am used to watir-classic gem taking care of everything, and watir-webdriver expects more care about is the page fully loaded and stuff like that. I am still getting used to watir-webdriver. Željko -- https://leanpub.com/watirbook -- -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
