Hi g, comments are inline.
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 10:53 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to use *watir* rather than *watir-webdriver* since I want > watir's ability to wait until the next page loads after I submit a form in > my web application. > Watir project consists of several Ruby gems. Watir gem is used to install watir-classic and/or watir-webdriver, depending on your platform. Watir-classic gem used to be called just watir a year or two ago. > *I've got both of them installed on the same machine.* > > ( Watir waits: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/How+to+wait+with+Watir ) > ( watir-webdriver doesn't: http://watirwebdriver.com/waiting/ ) > > *First question:* did I understand correctly? Does watir wait while > watir-webdriver doesn't? > As far as I know, no. Both watir-classic and watir-webdriver try to wait, but since they have completely different implementations, there is a chance that watir-classic would do a better job for your application. > I wanted to run watir with chrome and was asked to install the > chromedriver: http://watirwebdriver.com/chrome/ . > Watir-classic can only driver IE. If you want to drive Chrome you have to use watir-webdriver. > Now my code executes: > > require 'watir' >> browser = Watir::Browser.new :chrome >> browser.goto ...#etc >> > > *Am I really using watir and not watir-webdriver (through some > transparent, implicit import)? I need to know because I need to know if > wait works as I expect it - watir style rather than watir-webdriver style.) > * > No, as I said before, you have to use watir-webdriver to drive Chrome. 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.
