Hi all, Hopefully I've done this correctly as I've previously always used forum interfaces for mailing lists.
My programming experience is just over 2 years, Ruby for about 1 year. I started using Watir-Webdriver just under a year ago while trying to build an automated interface for a web-based stock system. I basically just built a few front-ends for ease of use, capable of batching repetitive tasks and analysing information. Since then I've developed some of my own wrapper classes to use within my company for reporting and bulk processing, allowing me to write customisable reports quickly from a template. I would say I'm still a novice programmer, but as I'm being paid for this work I guess I'm technically a "professional". I've made a few minor alterations to my local watir-webdriver files. The main one was adding an optional timeout length while waiting for javascript alerts. I wrote that a while ago so I could probably do it better now. I've also started work on my own gem which attempts to emulate Microsoft Excel's API as an invisible workbook class. This is to simplify manipulation of data when analysing HTML tables, and to make the transition from Excel VBA to Ruby a bit easier. It's still in the early stages of development at present. The Ruby mailing list was (and still is) a great source of helpful advice when I was starting out learning how to use Ruby and Watir; so I continue to participate in the hopes of giving something back to the community in return for all the help I've received. And, of course, to continue to benefit from all the great advice on there. Links which may be of interest to you: http://stackoverflow.com/users/1847477/virtuoso https://github.com/VirtuosoJoel https://rubygems.org/profiles/virtuoso Some of my old posts feel a bit cringe-worthy when I look back at them, but that's all part of learning. I'll stop rambling now, let me know if there's anything pertinent I missed. Thanks, Joel _______________________________________________ Wtr-development mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development
