Joel, Thank you for your introduction and welcome!
J. On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Joel Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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