WaTiR Rocks!
I started using Watir back in February as a
"Skunkworks Project"
in order to reduce the test time after a push to
"Production".
I added more test cases daily and started using the same
scripts
in our "Staging Env". The progress continued until I was
using
the same WaTiR scripts for a larger and larger portion of
regression
testing in the "Test Env". The only unfortunate
part is that I have had
to do this on
nights and weekends due to staffing reductions (but it's
getting less and less as more automation is added)
About a month (or so) ago I downloaded version
1.3!
Access to the Hidden fields allowed me to login
to my Single Sign
On (SSO) portals (up to that point I was logging in
manually and
using the ie.attach ability - which was still better than
testing
manually!) Now I can regression test end-to-end!
With the AutoIT capability addon and community
posts I was able to use the
file upload capabilities and extrapolate how to
accomplish file download
functionality and subsequently compare "test"
files using the Ruby
FileUtils.cmp capability!
Needless to say, WaTiR is a great Test Automation
Framework, the Developers
are very responsive, the Community is very
helpful as well and I have learned
quite a bit.
I plan to make a test tools presentation that
includes WaTiR in Dallas at
the Metro-SQA meeting in October!
Thanks All!
Walt Mamed
