Will do. Do you happen to know someone I can point them to for training? :-)
-=michael=- -- Michael Kelly Sr. Software Engineer Eleven Wireless Inc. - The Possibilities are Wireless http://www.elevenwireless.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bret Pettichord Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 3:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Wtr-general] I Like WET Michael, I don't doubt your intentions and wish you best of luck. Keep us informed of progress. And when you are ready for release, please set up a separate mailing list for all the clueless newbies who are are now going to be watir scripters! Bret At 01:22 PM 8/17/2005, Michael Kelly wrote: >Bret, thanks for sharing your thoughts on WatirMaker. I have similar >concerns about the utility of script recorders and caution your readers >to not expect too much from WatirMaker. It has *not* been conceived of >as a record/playback tool for non-programmers. On the contrary, at >Eleven the programmers use Watir to write UI unit tests in a >test-driven fashion. Nearly every test starts with some setup in the >database using the DataMother design pattern (a variant of the >ObjectMother pattern which can be found here: >http://www.thoughtworks.com/us/library/ObjectMother%20Website.pdf), and >concludes with one or more asserts validating specific conditions. It >is the stuff in the middle that we hope WatirMaker will facilitate. > >We imagine the tool fitting nicely into a process that looks something >like this: > >1. Create test skeleton (including data prep). >2. Capture Watir statements and paste into the test skeleton. 3. Modify >as needed and add asserts. > >In truth, I believe that we're seeking the same tool you've described >as "...a tool that would show you the Watir syntax for identifying a >control or page element you point to." We've simply conceived of the >tool as a recorder. > >-=michael=- > >-- >Michael Kelly >Sr. Software Engineer >Eleven Wireless Inc. - The Possibilities are Wireless >http://www.elevenwireless.com > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bret Pettichord >Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 9:12 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Wtr-general] I Like WET > > >I really like WET and looking over its code has strongly influenced the >direction that i want to take Watir in. > >For background, see this: >http://www.io.com/~wazmo/blog/ > >I'll have more details about what i want to do posted here shortly. > >Bret > > >_____________________ > Bret Pettichord > www.pettichord.com > >_______________________________________________ >Wtr-general mailing list >[email protected] >http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general > >_______________________________________________ >Wtr-general mailing list >[email protected] >http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general _____________________ Bret Pettichord www.pettichord.com _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
