Watir

Automated testing that doesn’t hurt - Web Application Testing in Ruby

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Watir, pronounced water, is an open-source (BSD) family of Ruby libraries for automating web browsers. It allows to write tests that are easy to read and maintain. Watir drives browsers the same way people do. It clicks, links, fills in forms, presses buttons. Watir also checks results, such as whether expected text appears on the page. Watir is a family of Ruby libraries but it supports your app no matter what technology it is developed in. Whilst Watir supports only Internet Explorer on Windows, Watir-WebDriversupports Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera and also running in headless mode (HTMLUnit).

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Since (maturity):

2011

Watir
	Tool Scope	Test Automation Framework, Testing Tool
	Application Rights	Free Use, Opensource
	Since	2011
	Company	Watir.com
	Support	Tool Support link HERE
	Download	Download HERE

Features

It’s a free Open Source tool.
WATIR is "Web Application Testing in Ruby".
Functional testing tool for automating browser-based tests of web applications.
There’s a very active and growing community behind it.
It uses Ruby, a full-featured modern scripting language, rather than a proprietary vendorscript.
It supports your web app irrespective of what it is developed in.
It supports multiple browsers on different platforms.
Watir is a family of Ruby libraries but it supports all other technologies
Whilst Watir supports only Internet Explorer on Windows, Watir-WebDriversupports Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera and also running in headless mode (HTMLUnit).
Ruby gives you the power to connect to databases, read data files and spreadsheets, export XML, and structure your code as reusable libraries.

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PREREQUISITES:

To use the tool, you should have a basic understanding of:

HTML: This is a basic HTML tutorial.
Programming: You should understand programming basics, including variables and simple control structures like "for" loops and "if" statements.
Ruby: You do not need to know how to program in Ruby to get started with Watir, but you should learn some Ruby if you really want to get the most out of Watir. Check out the Cheat Sheet for Ruby for basic Ruby information.
Most browsers have a toolbar that can be useful in navigating the DOM for pages that you're looking to automate - see the Browser Development Toolbar page.

Watir-Classic 3.4.0 Released (Jan 2013)

This Release include:

All deprecated methods will print out warnings.
Element#flash returns self instead of nil.
Fix frame locator in Frame#attach_command (issue #45).
Remove :zero_based_indexing option – from now on all index options are starting from zero.
Remove global variable $HIDE_IE – use IE.visible= method instead. Support for command line switch -b is also removed.
Remove global varialbe $FAST_SPEED – use IE.speed= method instead. Support for command line switch -f is also removed.
Remove IE#close_all – use browser.windows.each(&:close) instead.
Remove IE#close_modal – use browser.modal_dialog.close instead.
Remove IE#close_others – use browser.windows.reject(&:current?).each(&:close)instead.
Remove unused ie-new-process.rb.
Remove unused PageContainer module.
Remove unused PageContainer#check_for_http_error.
Remove unused PageContainer#enabled_popup – use browser.modal_dialog instead.

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Application Rights:

Free Use

Opensource

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Scripting Language:

Ruby

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RubyOnRails

Web

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Data Repository Included

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Batch Mode

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DataBase Archive

Graphical Dashboard

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Chrome

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Opera

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