02.28.08

Real Programmers Code in Binary

Posted in Humour at 11:41 am by Željko Filipin

Real Programmers Code in Binary

From Corey Goldberg’s blog.

Please notice the comment. :)

Looks like that keyboard has one key too many.

02.19.08

Would My Watir Tests Run With Firewatir?

Posted in Watir at 5:00 pm by Željko Filipin

I saw this question at watir-general.

Short story is, there is no simple solution at the moment. I am just porting my tests from Watir to Firewatir and I have noticed two major differences:

  1. Firewatir does not see page text the same way as Watir does:

    • Watir would see “logged in as name”.
    • Firewatir would see “logged in as\n\nname”.
  2. Firefox sees relative urls in links, while Internet Explorer sees apsolute paths:

    • Watir would see “page.htm”.
    • Firewatir would see “domain.com/page.htm”.

I created a separate branch of my tests for Firewatir, until I see what should be changed in original tests to make them compatible with both Watir and Firewatir. If I can not make them work at both, I do not think that maintaining two branches will be much work.

If you are using id’s for identifying page elements, I think most of your test should work.

02.07.08

Watir and Pop Ups

Posted in Watir at 2:16 pm by Željko Filipin

I am updating Watir Tutorial for a while now. It is still not done. At the moment, I am at the Pop Ups page. I have gathered data from Jonathan Kohl’s excellent user guide, Paul Rogers’ excellent pop ups article and Watir FAQ. I will continue to do that, but I need help.

At the moment I have found solutions for 4 types of pop ups: new browser windows, file uploads, JavaScript pop ups and security alerts. 4 types are not covered yet: modal dialogs, modeless dialog, basic authentication and file downloads.

Since pop ups are source of problems for lots of Watir users, I would really appreciate any help. If you have working code, ideas or just a little time to review what I have done, please do it. Tutorial is just a bunch of wiki pages that anybody can edit and comment. If you need help with wiki, please let me know.

02.01.08

I’m Gonna Be a Rapid Tester Someday

Posted in Humour at 11:51 am by Željko Filipin

One comment says it all:

The world needs more songs about testing!

Go to Geordie Keitt’s blog and listen to Rapid Tester,

a song about a tester at wit’s end about how to test all the stuff that he’s expected to test.

Via Mike Kelly’s blog.