Automated Web Testing Is Hard - Arrgyle There are so many tools to choose from that you don’t know where to start. You’re worried you’ll pick one and find yourself down a rabbit hole with little to show for it. Maybe you go open source and build out a quick test suite. This is a common occurrence I’ve seen time and again while working with various software development shops over the last few years. Most experts will tell you this is avoidable. What if there was a tool to help shape the path for you? Well, there is, and we didn’t build it. Introducing ChemistryKit – a simple and opinionated web testing framework for Selenium WebDriver that follows convention over configuration, wired ready for your Continuous Integration server, and integrates with SauceLabs for cross-browser execution in the cloud. You can download the gem here. Check it out! And if you’d like to hear the latest news about ChemistryKit, or would like general tips on QA Strategy and Automated Web Testing, then complete the e-mail form below.
Watir-WebDriver with GhostDriver on OSX: headless browser testing | WatirMelon GhostDriver has been released which means it is now easy to run reliable headless WebDriver tests on Mac OSX. Steps to get working on OSX First make sure you have homebrew installedRun brew updatethenbrew install phantomjswhich should install PhantomJS 1.8.1 or newerRun irb and start using GhostDriver! I’ve tested it on a large test suite (123 scenarios) and it behaves the same as other browsers with full JavaScript support. Well done to all involved in this project. And yes, in case you’re wondering, it does screenshots! Document Object Model Hierarchy of objects in an example HTML DOM—Document Object Model Legacy DOM[edit] Intermediate DOM[edit] In 1997, Netscape and Microsoft released version 4.0 of Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer respectively, adding support for Dynamic HTML (DHTML), functionality enabling changes to a loaded HTML document. DHTML required extensions to the rudimentary document object that was available in the Legacy DOM implementations. Although the Legacy DOM implementations were largely compatible since JScript was based on JavaScript, the DHTML DOM extensions were developed in parallel by each browser maker and remained incompatible. Standardization[edit] The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), founded in 1994 to promote open standards for the World Wide Web, brought Netscape Communications and Microsoft together with other companies to develop a standard for browser scripting languages, called "ECMAScript." After the release of ECMAScript, W3C began work on a standardized DOM. Applications[edit]