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Revision as of 18:41, 25 September 2006 by SunSw0rd (talk | contribs) (Additional links, minor additional info)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)'WATIR', pronounced "Water", is an acronym standing for "Web Application Testing in Ruby". Watir is an automated test tool which uses the Ruby scripting language to drive the Internet Explorer web browser, and is available as a Ruby Gem.
Ruby is an object oriented programming language started more than a decade ago in Japan (by Yukihiro Matsumoto). It is a very “pure” OO language. It is also an interpreted language, and has influences from multiple earlier OO languages. Ruby gems are packaged libraries.
WATIR makes use of the fact that Ruby has built in OLE capabilities. As such it is possible to drive the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser programmatically. Watir is a toolkit for automated tests to be developed and run against a web browser.
External Links
- Rubyforge Homepage for the tool
- Watir User Guide
- Current Watir Development Versions
- The Ruby Homepage
- Ruby Gems User Guide
See also
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