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Tag Archives: Firefox
Fix for Firewatir visible? method
The visible? method in the ruby Firewatir 1.6.2 gem isn’t great. After some hunting around, I ended up here and found a working monkeypatch. Here’s the code: class Element def visible? assert_exists jssh_command = "var val = ‘true’; var str … Continue reading
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Tagged Automated Testing, Example Code, Firefox, Firewatir, Fix, Ruby, Tools, WATIR
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FireWatir JSSH “Unable to connect” – FIXED!
Firewatir is awesome. But… sometimes Firefox takes too long to load (eg: if you have loads of plugins) causing firewatir to timeout and give the following error: Unable to connect to machine : 127.0.0.1 on port 9997. Make sure that … Continue reading
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Tagged Automated Testing, Example Code, Firefox, Firewatir, Fix, Ruby, WATIR
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IE Developer Toolbar
Firefox and FireBug make a great combination. It makes working with Watir nice and easy. Unfortunately, some apps refuse to work with FireFox (IBM Maximo and Oracle SPL Customer Care and Billing, aka: “CC&B” are examples), so MSIE is the … Continue reading
More WATIR news…
It looks like WATIR is becoming more and more tempting to use as a full-blown test automation tool… The one thing that was keeping me away was that it only works with Microsoft Internet Explorer. No more! I’ve discovered that … Continue reading