[Watinfixture-development] WatiNFixture 0.2 Released

[Jeff P. <ka...@iw...>]

WatiNFixture 0.2 has been released.  The complete release notes can be found
at http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=181273
<http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=181273&release_id=475
975> &release_id=475975

 

The following are highlights for this release:

*	Renamed FindXXX methods to XXXExists - example, FindLabel to
LabelExists
*	Renamed public variables to more accurate and standardized names -
example, searchForTextbox to textboxID
*	Rename CheckXXX methods to VerifyXXX - example,
CheckCheckboxIsChecked to VerifyCheckboxIsChecked
*	Added tests for the new methods so the old versions can be removed
in Release 0.3.  The old methods still exist in Release 0.2, to help ease
the transition between versions.
*	Included WatiN 0.9.5 DLL and the Internet Explore interop DLL in the
release files, to help with installation without having to download the
source code.
*	Encapsulated public variables into properties (refactoring)
*	Moved logic for each control type into its own handler, so that
common logic used across fixtures occurs in only one location (refactoring)

 

In addition, new functionality has been added:

*	UserActions

*	Compared and rounded out the methods available for each control
*	Added logic to click an image button that has a specified image
source
*	Added logic for workflow testing of a page

*	Pressing of the tab key, one or more times
*	Setting the focus to a control based on its ID
*	Entering text at the point of the current cursor location
*	Selecting items from a select list at the point of the current
cursor location
*	Clicking of the control at the current cursor location
*	Sleeping for a given number of milliseconds, to simulate a user
pause or wait for a long page load to complete

*	CheckPageContents

*	Check for the existence of image buttons according to the image
source graphic

 

Also, new fixtures have been added to this release:

*	CheckPageHyperlinksRead - validates the list of hyperlinks that
should be displayed on the page
*	CheckTableContents - validates tables of data on a web page,
including textbox and dropdown list controls

 

Certain methods also support regular expressions.  

*	UserActions

*	VerifyLinkWithTextHasAddress - text of the hyperlink
*	ClickLinkWithText - text of the hyperlink
*	ClickImageButtonWithImage - image source of the image

*	CheckPageContents

*	VerifyLinkWithTextHasAddress - imageSource property

Future releases will likely include adjustments to use regular expressions,
so that complete IDs, exact labels and exact paths do not have to be entered
to find the correct control on the page.

 

Currently, WatiN has problems with the PressTab method.  The best way I have
found to resolve this issue is to set the focus to a specific control on the
web page prior to any press tab commands.  This seems to stabilize the
behavior.  Also, pressing tabs will not work if the tests are run from a
Continuous Integration environment, such as CruiseControl.NET.

 

This will hopefully be fixed in future releases of WatiN.  I have included
the press tab functionality in this release, because even with the current
problems I have found this to still be useful for testing web applications.

 

Enjoy!

 

Jeff