Webdriver doesn’t recognize element attributes not part of the HTML definitions. So aria-xxxx and dojo-xxx attributes are much slower to locate in the DOM. Whenever one of the standard attributes can carry a unique value on the page that describes a business object or function directly understandable to a business user, automation will be easier…
Read moreWebdriver doesn’t recognize element attributes not part of the HTML definitions. So aria-xxxx and dojo-xxx attributes are much slower to locate in the DOM. Whenever one of the standard attributes can carry a unique value on the page that describes a business object or function directly understandable to a business user, automation will be easier…
Read moreOnce a grid has been located, we usually want to see or do something to at least one of the rows in the grid. This is pretty straightforward in Dojo grids as it is in more or less standard html tables. The header row and the data rows in the Dojo grid are in separate…
Read moreI have been working on Ruby and Watir technologies for a while now. While enjoying the versatility of Watir (as evident from Željko Filipin’s Watir solution for playing pacman, http://zeljkofilipin.com/2010/05/29/play-google-pacman-with-watir/) – I realized that there are certain scenarios in which we do not have direct method for accomplishing a task. For example, when we have…
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