[Wtr-general] Data Driven Testing

[Richard Conroy]

On 2/5/07, mike <forum-watir-users at openqa.org> wrote:
> I have been testing with WET for their limited data support, but its become easier to construct the tests (minus data input) without it.  Using ActiveRecord seems promising, does it require the entire rails framework, or can it standalone with watir?

Standalone. Using ActiveRecord outside of Rails is one of the best
things that you can
learn. Its odd that more people don't realise it, or maybe its a
testament to the
mindshare powerhouse that it is Rails.

But at the end of the day, our testers liked the fact that their test arguments
were actually defined in Ruby as simple configuration.rb or
configuration_email_only.rb

Its often the simple stuff like the fact that the files are syntax
highlighted in SCiTe
that blows their skirt up.