On 7/10/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chintakrindi Meghanath</b> <<a href="mailto:ChintakrindiMeghana@managementdynamics.com">ChintakrindiMeghana@managementdynamics.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi Bret<br><br>Is it very beneficial if we integrate watir with SAFS ?<br>I have two concerns with SAFS.
<br><br> i) It seems to be slower (compared to watir) when executing the scripts.<br> Suppose if we integrate, can we maintain the same speed of execution ?<br><br> ii)The data files (input files) are the text
files.Its tedious for user to enter the test files.<br> If the input is from xls/csv its better.<br><br>So, my question is cant, we develop that type of framework only with watir/ruby and not dependant on any other framework.
<br><br>Thanks<br>Meghanath</blockquote><div><br>It is fairly difficult to develop testing frameworks in the scripting languages used by many testing tools. This is one of the reasons why SAFS was developed. I believe it was developed in VB or C or C++ and then made available via DLL and COM API's.
<br><br>Ruby is a great language for developing frameworks. Arguably better than VB or C or C++. Many people have developed data-driven testing frameworks in Ruby for Watir.<br><br>I can see two reasons for directly using SAFS with Watir.
<br>1. You like the way SAFS is structured.<br>2. You already have a lot of tests already in SAFS, but want to now execute them with Watir.<br><br>It doesn't sound like either of these is true for you.<br><br>Bret<br></div>
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