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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=877312819-10072006>Hi
Bret</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=877312819-10072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=877312819-10072006>You
are absoulutely right. In fact I agree with both the points.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=877312819-10072006>It is
well structured and also most of the scripts (text files) were
generated.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=877312819-10072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=877312819-10072006>But as
I mentioned my concerns are excecution speed (not as speed as watir) and input
files (taking input from xls/csv instead of text fiels).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=877312819-10072006>Even I
raised these questions in the SAFS discussion forum.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=877312819-10072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=877312819-10072006>And
also , I think it has dependencies with other frameworks like STAF
etc.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=877312819-10072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=877312819-10072006>Thanks</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=877312819-10072006>Meghanath</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=877312819-10072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
wtr-general-bounces@rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces@rubyforge.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Bret
Pettichord<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 10, 2006 3:25 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
wtr-general@rubyforge.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Wtr-general] Watir
Framework<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>On 7/10/06, <B
class=gmail_sendername>Chintakrindi Meghanath</B> <<A
href="mailto:ChintakrindiMeghana@managementdynamics.com">ChintakrindiMeghana@managementdynamics.com</A>>
wrote:
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">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></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>