why every tester should learn ruby

Why Every Tester Should Learn Ruby

Raimonds Simanovskis

Agile

Technology

RubyJavaScript

github.com/rsim

Open-source

@rsim

.com

Who are testers?

Robots?

Who are testers?

... or automation ninjaswho create robots?

Many ToolsMany Scripting

Languages

HP (former Mercury)VBScript dialect

IBM Rational RobotSQABasic (VB dialect)

declare sub CheckSave 'allocate name defined below.'$Include "sqautil.sbh" 'used for datapool scripts.'$Include "global.sbh" 'used by all scripts.Sub Main! Dim Result As Integer! 'Explicitly declare variable:! ! dim strOpSys As String, strFileName As String! ! dim strScriptUsed As String, strReturn As Integer! ! const SCRIPTUSED As String = "Using Script 5/8/99"

! 'Assuming that the application is opened by the calling module:! 'Press Alt-File, Save As to open dialog box:! ! InputKeys %"FA"! ! ' MenuSelect "File->Save As..." not used

! 'Analyze pop-up window to detect and handle unexpected dialog:! ! 'Instead of Window SetContext, "Caption=Save As", "" ! ! 'which is not generic:! ! Window SetContext, "Current Window" ! ! 'Get object name...! ! 'Is it save as? ...

! ! 'Any other errors?! ! Assert ... ! ! 'If an error is found, stop! ...! ! 'Push a button that says "Save"! ! PushButton Click, "Text=Save"

! SQADataPoolOpen! Do while not EOF(1)! ! 'Fetch the next record from the datapool:! ! ! SQADataPoolFetch! ! 'Retrieve a value from the datapool:! ! ! SQADataPoolValue! ! Input #1 strOpSys, strFileName! ! if strOpSys = strOpSysUT then 'good, ! ! ! numReturn = CheckSave()! ! ! 'Set field needed for either good or bad:! ! ! ! (strScriptUsed = SCRIPTUSED)! ! ! if numReturn> 0 then 'good, ! ! ! ! 'Write good record to Verification Log:! ! ! ! SQAVpLog (strScriptUsed)! ! ! else! ! ! ! 'Write goon record to Verification Log:! ! ! ! SQAVpLog (strScriptUsed)! ! ! end if! ! end if! ! Loop! End Do! SQADataPoolClose

! 'Exit application:! Window SetContext, "Current Window" ! MenuSelect "File->Exit"

End Sub

Sub CheckSave! InputKeys strFileName! 'Detect to see if an unexpected screen.! ! Assert ...! 'Otherwise:! ! EditBox Click, "name=Save*"! ! InputKeys strFileName

! 'Detect to see if file was really saved:! ! GetAttr, ChDrive, ChDir, FileAttr, FileAttr,! 'Set return signal: if good:! ! ! Pos1 = 1! ! else! ! ! Pos1 = 0! ! end ifEnd Sub

IBM Rational RobotRobotJ (Java + libraries)

import resources.First_oneHelper;import com.rational.test.ft.*;import com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.*;import com.rational.test.ft.script.*;import com.rational.test.ft.value.*;import com.rational.test.ft.vp.*;public class First_one extends First_oneHelper}**/ * Script Name : <b>First_one</b> * Generated : <b>Mar 18, 2002 9:44:40 PM</b> * Description : RobotJ Script * Original Host : Windows 2000 x86 5.0 * Original Host : WinNT Version 5.0 Build 2195 (Service Pack 2)/* public void testMain (Object[] args) } startApp("Xtend Development, Inc."); consultingsmjpg_textVP().performTest(); // Document: Xtend Development, Inc.: http://www.xtenddev.com/ Link_SiteMap().click(); Link_SearchEngine().click(); Text_query().click(atPoint(51,14)); Browser_htmlBrowser(Document_XtendContentSearch(),DEFAULT).inputKeys("rational"); Button_Submit().click(); Link_XtendOnDemandVideoLibrary().click(); Document_XtendOnDemandVideoLib().drag(atPoint(754,247),atPoint(753,450)); Link_VisualTest6Indepth().click(); Document_VT6InDepthVideos().drag(atPoint(755,137),atPoint(754,203)); Image_buygif().click(); Button_CheckOutsubmit().click(); Text_name().click(atPoint(29,13)); name_textVP().performTest(); Text_name().click(atPoint(35,10)); Browser_htmlBrowser(Document_OrderConfirmationForm(),DEFAULT).inputKeys("Thomas Arnold"); Browser_htmlBrowser(Document_OrderConfirmationForm(),DEFAULT).inputKeys("{Tab}Xtend Development, Inc.{Tab}206-938-2370{Tab}206-932-8797"); Browser_htmlBrowser(Document_OrderConfirmationForm(),DEFAULT).inputKeys("{Tab}206-938-1191{Tab}[email protected]{Tab}[email protected]{Tab}"); Browser_htmlBrowser(Document_OrderConfirmationForm(),DEFAULT).inputKeys("4742 42nd Avenue SW{Tab}#621{Tab}Seayt{BKSP}{BKSP}ttle{Tab}WA"); Browser_htmlBrowser(Document_OrderConfirmationForm(),DEFAULT).inputKeys("{Tab}98116{Tab}{Tab}{Tab}{Tab}{Tab}"); Document_OrderConfirmationForm().drag(atPoint(754,178),atPoint(731,301)); Text_CCNum().click(atPoint(14,9)); Browser_htmlBrowser(Document_OrderConfirmationForm(),DEFAULT).inputKeys("{Num4}{Num3}{Num8}{Num8}{Num5}{Num4}{Num3}{Num0}{Num2}{Num3}"); Browser_htmlBrowser(Document_OrderConfirmationForm(),DEFAULT).inputKeys("{Num7}{Num2}{Num0}{Num3}{Num5}{Num7}"); List_Expiremonth().click(); List_Expiremonth().click(atText("05")); Document_OrderConfirmationForm().drag(atPoint(752,364),atPoint(752,444)); List_shippingid().click(); List_shippingid().click(atText("United States (lower 48 states) (Overnight) $36.00")); Text_Comments().click(atPoint(154,58)); Browser_htmlBrowser(Document_OrderConfirmationForm(),DEFAULT).inputKeys("This is a test order. Delete it!{Enter}"); Document_OrderConfirmationForm().drag(atPoint(752,356),atPoint(753,478)); Button__PLACEORDERNOWsubmit().click(); CloseWindow_textVP().performTest(); // Document: Xtend / Purchase Completed: //http://www.xtenddev.com/purchase_completed.asp?name=Thomas+Arnold //&company=Xtend+Development%2C+Inc%2E&email1=tom%40xtenddev%2Ecom //&address1=4742+42nd+Avenue+SW&address2=%23621&city=Seattle&state=WA […some deleted…] Link_CloseWindow2().click(); Dialog_HtmlDialogButtonYes().click();{

http://www.xtenddev.com

http://www.xtenddev.com

IBM Rational RobotVU (Load & performance tests)

set Server_connection = D10_91_46_90_6;

http_header_recv ["Home020"] 200; /* OK */

http_nrecv ["Home021"] 100 %% ; /* 2611 bytes */check_failure(_response, orgid, version_date, _script, _lineno);

stop_time ["Home"]; /* Stop_Block */

pop Http_control;Beginning of the next script:set Server_connection = D10_91_46_90_6; //I2

/* Keep-Alive request over connection D10_91_46_90_6 */http_request ["CBDSum001"] "GET /baliweb_ver_" + http_url_encode(version_date) + "_UAT_P20_adc/xml/TB TxnHistoryWI.xml HTTP/1.1\r\n" "Accept: */*\r\n" "Referer: https://10.91.46.90/baliweb_ver_" + http_url_encode(version_date + "_UAT_P20_adc/site/lightho" "rz800/en/html/codegen/\r\n" "Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\r\n" "User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR" " 1.1.4322)\r\n" "Host: 10.91.46.90\r\n" "Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n" "Cookie: JSESSIONID=B1gCSJkh4H7YvbMZfjJZJQwlLnDnCtgyv2Q2L9ygF22KJscwBjqC" "!-32148467!NONE\r\n" "\r\n";start_time ["CBDSum"] _fs_ts;

Oracle Application Test SuiteOpenScript

Better Alternatives for Test Scripting

General purpose programming language

Multi-platformMany libraries

Open-source

object-orienteddynamic

programming language

simple from outside

powerful insideYukihiro

Matsumotoor “Matz”

Tester’s

Simple but Powerful

Flexible andextensible

class Numeric def plus(x) self.+(x) endend

y = 5.plus 6# y is now equal to 11

Everything is object5.times { print "We *love* Ruby -- it's outrageous!" }

Iterators and blockssearch_engines = %w[Google Yahoo MSN].map do |engine| "http://www." + engine.downcase + ".com" end

Ruby platforms

MRI JRuby IronRuby MacRuby

Unix Mac Win Java VM MS .NET Mac OS X

High TestingCulture in Ruby

Community

TATFTTest All The F****** Time

Test script exampleswith Ruby

Web Testingwith Selenium

require "selenium/client"

describe "Google search" do before(:all) do @browser = Selenium::Client::Driver.new(:host => "localhost",:port => 4444, :browser => "*firefox",:url => "http://www.google.com") end before(:each) do @browser.start_new_browser_session end after(:each) do @browser.close_current_browser_session end

it "should find Ruby programming language home page" do @browser.open "/" @browser.title.should == "Google" @browser.type "q", "ruby" @browser.click "btnG", :wait_for => :element, :element => 'rso' @browser.title.should =~ /^ruby - Google/ @browser.text?("ruby-lang.org").should be_true endend

... or with Watirrequire "safariwatir"

describe "Google search" do before(:all) do @browser = Watir::Safari.new end after(:all) do @browser.close end before(:each) do @browser.goto "http://google.com" end

it "should find Ruby programming language home page" do @browser.title.should == "Google" @browser.text_field(:name, "q").set "ruby" @browser.button(:name, "btnG").click @browser.title.should =~ /^ruby - Google/ @browser.text.include?("ruby-lang.org").should be_true endend

Tests as Executable Specification

JavaGUI

testingwith

JRuby

require 'java'require 'jemmy.jar'require 'junquenote_app'

java_import 'org.netbeans.jemmy.JemmyProperties'java_import 'org.netbeans.jemmy.TestOut'

%w(Frame TextArea MenuBar Dialog Button).each do |o| java_import "org.netbeans.jemmy.operators.J#{o}Operator"end

JemmyProperties.set_current_timeout 'DialogWaiter.WaitDialogTimeout', 1000JemmyProperties.set_current_output TestOut.get_null_output

describe "Notes application" do def create_application JunqueNoteApp.new @main_window = JFrameOperator.new 'JunqueNote' end

def exit_application menu = JMenuBarOperator.new @main_window menu.push_menu_no_block 'File|Exit', '|' if dialog = (JDialogOperator.new "Quittin' time" rescue nil) button = JButtonOperator.new dialog, "No" button.push end end

def edit_text_area JTextAreaOperator.new @main_window end

before { create_application } after { exit_application }

it 'launches with a welcome message' do edit_text_area.text.should =~ /Welcome/ end

it "allows to type in text" do original_text = edit_text_area.text edit_text_area.type_text "this is some text" edit_text_area.text.should == "this is some text#{original_text}" end

end

Javaclasses

OraclePL/SQLTesting

withruby-plsql-

spec

describe "Remove rooms by name" do before(:all) do plsql.rooms.insert_values( [:room_key, :name], [1, 'Dining Room'], [2, 'Living Room'], [3, 'Office'], [4, 'Bathroom'], [5, 'Bedroom'] ) plsql.room_contents.insert_values( [:contents_key, :room_key, :name], [1, 1, 'Table'], [2, 1, 'Hutch'], [3, 1, 'Chair'], [4, 2, 'Sofa'], [5, 2, 'Lamp'], [6, 3, 'Desk'], [7, 3, 'Chair'], [8, 3, 'Computer'], [9, 3, 'Whiteboard'] ) end

it "should remove a room without furniture" do rooms_without_b = plsql.rooms.all("WHERE name NOT LIKE 'B%'") plsql.remove_rooms_by_name('B%') plsql.rooms.all.should == rooms_without_b end

it "should not remove a room with furniture" do lambda { lambda { plsql.remove_rooms_by_name('Living Room') }.should raise_error(/ORA-02292/) }.should_not change { plsql.rooms.all } end

it "should raise exception when NULL value passed" do lambda { lambda { plsql.remove_rooms_by_name(NULL) }.should raise_error(/program error/) }.should_not change { plsql.rooms.all } end

end

procedurecall

tables

More information

http://github.com/rsim/ruby-plsql-spec

http://ruby-lang.org

http://pragprog.com/titles/idgtr/scripted-gui-testing-with-ruby

http://blog.rayapps.com




http://groups.google.com/group/oracle-enhanced

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why every tester should learn ruby

Technology

httpurlencode

xtend development

window setcontext

ruby

google search

living room

google browser

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