how to automate sproutcore appliaction through watir

Automation of a sproutcore application is still a headache for programmers. We can automate sproutecore application through selenium and watir as well.

I have successfully created a sample script which runs from both selenium and watir as well.
Actually, I have managed some api which run according to the environment like watir or selenium.

The question how you automate a sproutcore application while there is no such HTML tag on the page. Complete application runs through JavaScript. We can not click on any event directly from id. So, how can we deal with this problem?
So guys cheer up in the sproutcore everything is a link. So I have classified the event into three parts:

1. text field
2. button
3. Check box or radio button.

For the first case we deal it normally as we did normally with watir

$browser.text_field(:id,”id”).set(“hello sproutcore”)

The second and third case is different as we can not click on the button or any event directly.

We need to find out the controller and corresponding method associated to the event. We need to execute JavaScript. Well guys, there is a hell lot of difference to click on button or check box. Have a look at the controller.

There is a direct method associated to the button. Check out the view page this is an action while radio button and check box bind the value. Now go to the controller you will see that the corresponding method is actually bind from the variable. That means it always observes the value of the variable and performs action accordingly.

Ok. I am giving you an example how to automate it from watir.

I have create a sample application which have a button with the id=”toggle_button”.
I just find out the source code and go to the index of “toggle_button”. The reason being I need the controller and method information as you can see the following source code:


toggleButton: SC.ButtonView.extend({
action: "SproutHello.appController.toggleGreeting"
}).outletFor("#toggle_button") ,


So now I have all information. I just need to create a JavaScript and just execute it.

body_array = page_source()
action_str = body_array[body_array.index("}).outletFor(\"##{button_id}\")")-1]
action = action_str.split("\"")[1]
ff.js_eval("var w_all = getWindows(); var w_one = w_all[#{window_count}]; w_one.content.#{action}();")


So, guys start playing with clicking on button. :)

We can not click on check_box with the above code the difference is in the javascript because check box and radio button the working as toggle. If it is on then you need to turn it off and vice versa. So you need to get the value and set the value.

body_array = page_source()
action_str = body_array[body_array.index("}).outletFor(\"##{event_id}\")")-3]
action = action_str.split("\"")[1]
_obj = action.split(".")
_get = "w_one.content" + "." + _obj[0].to_s + "." + _obj[1].to_s + ".get(\"" + _obj[2] + "\")"
_set = "w_one.content" + "." + _obj[0].to_s + "." + _obj[1].to_s + ".set(\"" + _obj[2] +"\",!" + _get.to_s + ")"
ff.js_eval("var w_all = getWindows(); var w_one = w_all[#{window_count}]; #{_set}")


Don’t get confused with window count this is to check how much firefox windows are open and on which script should work upon.

Enjoy sproutcore automation
:)
gud luck.

data migration from YAML using ruby

When I was given a task to implement YAML, I did not know how to implement and even did not get any clue to proceed. The prime concern was to give our successful first release. At last I have only a weekend and my lead has postpone this YAML implementation to the next build and told me to implement this concept with an demo application which is to be given with the release.

She even not expecting this to be implemented successful but the expectation was that I should be answerable on this topic at the time of demo.

Well I had to work whole weekend night and had to spend complete two days alone in the office, even my team was not aware about this implementation.

Monday I told to my lead and she was so surprised about you not even implemented the YAML successfully but you have made changes to the others 25 module.

The reaction from the lead was made me happy and encouraged a lot.

I just want to share some little concept what I have done with YAML.

YAML is a straightforward machine parsable data serialization format designed for human readability and interaction with scripting languages such as Perl and Python.

Early in its development, YAML was said to mean "Yet Another Markup Language", but was retronymed to distinguish its purpose as data-centric, rather than document markup.

So the task is to make a data structure in the YAML which returns an array of hash.

Data.yml

-

suite_file: "test_status_codes_test_suite.rb"

flag: "0"

-

suite_file: "testing_types_test_suite.rb"

The Most important this is to take care of spaces. YAML file does not support tabs. And you need to follow the same space convention through out the file.

‘-‘ creates an array element.

I have given the two white spaces to create an hash key-value within the array element.

Now you want to remove the iteration from your ruby code so you want a hash instead of array.

Code.yml

TCM_SS_MTSC_1:

desc: "Hi vaibhav."

TCM_SS_MTSC_3:

desc: "Good luck team!."

TCM_SS_MTSC_2:

desc: "done a good job."

TCM_SS_MTSC_4:

desc: "you are owe-some"

flag: "0"

Above is the hash of hash, you will get it like:

{: TCM_SS_MTSC_1 => { :desc => "Hi vaibhav."}, : TCM_SS_MTSC_3 => { :desc =>"Good luck team!."}}

Again take care of spaces otherwise it will give you an unidentifiable error at run time.

Finally the question is how to load the YAML File and use the data

J

So friends lets have a look:

$Data = YAML::load(File.read('config/Data.yml'))

Now whatever I have specified in the data.yml file I will get as in a data structure.

You should prefer to use YAML file when you need to migrate data into database. So dear enjoy playing with YAML.

J

Good luck