module Webrat::Selenium
To use Webrat's Selenium support,
you'll need the selenium-client gem installed. Activate it with (for
example, in your env.rb
):
require "webrat" Webrat.configure do |config| config.mode = :selenium end
Dropping down to the selenium-client API¶ ↑
If you ever need to do something with Selenium
not provided in the Webrat API, you can always
drop down to the selenium-client API using the selenium
method. For example:
When "I drag the photo to the left" do selenium.dragdrop("id=photo_123", "+350, 0") end
Choosing the underlying framework to test¶ ↑
Webrat assumes you're using rails by default but it can also work with sinatra and merb. To take advantage of this you can use the configuration block to set the application_framework variable.
require "webrat" Webrat.configure do |config| config.mode = :selenium config.application_port = 4567 config.application_framework = :sinatra # could also be :merb end
Auto-starting of the appserver and java server¶ ↑
Webrat will automatically start the Selenium Java server process and an instance of Mongrel when a test is run. The Mongrel will run in the “selenium” environment instead of “test”, so ensure you've got that defined, and will run on port Webrat.configuration.application_port.
Waiting¶ ↑
In order to make writing Selenium tests as easy
as possible, Webrat will automatically wait
for the correct elements to exist on the page when trying to manipulate
them with methods like fill_in
, etc. In general, this means
you should be able to write your Webrat::Selenium tests ignoring the concurrency
issues that can plague in-browser testing, so long as you're using the
Webrat API.