WATIR Overview

What does WATIR mean?
Web Application Testing In Ruby.

What is WATIR?
- Watir is a testing tool for automating browser-based tests of web applications.
- It is a Ruby library for testing Web Applications.

Why WATIR?
- Uses Ruby, a full-featured object-oriented scripting language, rather than a proprietary vendor script.
- It's a free Open Source tool.
- Tests with “real” browser.
- More than functional testing.

Ruby is highly portable:
- GNU/Linux, UNIX, Mac OS X, Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, DOS, BeOS, OS/2, etc.
- OS independent threading.
- Exception handling
- Garbage collector etc.,

What WATIR is not..!
- Not a record/playback tool.
- Can't used for testing Applets, Flash.
- Is not a Test case management tool.