Rails - Dec 2006 - Best solution for functional/acceptance tests for Rails

Hi

I''ve googled for this and haven''t found much, so I thought
I''d ask
for people''s experiences.

I''m happy now unit testing my models, views and controllers using  
RSpec.  But rspec_on_rails doesn''t have any functional  
("integration") tests.  They recommend using either Watir or  
Selenium.  I''ve had a quick look at both.

What really impressed me was this: http://blog.aslakhellesoy.com/ 
articles/2006/12/02/getting-screenshots-from-watir .  It''s  
interesting that he''s got it working on a mac (I thought Watir was  
windows only until I found out about safariwatir).  We have two macs  
at work (ironically, neither of them used by the designers) and I  
want to test cross-platform compatibility.

I''ve noticed this post: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rspec-users/ 
2006-September/000049.html too, so it looks like I can have the  
functionality of either wrapped in RSpec.

Which leaves me with the dilemma, which one do I use?  I''m too  
pressed for time to try them both extensively, so I was hoping  
someone here could give me a rundown of them (I''ve found http:// 
narayanraman.blogspot.com/2006/03/sahi-vs-selenium-vs-watir.html but  
I assume it''s already out of date.)  From a quick look over, Selenium  
looks more powerful, and Watir looks more accessible, something you  
could train a QA team to use without needing a developer (our  
developers ARE the QA team, however).

I''d love to hear some more informed opinions so I can recommend that  
we use one or the other to my boss.  He''s already extremely impressed  
with the screencasts of both.

Thanks
Ashley


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I vaguely remember discussion of these in Ruby Conf 2006, you may want to
check out those presentations and videos for better understanding of these
tools.

I personally would go with Selenium on Rails. Good luck!


On 12/5/06, Ashley Moran
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>
> Hi
>
> I''ve googled for this and haven''t found much, so I
thought I''d ask
> for people''s experiences.
>

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