How to set up QA Automation Framework with Ruby Watir and Cucumber

Question

I'm trying to build a framework with Ruby using Watir and Cucumber, also I need to put my GUI-MAP into *.yml file. I've been trying to find answers on Google, but can't find any, is there anyone knows the steps or maybe has experience with something like that. Thank You

Answer 1

I wrote a blog post about this titled: "My simple Cucumber + Watir page object pattern framework"

http://watirmelon.com/2011/01/21/my-simple-cucumber-watir-page-object-pattern-framework/

Answer 2

You might look at the Taza or Watircraft frameworks. they both allow you to define 'pages' which are roughly equivalent to a GUImap, and provide that abstraction layer which allows you to name things and have a single place that defines how they are identified within the DOM.

It's done page by page instead of a giant monolithic file like a QTP Guimap, but I find that makes it actually easier to maintain because I don't have to worry about there being for example different "save" buttons on 4 different pages that may well have their own unique ID's. I can name each one 'save_button' instead of more convoluted names, because I'll be addressing them according to the page that contains them. eg my_account_page.save_button.click