On my last project we used Watir 1.5.4 (only recently publicly released, but we'd been using it since last fall) and Ruby 1.8.5. There are several problems with Ruby 1.8.6 and therefore I will not use it. We used Rspec...

Right now the top priority of the Watir project is to reintegrate with FireWatir and improve the compatability between the two implementations. I've begun serious discussions with Angrez Singh, the FireWatir lead, and we've agreed on this basic objective. There...

Rasta is a data-driven testing framework that pulls data out of Excel spreadsheets and executes it using simple "fixtures" that you write in Ruby. Your fixture methods could use Watir or another Ruby-based library (Selenium-RC, Mechanize, Soap4R) to execute against...

Pete Dignan and I are founding a company to support Watir and other open-source testing tools. We are still working on the business plan and name of the business. Normally, I would have wanted to wait until we had...

I am very please to announce that the first meeting of the Austin Watir Users Group will be this Wednesday, March 19. I've been working for some time with several people to make this happen. Keyword Driven Testing With Rasta,...

Due to recent turnover, my team has senior development leadership positions open. These are great opportunities for people who are committed to Agile development and Ruby on Rails. We are developing a new product line, mostly following XP, but also...

Our recent planning sessions have demonstrated two conflicting forces on story size. The need of customers to see business value and high-level plans pushes towards larger stories, yet the need for developers to be able to complete stories in a...

I've been using the Fieldstone writing method for years. I learned it from James Bach, who learned it from Jerry Weinberg. I've found it to be a great way to generate material, but have struggled over the years to organize...