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Lapis Lazuli: Watir, Selenium and Cucumber on steroids

This entry is part 10 of 11 in the series Test Automation

What does Lapis Lazuli add to Watir, Selenium and Cucumber?

Hello, I am Gijs, one of the developers of Lapis Lazuli. I often get the question why we use Lapis Lazuli in addition to Watir. In this post I will explain each of the systems unique abilities and then I will list the advantages of using Lapis Lazuli.

Cucumber, Selenium and Watir

Below I will describe in a short summary the main functions of these solutions.

Cucumber

This is what makes Ruby code usable for Continous Integration. It helps you turn code into readable text. Most commonly used for Gherkin style output.

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09 June 2017   |   Comments Off on Lapis Lazuli: Watir, Selenium and Cucumber on steroids

Mobile website test automation with cucumber but without the hassle

This entry is part 9 of 11 in the series Test Automation

Introduction

In the test automation world the client often requests to run the tests on mobile devices, next to doing the testing on regular desktop. When running your automation in Cucumber, you have multiple possibilities to solve this. In this article I will talk about these possibilities and a new (simple) way to do it with Lapis Lazuli, a Ruby Gem that cooperates with Selenium Webdriver.

I will talk about the following solutions:

  • Lapis Lazuli device simulation
  • Using Appium
  • Using Browserstack
  • Using a phone via USB.

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12 April 2017   |   1 Comment

Announcing spriteCloud Calliope

We’re excited to announce the release of our test automation product spriteCloud Calliope!

spriteCloud Calliope is the culmination of our years of experience with helping our customers integrate test automation into their development process. When we provide automated testing services, we typically use cucumber with our own LapisLazuli extensions. Between them, these tools tackle the problem of maintaining complex test suites. spriteCloud Calliope integrates them into your workflow.

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07 May 2015   |   1 Comment

Announcing LapisLazuli

We’re thrilled to announce the public release of LapisLazuli.

The Open Source project is the fruit of our years of experience with automated testing of web applications and APIs. When we provide automated testing, we use other Open Source tools like cucumber, Watir and Selenium. LapisLazuli adds functionality on top of those projects for test suites that are less fragile and more maintainable.

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30 March 2015   |   Comments Off on Announcing LapisLazuli

Reputation. Meet spriteCloud

Find out today why startups, SMBs, enterprises, brands, digital agencies, e-commerce, and mobile clients turn to spriteCloud to help improve their customer experiences. And their reputation. With complete range of QA services, we provide a full service that includes test planning, functional testing, test automation, performance testing, consultancy, mobile testing, and security testing. We even have a test lab — open to all our clients to use — with a full range of devices and platforms. Discover how our process can boost your reputation.

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