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OperaWatir and OperaDriver


Opera Software, the company behind Opera browser, has launched two open source tools for the developers. These tools, OperaWatir and OperaDriver, help in developing and testing websites and applications.

Opera introduces these tools as, "OperaWatir and OperaDriver allow you to build automated tests that interact with your pages just as a user would, such as clicking links, entering text and submitting forms. [...] OperaWatir is new to the existing family of WATIR testing toolkits, and brings automated testing to any device. Combined with a behavior-driven testing framework such as RSpec, developers can drive actual browsers to test their web applications, emulating user behavior and ensuring that entire stack works well for end users. OperaDriver is the backend of OperaWatir that communicates with the Opera browser.".

These two projects are open source, and the source code is available on GitHub. Opera already offers few other tools for the developers like Dragonfly.



Written by on 9 February 2011 in Browsers. Updated on 9 February 2011.
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