Article: Bypassing the GUI

I wrote an article about using Ruby to test Word through COM. It’s part
of my campaign to have more testing be via scripting languages, less
through GUI test automation tools. (First appeared in Software Testing
and Quality Engineering Magazine.)

http://www.testing.com/writings/bypassing-the-gui.pdf

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Brian Marick
Consulting, training, contracting, and research
Focused on the intersection of testing, programming, and design
marick@testing.com, marick@visibleworkings.com
www.testing.com, www.visibleworkings.com

“Act always so as to increase the number of choices.” – Heinz von
Foerster

Brian Marick marick@testing.com wrote in news:EA3723FC-2405-11D7-994D-
0003939BC6F4@testing.com:

I wrote an article about using Ruby to test Word through COM. It’s part
of my campaign to have more testing be via scripting languages, less
through GUI test automation tools. (First appeared in Software Testing
and Quality Engineering Magazine.)

http://www.testing.com/writings/bypassing-the-gui.pdf

Looks good!

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Robert Cowham