[QA] Browser testing components that disappear quickly e.g. ajax

[Arthur Richards]

If bandwidth is too low, perhaps we can address this when working with
Chris next iteration.


On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Jon Robson <jrobson at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> I'm still waiting for help with this...
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Jon Robson <jrobson at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> It doesn't seem to work for my use case...
>>
>> When I try:
>> Then(/^I see an upload progress bar$/) do
>>   on(ArticlePage) do |page|
>>     page.progress_header_element.when_present
>>     page.progress_header_element.when_not_present(20)
>>   end
>> end
>>
>> I see:
>>     Then I see an upload progress bar                  #
>> features/step_definitions/uploads_steps.rb:60
>>       timed out after 5 seconds, waiting for {:class=>"uploading",
>> :tag_name=>"h2"} to become present (Watir::Wait::TimeoutError)
>>       ./features/step_definitions/uploads_steps.rb:62:in `block (2
>> levels) in <top (required)>'
>>       ./features/step_definitions/uploads_steps.rb:61:in `/^I see an
>> upload progress bar$/'
>>       features/uploads_page.feature:10:in `Then I see an upload progress
>> bar'
>>
>> It really is a case of blink and you miss it...
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:33 AM, Chris McMahon <cmcmahon at wikimedia.org>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > See if this would do what you want:
>> > https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/115659/
>> >
>> > It works pretty well, there are a couple of other similar checks in the
>> > repos.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Jon Robson <jrobson at wikimedia.org>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Anyone?
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Jon Robson <jrobson at wikimedia.org>
>> wrote:
>> >> > I have two things I want to write tests for.
>> >> > 1) When a user clicks on a link in alpha on mobile the page loads via
>> >> > JavaScript and an ajax loader appears.
>> >> >
>> >> > 2) When a user uploads an image, after hitting submit they see a
>> >> > progress bar.
>> >> >
>> >> > Both of these elements typically appear for a short period of time
>> >> > before disappearing.
>> >> >
>> >> > Using the following rule:
>> >> >
>> >> > Then(/^I see an upload progress bar$/) do
>> >> >   on(ArticlePage).progress_header_element.when_present.should
>> be_visible
>> >> > end
>> >> >
>> >> > When I watch the test run I see that the progress_header is in fact
>> >> > visible, but Watir does not find it. If I update the JavaScript so
>> the
>> >> > progress header never disappears, then the test passes.
>> >> >
>> >> > Is there some kind of time interval for checking this sort of thing?
>> >> >
>> >> > For reference here is the patch...
>> >> > https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/116167/
>> >> >
>> >> > Any ideas how to deal with this sort of browser test?
>> >>
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