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

[Jon Robson]

I've cut a card for this to ensure it doesn't get lost
https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/mobile/cards/1801

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Arthur Richards
<arichards at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> If bandwidth is too low, perhaps we can address this when working with Chris
> next iteration.
>
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> 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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