http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/ en Copyright 2008 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://developer.spikesource.com/frs/?group_id=14&release_id=107 Note: I have tested this on only firefox 3 - Please let me know if you need a firefox 2 version, and it can be tested there too! Here are the list of features: New features added:

1. brand new shiny editor: All new editor with easy to use interface. Much more simplified from the previous versions of the editor. See screenshot!.
   New features include:
   • Nicer editing featues
   • Shows status of the current step when running the recording by adding a >> at the begining of the step in the editor
   • "Run Status" tab on the right pane of the editor shows the status of the player/recorder, status of the datasets and variables
     
   • "Debug" tab provides easy way to run javascript on the page, build a xpath and try it out before running the actual command
     
2. execute-js action: execute random javascript during execution of the script. This would help developers work around some quirks of firefox and testgen4web. eg: http://developer.spikesource.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=865
3. assert-text with xpath: this action until now was pretty much ignored. Now the user has an option to select where to assert the text. There are 2 ways
   • * as xpath will search the entire page
   • specify an actual xpath will search in that area
4. detachable bar: you don't have to be thethered to the main window anymore. detach the testgen4web toolbar and keep it on the side for editing long recordings easily.
5. Simple xpath support: Now you can record with simple xpath. This xpath generating script will be complete xpath (NOTE: that your recording might break if simple things on your webpagee changes. I would still recommend that you use the 'smart xpath' option.

]]> http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/vsrini/2008/06/testgen4web_update_10_1.html http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/vsrini/2008/06/testgen4web_update_10_1.html TestGen4Web Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:41:49 -0800 var1="asterix" $>var2="obelix" $>varIII="getafix" $>varIV="julius" $>varFiVe="caeser" $>echo ${!var*} var1 var2 varIII varIV varFiVe Now time for some more magic. You can display the value of all these variables using this prop $>for eachVar in ${!var*}; do echo ${!eachVar} done]]> http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/traya/2008/06/shell_scripting_list_all_the_v.html http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/traya/2008/06/shell_scripting_list_all_the_v.html Shell Scripting Bash Shell Scripting Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:20:07 +0530 $_ : $_ will hold the value of the last parameter of the previous command. To explain with examples $>mkdir -p /opt/whats/life/without/lime $>echo $_ /opt/whats/life/without/lime Although its use is strongly discouraged in scripting due to code readability and maintenance, it turns out to be very when if you are a terminal addict. $>mkdir -p /opt/whats/life/without/lime $>cd $_ $>pwd /opt/whats/life/without/lime $>vim -m /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-core.repo $>sudo cp $_ /opt/backup (Copies /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-core.repo to /opt/backup) "$@" : "$@" is very similar to $*. $* stores the list of arguments passed to the shell script. But "$@" treats every quoted string as a separate argument unlike $*. display_args.sh ================ #!/bin/bash echo "Number of arguments: $#" echo "3rd Argument:" $3 accept_args.sh =============== #!/bin/bash sh display_args.sh "$@" $>sh accept_args.sh 1 2 "Un Dos Thres" delta Number of arguments: 4 3rd Argument: Un Dos Thres Replacing "$@" with $* will treat '1 2 "Un Dos Thres" delta' as 1 single argument Hopefully it will turn out to be useful for someone out there. For more Shell scripting gyaan refer to my personal blog. Oh by the way I am Thejaswi Raya ;-)]]> http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/traya/2008/06/shell_scripting_trick2_2_speci.html http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/traya/2008/06/shell_scripting_trick2_2_speci.html Shell Scripting Bash Shell Scripting Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:39:06 +0530 Thought I will start sharing a few bash scripting tips and tricks I learnt and use in my day to day life. Here is my first one... $> echo {a,b}:{1,4} a:1 a:4 b:1 b:4 $> echo {asterix,obelix}\ {911,143} asterix 911 asterix 143 obelix 911 obelix 143 $> echo {a..z}:{1,2,3} a:1 a:2 a:3 b:1 b:2 b:3 c:1 c:2 c:3 d:1 d:2 d:3 e:1 e:2 e:3 f:1 f:2 f:3 g:1 g:2 g:3 h:1 h:2 h:3 i:1 i:2 i:3 j:1 j:2 j:3 k:1 k:2 k:3 l:1 l:2 l:3 m:1 m:2 m:3 n:1 n:2 n:3 o:1 o:2 o:3 p:1 p:2 p:3 q:1 q:2 q:3 r:1 r:2 r:3 s:1 s:2 s:3 t:1 t:2 t:3 u:1 u:2 u:3 v:1 v:2 v:3 w:1 w:2 w:3 x:1 x:2 x:3 y:1 y:2 y:3 z:1 z:2 z:3 ~m.a.v.e.r.i.c.k http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/traya/2008/06/shell_scripting_trick1generati.html http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/traya/2008/06/shell_scripting_trick1generati.html Shell Scripting Bash Shell Scripting Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:46:07 +0530 "Using Simple Conditions with TestGen4Web"
Prompted by a post on the forums, here comes the 2nd video tutorial demonstrating creating a "simple condition" with testen4web. There was one other video tutorial before this. Find all the links here: http://developer.spikesource.com/wiki/index.php/Projects:TestGen4WebDocs#Tutorials]]> http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/vsrini/2007/12/testgen4web_tutorial_series_us.html http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/vsrini/2007/12/testgen4web_tutorial_series_us.html TestGen4Web Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:16:49 -0800 TestGen4Web is a 2 part tool. 1. A firefox extension where you can capture your navigation on the webpage and play it back. 2. A Unit Test generator to run tests on the command line without using firefox. More details at http://developer.spikesource.com/wiki/index.php/Projects:TestGen4Web There was a comment on our forum about lack of documentation about features - I decided to take action - thanks for rholder. I have introduced a video tutorial series - which I will hopefully keep up and add more videos in the future. http://developer.spikesource.com/wiki/index.php/Projects:TestGen4WebDocs#Tutorials And finally ... the first tutorial ... drum roll ... introducing .... "Using CSV Files with TestGen4Web" http://developer.spikesource.com/docman/view.php/14/850/tg4w-dataset.htm]]> http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/vsrini/2007/12/new_video_tutorial_series_usin.html http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/vsrini/2007/12/new_video_tutorial_series_usin.html TestGen4Web Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:16:49 -0800 SpikeWAMP today on a virtual image (VMWare) of Windows Server 2008 RC0 and it worked fine. Windows Server 2008 RC1 (which is the latest one out there) seems to have some problem with Cygwin. The stack installation got stuck for a long time - I traced it to a python process during the configuration phase of the stack. The process just sat there eating up all my CPU. Eventually, I had to kill it manually using Task Manager. ]]> http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/nimish/2007/12/spikewamp_works_on_windows_ser.html http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/nimish/2007/12/spikewamp_works_on_windows_ser.html spikewamp Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:51:24 -0800 SpikeWAMP stack we released recently, you should be able to fix the problem manually.]]> http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/nimish/2007/12/spikewamp_issues_with_vista.html http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/nimish/2007/12/spikewamp_issues_with_vista.html spikewamp Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:28:43 -0800 free WAMP stack today on our developer site. SpikeWAMP, as we call it, is a free stack containing Apache HTTPD, MySQL, and PHP among other components. It works on several flavors of Windows including XP, Vista and Server 2003. So doesn't this sound like just another WAMP stack? What's different? The answer is add-ons and updates. The stack gives you ability to choose and install from a set of popular, open source PHP applications as add-ons. The applications are automatically configured and installed to work with the stack. This will allow people to pick and choose several applications to play with, without having to install several stacks.]]> http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/nimish/2007/12/release_a_new_free_wamp_stack.html http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/nimish/2007/12/release_a_new_free_wamp_stack.html open source Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:49:16 -0800 nnatarajan and vrajagopalan (@spikesource.com) ]]> http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/fossprojects/2007/12/read_before_you_pitch_in.html http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/fossprojects/2007/12/read_before_you_pitch_in.html Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:57:54 +0530 Implement a Virtual File System (VFS) for offline storage in firefox. The VFS should be capable of efficiently managing the contents (web pages, etc) fetched from the web server or simply mirror the web server's file system. And this VFS should be as simple as a single file (like DAT file) and SHOULD NOT be accessible to any application/code other than the plugin you develop for the firefox. http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/fossprojects/2007/12/vfs_for_firefox.html http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/fossprojects/2007/12/vfs_for_firefox.html Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:19:15 +0530 Develop a cross platform Log manager that can a. Collect and parse logs b. Filter on time and/or priority c. Alert high priority events (like send a mail) d. Rotate logs http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/fossprojects/2007/12/cross_platform_log_manager.html http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/fossprojects/2007/12/cross_platform_log_manager.html Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:01:11 +0530 TinyMCE is an editor for generating HTML files. Extend this editor for generating Mediawiki syntax. [Beware of hacks on the net!]]]> http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/fossprojects/2007/12/test.html http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/fossprojects/2007/12/test.html Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:04:08 +0530 Linux really wouldn't have gone anywhere interesting at all if it hadn't been released as an open source product. I also think that the change to the GPLv2 from my original 'no money' license was important, because the commercial interests were actually very important from the beginning. The commercial distributions were what drove a lot of the nice installers and pushed people to improve usability," said Linux creator Linus Complete story here: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/60052.html While this blog talks about the creator of Linux, I have heard many different ways people pronounce 'linux'. Here is how Linus Torvalds - the creator pronounces it himself. http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/]]> http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/vsrini/2007/11/citation_linus_torvalds_on_ope.html http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/vsrini/2007/11/citation_linus_torvalds_on_ope.html linux open-source Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:40:54 -0800 JSBlend is now released. The most important enhancement in this release is the support for editing both the files. I hope that this brings the tool even closer to a general-purpose diff editor. I have also added a floating menu on the top that gives quick access to the often-needed operations - like saving the files, reloading the diffs, etc. The screenshot on JSBlend home page has been updated. Check out the new release at JSBlend Download Page. ]]> http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/nimish/2007/10/anouncing_jsblend_082.html http://developer.spikesource.com/blogs/nimish/2007/10/anouncing_jsblend_082.html jsblend open-source release Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:43:09 -0800