Another usage of web testing tool: Auto browsing for checking your library account status
For those in favor of reading, listening to music, or even watching DVD, Calgary Public Library is definitely a great resource center. One thing I can not figure out is that the library web system will not notify you the expire of books loan by email, it’s not diffcult to forget to update and have to pay the fine then.
To check your card status, you have to go through these steps:
1. open the browser,
2. go to Calgary Public Library Sign In page,
3.login by puntching your 14 digit card number and 4 digit pin number,
4. click Sign In,
5. click Items Out,
6. click “Return by”
Do we have to repeat all these step every time? Maybe not, at least for a lazy person like me :). With Watir, “a free, open-source functional testing tool for automating browser-based tests of web applications”, writing a Ruby script could save us from repeating these steps. Read more »