Robotic Fingers

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1. Robotic Fingers OS X UI Automation with AXElements
2. `whoami` I am Thomas Bartelmess. I am from Germany and moved to Canada a couple years ago. I work at Marketcircle. We make software for small business. Sometimes I tweet @bartelmess.
3. UI Testing • Simulate a user using your application • Addition, not replacement for unit testing
4. Mac OS X UI Automation iOS Accessibility API JavaScript Instruments ?
5. AX Elements
6. Mac OS X UI Automation iOS Accessibility API JavaScript Ruby Accessibility API Instruments Text Editor/Command Line AXElements
7. Accessiblity • API to interact with User Elements • Used by OS X to provide tools like VoiceOver • Available on OS X and iOS
8. Your app must be accessible • Most things just work • Custom views may need extra help • If your app is not accessible, it’s a good idea to do so - there are people who need it
9. Accessibility in 15 seconds • A simplified tree of you view hierarchy • Every element has properties • Some of them can be modified
10. Inspecting Accessibility
11. AXElements in 45 seconds Step 1: Get the Application app = app_with_bundle_identifier('com.apple.AddressBook') set_focus_to app
12. AXElements in 45 seconds Step 2: Find an element my_button = app.button(id:'contactsPlusButton') my_textfield = app.text_field(id:'_NS:123') my_button = app.button(title:'My button title')
13. AXElements in 45 seconds Step 3: Do something with the Element click my_button set my_text_field, “Hello World”
14. Example require 'rubygems' require 'ax_elements' app = app_with_bundle_identifier('com.apple.AddressBook') set_focus_to app click app.button(id:'contactsPlusButton') click app.check_box(id:'_NS:480') set app.text_field(id:'_NS:367'), 'NSNorth' click app.check_box(id:'editButton')
15. Example
16. Testing • There are a lot of good ruby testing frameworks • Rspec • Cucumber • Minitest
17. How do I get it $ gem install AXElements You need Ruby 1.9 (or MacRuby)
18. More Information • AXElements.com • github.com/AXElements • rdoc.info/gems/AXElements/ • Apple documentation for Accessiblity
19. Thanks!