FunFX and Flex

FunFX is a Watir / SafariWatir / FireWatir extension that lets you talk to an Adobe Flex application straight from Ruby. It works wonderfully with Cucumber. Here is an example to get you started:

# features/support/env.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'spec'

#require 'funfx/browser/safariwatir'
#BROWSER = Watir::Safari.new
require 'funfx/browser/firewatir'
BROWSER = FireWatir::Firefox.new
#require 'funfx/browser/watir'
#BROWSER = Watir::IE.new

DEMO_APP = "http://localhost:9851/index.html"

Before do
  BROWSER.goto(DEMO_APP)
  @flex = BROWSER.flex_app('DemoAppId', 'DemoAppName')
end

at_exit do
  BROWSER.close
end

# features/step_definitions/date_steps.rb

Given /^I am on the new date page$/ do
  tree = @flex.tree({:id => 'objectTree'})
  tree.open('Date controls')
  tree.select('Date controls>DateField1')
end

When /^I select date (.*)$/ do |date|
  date_field = @flex.date_field({:id => 'dateField1'})
  date_field.open
  date_field.change(date)
end

Then /^I should see (.*) as my date$/ do |date|
  date_field = @flex.date_field({:id => 'dateField1'})
  date_field.selected_date.to_s.should == Date.parse(date).to_s
end

You can see the full example code in FunFX’ example directory

Ladislav Martincik has written a more general tutorial in his blog that explains how to install FunFX and some basics about the FunFX API.