This document discusses Watir, an open-source tool for automating web application testing in Ruby. It provides an agenda that includes discussing the problem of automated web testing, how Watir solves this problem, and demonstrating Watir by testing a point of sale PHP web application. Various testing styles are demonstrated including interactive testing in IRB, validation methods, xUnit style tests, and behavior-driven development with RSpec and Cucumber. The key benefits and use cases of each style are defined.
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