# Testing web portals

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-web-portals/130969>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 4, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-web-portals/130969 "2008-03-04T20:59:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mihai)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-web-portals/130969/1 "2008-03-04T20:59:47Z")

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Is there a ruby gem that can test web portal application? With Watir i  
can only test simple web application, i cannot test for example portlest  
from a liferay web portal.

And if i cannot test it with ruby what are tools can i use?

Tnx.

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**Author:** ![mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mihai)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-web-portals/130969/2 "2008-03-05T17:58:34Z")

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There shouldn’t be any reason that you can’t test a web application with  
Watir. I’m testing half a dozen plus web applications many of which are  
quite complex with Ajax, tree controls, various popup dialogs and IE  
modal dialogs.

If you have issues or questions about it, post on the Watir Google  
group.

Another option would be Selenium RC which also allows you to use Ruby  
among various other languages.

-Charley

Bu Mihai wrote:

> Is there a ruby gem that can test web portal application? With Watir i  
> can only test simple web application, i cannot test for example portlest  
> from a liferay web portal.
> 
> And if i cannot test it with ruby what are tools can i use?
> 
> Tnx.