From: Jam <jam@...>
Date: 2012-07-11T00:06:04+09:00
Subject: Re: read and store definitions from an outer file


On Jul 10, 2012, at 7:34 AM, firstsense sdasad <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

> Hi guys, I am a newcomer to Ruby, i got into it by having to make
> testing scripts for my company. I have not had such problem that i
> couldn't solve by reading, but now I encountered one. I have made some
> test suites using watir gem which include definitons like user name and
> test page address. But if i move to an other environment i have to
> modify these for each test suite. What i would like to achieve: I would
> like to have a single file(testreq.txt for example) containing these
> definitions and I would like to make my test suites to read and store
> these values from my testreq.txt file. Thank you very much for your help
> in advance!
> 
> Best wishes,
> Alex
> 
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Hey,

I normally use a module filled with constants. 

Module foo
PropertyOne="some value"
End

Then just require the module from somewhere else. 

If you have complex config needs, try serialising data structures to and from Yaml. 

Jams