Using Firebug with Lebowski

[Luc Castera]

I've noticed that the Firefox instance that Lebowski opens when I launch a spec does not let me use firebug. It's as if firebug is not installed for firefox even though it is there when I open a browser via the regular way.

Anyone has any idea how to turn on Firebug while running my specs?

Thanks,

Luc

[MikeC]

Hi Luc,

What you are observing is Selenium instantiating an instance of
Firefox using a basic profile. This is why firebug does not appear
since the profile used does not contain it. In order to resolve the
issue, you need to create a custom profile that contains firebug and
references it when starting up the Lebowski server. As an example, you
would start the server like so:

./lebowski-start-server -firefoxProfileTemplate "/path/to/firefox/
profile"

When running the lebowski server in Mac OS X, the Firefox profiles can
usually be found in the following:

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/

The profiles have names like 9qdkp664.default. To create and manage
Firefox profiles, see the following:

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing%20profiles

-Mike

[Luc Castera]

MikeC,

Thanks for this great answer.

Good Lebowski day today. I just finished writing a Lebowski integration suite that tests all of my app.

Thank you so much for both Lebowski and Ki. They've made my life much easier in the last month.

Luc