Automating Legacy Desktop Applications with JRuby and Sikuli

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Builds a reproducible Windows VM with Vagrant + VirtualBox, maps a network drive via an exported scheduled task XML, and boots a Java 8 environment that installs JRuby + Sikuli to drive a Java Swing POS app. Tests live in Minitest, use image-based page objects and a shared screenshot repository, and verify clicks and workflows by saving screenshots; headless recording with VLC and Xvfb proves flaky but the automation framework reliably launches the app and runs UI tests.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:40Automating Legacy Desktop Applications
3. 7:01Test with Sakuli
4. 8:11Jruby the Text Approach
5. 11:05Install Vlc
6. 15:17Specialization of Components
7. 22:09Helper Methods Used in Components

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