I'm working for a startup called BugFree Software and would love to hear your feedback on a new product we are launching today.
Helium is a library that wraps around Selenium to simplify web automation. It does away with many of the technicalities involved with web scripting. For example: Here is a Selenium script. Can you guess what it does?
>>> ff = Firefox()
...
>>> text_area = ff.find_element_by_id("u_0_1q")
>>> text_area.send_keys("Hello World!")
>>> button = ff.find_element_by_class_name("_42g-")
>>> button.click()
>>> start_firefox()
...
>>> write("Hello World!", into="Update Status")
>>> click("Post")
In an extended comparison that we were invited to write for the December issue of Professional Tester (professionaltester.com), we found that an example script automating Gmail took 66% fewer lines of code and 75% less effort using Helium than with Selenium alone.
You can find more information and download Helium from http://heliumhq.com. Any feedback would be highly appreciated.
Hoping to hear your thoughts and comments, Michael Herrmann heliumhq.com
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