On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 5:17 AM, Michael Herrmann
<michael.herrm...@heliumhq.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm working for a startup called BugFree Software and would like to announce
> that today we're launching our second product!
>
> 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()
>
> Here is the same script rewritten using Helium:
>
> >>> start_firefox()
> ...
> >>> write("Hello World!", into="Update Status")
> >>> click("Post")
>
> Can you now guess what it does? That's right; It updates your Facebook status.
>
> 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,
Is this open source?
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