Re: need browser auto-form predictable fill-in randomizer addon
| From: | Nathan Rixham | Date: | Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:24:11 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: need browser auto-form predictable fill-in randomizer addon | ||
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Daevid Vincent wrote:
> I have a form with probably 100+ elements from input, checkbox, select
> boxes, textareas, etc. It's extremely tedious to fill these in all the time
> and submit while developing/testing.
>
> Anyone know of a plugin to Firefox (or IE for that matter) that will fill in
> the fields, select stuff, check stuff, etc. with some modicum of
> predictability. Random text only goes so far when debugging as you don't
> necessarily know what the field SHOULD contain.
>
why not kill two birds with one stone and use selenium to test properly
and automate the process?
http://seleniumhq.org/
bit of integration testing certainly won't harm you.
however - to take O.Lavell's comment on board if you can ("If it is
tedious for you it will be tedious for your future users. And as
a rule, they have far less patience than you have.")
regards,