Re: need browser auto-form predictable fill-in randomizer addon

From: 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,

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