I started playing with Selenium Core the other day just to see what it does and if nothing else it does do record and playback OK.

Beyond that it’s either finding some documentation on the web or doing some exploratory testing on it to figure out what’s under the hood. I always prefer reading a book on a subject when I trying to learn new stuff and I’ve just had a look on Amazon and there doesn’t seem to be any books on it at all.

I also downloaded Selenium Remote Control which acts as some kind of server and comes with client drivers for Perl, Python, Ruby and Java. I unzipped the download file, installed the server software and started up the (Java) server which actually started two servers. I then created a Python script to get Selenium to open Firefox and login, with Notepad and then came to a shuddering halt. OK I’ve got a Python script how the heck do I run it as Windows doesn’t interpret .py files. I had a quick look at Wikipedia and, of course, I had to download a Python shell. Installed that OK and tried running my noddy script but got a load of syntax errors. Well what do you expect, there is only so much you can do without reading a manual. So get a Python manual.

The iPhone store icon displayed a number on it this morning. They were for updates to a couple of the free apps I had downloaded. I clicked to update both apps and in an area where I had only 1 bar and 3G starting and stopping like billy-o the darn think still downloaded and installed both of the updated apps. Neat.

Quote of the day

“Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult” Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)