How-To Run a Script on Any website

December 3, 2008 by Dave Senior  
Filed under How-To

Have you ever wondered how people test websites for multiple combinations of data.  Or are you more nefarious and wish to rig an online vote?  In any case, every developer needs to check out Selenium.

Selenium is a piece of software and Firefox plugin that allows you to record a set of actions and apply logic to the steps to create a custom script in a matter of second.

Check out the video.

Episode 001: December 3, 2008

December 3, 2008 by Ben Skripnik  
Filed under Podcast

This week the gang discuss the latest news, Left 4 Dead 1st-person shooter, a Favicon Generator, Aptana, auto-scripting Web 2.0 applications, streaming satellite radio on your iPhone, and a rant about Pownce.

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NEWS

Google Buys Digital Historical Newspaper Archives from PaperofRecord.com
Pownce shuts down it’s doors
Apple looking into liquid cooled laptops
Mac suggest use of several Antivirus programs then removes the article
Nokia N97 is official
Linux on iPhone
Time for forced updates? Conficker botnet makes us wonder
Apple hits Psystar with DCMA violations
Mad Scientist Brings Back Dead With “Deanimation”
Yahoo! Top 10 searches of 2008

GAMES

Jason Kelly gives us a review of Left 4 Dead.

SITES TO SEE

Corey Charette talks about the Favicon Generator.

FREE FILES

See why Chris Poteet thinks that Aptana is a great file to get.

HOW-TO SECTION

See how Dave Senior shows you how to run a script on any website using Selenium.

APPLE CORNER

Ben Skripnik gives us instructions on how to stream XM on your iPhone.

RANT

Chris Poteet goes off on the downfall of Pownce.