Selenium

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Selenium is a test tool for web applications. Selenium tests run directly in a browser, just as real users do. And they run in Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Firefox on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh. No other test tool covers such a wide array of platform

Selenium enables you to record a browser session. For example, you could record the series of actions required to add a product to a shopping cart or register at a website.

Platform and Browser Compatibility

Supported Platforms:

* Windows:

o Internet Explorer 6.0

o Firefox 0.8 to 1.5

o Mozilla Suite 1.6+, 1.7+

o Seamonkey 1.0

o Opera 8

* Mac OS X:

o Safari 1.3+

o Firefox 0.8 to 1.5

o Camino 1.0a1

o Mozilla Suite 1.6+, 1.7+

o Seamonkey 1.0

* Linux:

o Firefox 0.8 to 1.5

o Mozilla Suite 1.6+, 1.7+

o Konqueror

You can use Selenium to record each significant client-side action that a user performs in a browser such as clicking buttons and links and entering text into input fields. After you record a test, you can run the test with any browser. For example, you can execute the same test with Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera to check that your application is cross-browser compatible.

Downloading Selenium

There are three different Selenium downloads:

* Selenium IDE — Enables you to record a browser session. The Selenium IDE is a Firefox extension so it only works with Firefox. However, tests that you create with the Selenium IDE can be run on other browsers including Internet Explorer and Opera.

* Selenium Core — Enables you to run Selenium tests. You can use the Selenium Core library to execute a suite of tests from a browser.

* Selenium RC — Enables you to remotely control a browser. Includes a C# wrapper for Selenium so that you can remotely control a browser from a C# application. Selenium RC is especially useful when used with unit testing tools such as nUnit.

Selenium is an open-source project (released under the Apache license) created by the developers at ThoughtWorks. You can download Selenium from the OpenQA website at http://www.openqa.org/selenium/

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[RJM]

Bad name, I remember selenium diodes.

The allowed exposure for selenium and it compounds (expressed as

selenium) is:

0.2 mg/m3 OSHA TWA

0.2 mg/m3 ACGIH TWA

0.2 mg/m3 NIOSH recommended 10 hour TWA

0.1 mg/m3 DFG MAK TWA (total dust);

1 mg/m3 DFG MAK 30 minute peak, average value, once per shift

Note that the odor threshold is far below these. If you smell

something really rotten, like decaying onions and garlic, coming from

your equipment, it is best to leave the area immediately, opening some

windows on the way out. Allow the selenium dioxide vapors to

dissipate for several days before you go back. If you have ever

smelled this odor - believe me - you will not want to go back very

soon anyway! The odor is very distinctive to say the least.