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diff --git a/_projects/bumblebee.md b/_projects/bumblebee.md index 03046d3..ef38b2f 100644 --- a/_projects/bumblebee.md +++ b/_projects/bumblebee.md @@ -6,22 +6,23 @@ thumbnail: thumb.png layout: post --- -Bumblebee is a web browser that turns browser sessions into C# scripts. Its -objective is to eliminate the need for authoring scripts for testing, web -scraping, and other browser automation tasks. +Bumblebee is a web browser that converts browser sessions into C# scripts for +playback. It eliminates the need for authoring browser automation scripts. <video style="max-width:100%; margin-bottom: 10px" controls="" poster="thumb.png"> <source src="bee.mp4" type="video/mp4"> </video> -Bumblebee is a Windows Forms application written in C#. The rendering of web -content is handled by the embedded Microsoft Edge browser (via WebView). The -text editor on the right is <a src="https://github.com/desjarlais/Scintilla.NET" -class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scintilla.NET</a>. It -enables users to override the script at any point during the session. There are -application settings that let users debounce events, ignore hidden elements -and scripts, and more. +Bumblebee is a Windows Forms application written in C#. Web content is rendered +by the embedded Microsoft Edge browser (via WebView). The text editor on the +right is <a src="https://github.com/desjarlais/Scintilla.NET" class="external" +target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scintilla.NET</a>. Users can +override the generated script at any point during the session. The users can +configure Bumblebee to debounce events, ignore hidden elements, etc. -Unfortunately, I can't share the source code for Bumblebee. I developed it for -an employer. Hence, the software is proprietary. +Bumblebee works by injecting a custom JavaScript program that tracks user +interactions. The tracker intercepts and sends them to the Bumblebee backend as +events for analysis. In addition to the front-end events, Bumblebee also +intercepts events internal to the web browser, which it then interprets to +generate C# code for the Selenium WebDriver in real time. |