BUMBLEBEE: WEB SCRIPT SYNTHESIZER
02 APRIL 2025
Work project. Browser session-to-code conversion.
Architecture: C# WinForms host, embedded browser, code editor. Browser extension rejected due to security policy and shallow event control.
Tool evaluation:
- CefSharp: Discarded. API lacked elegance.
- WebView2: Selected. Better WinForms integration. Hard dependency on Microsoft Edge–acceptable for corporate Windows environments.
Implementation:
- Interception: Injected JS hooks; internal browser event monitoring (pop-ups/downloads).
- Transformation: Event → Token → Instruction Table → String.
- Optimization: Parallel event/text lists processing; rendered in Scintilla.NET
Bug: Manual mid-session overrides desync code/event lists, bypassing optimizer. Linear lists inadequate for state synchronization. Need to rethink data structures; look to compiler Abstract Syntax Trees (AST) for intermediate representation.
Verdict: Serves its purpose.