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title: "Bumblebee: turn browser sessions to code"
date: 2025-04-02
author: W. D. Sadeep Madurange
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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.

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  <source src="bee.mp4" type="video/mp4">
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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.

Unfortunately, I can't share the source code for Bumblebee. I developed it for
an employer. Hence, the software is proprietary.