# Recommendation for good GUI automated testing tool? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 17, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-good-gui-automated-testing-tool/404515 "2007-05-17T21:28:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-good-gui-automated-testing-tool/404515/1 "2007-05-17T21:28:56Z")
I need something that will allow me to script actions on a Web site I’m testing. I found [Badboy](http://www.badboy.com.au/), but I’m wondering if there’s something better out there. Functionally, Badboy does most of what I need, but it’s a little clunky to use. Anyone have any recommendations for me? I’m getting really sick of manually navigating through ten different pages to get to that one page that I need to test… ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-good-gui-automated-testing-tool/404515/2 "2007-05-17T22:12:08Z")
[Selenium](http://www.openqa.org/selenium/) seems to be the hot thing for web site testing these days from what I can gather. Haven’t used it myself, though. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-good-gui-automated-testing-tool/404515/3 "2007-05-18T12:31:01Z")
Selenium looks cool, but definitely still in beta. Can’t get it to do basic things like clear cookies or choose from dropdownlists would be a problem. Too bad - I really like that it actually runs IN the browser, and it seems pretty flexible. Just not quite ready for prime time yet. Any other suggestions?