A Crash Course in Scripting

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Bring power to your tests using dynamic scripting languages
Volume-Issue: 
2005-08
Article Summary: 

More and more software testing is becoming a technical activity—and that means programming. In the future, simply having domain knowledge won't be enough. Good craftspeople need good tools, and some of the most powerful tools in the tester’s toolbox today are dynamic programming languages like Perl and Ruby. If you aren't familiar with these languages, this article will help you get up to speed and start scripting in no time.