Sikuli: the coolest Python project I have yet seen...

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Tue Jan 26 16:09:25 EST 2010


On 1/26/2010 1:59 PM, CM wrote:
> On Jan 24, 10:18 pm, Ron<ursusmaxi... at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Sikuli is the coolest Python project I have ever seen in my ten year
>> hobbyist career. An MIT oepn source project, Sikuli uses Python to
>> automate GUI tasks (in any GUI or GUI baed app that runs the JVM) by
>> simply drag and dropping GUI elements into Python scripts as function
>> arguments. Download athttp://sikuli.csail.mit.edu/I also did this
>> podcast about Sikulihttp://media.libsyn.com/media/awaretek/Python411_20100124_Sikuli.mp3
>
> How is this preferable to a macro recorder?

One can add program logic to the interaction. For instance, one of the 
demos on YouTube uses sikuli to read a Bejeweled (game) board. Program 
logic then calculates a move.




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