Is C++ a good language to program automatic softwares.

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By Automatic softwares, I am talking about "bots" that are able to do multiple task on a html page such as grabbing some information or completing a script like login.
Also I would like to create a "bot" that is able to understand Javascript and opens the frame that pops up during html aspect. In this frame the software should be able to press button or complete fields.

Posted 10-Aug-10 9:54am

Dagro14

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ThatsAlok 17-Aug-10 2:32am

yes you can!

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All languages are fine, if you are comfortable with them.

I would recommend a .NET language though, as that is the way things are pointing (No pun intended) just merely that it is easier for project work.

Posted 15-Aug-10 21:42pm

Dalek Dave

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It depends in my opinion. You can also take firefox's JavaScript engine from it's source. Then you'll be forced to use c/c++

Posted 15-Aug-10 21:39pm

Nyarost

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You could use any language as long as you are happy with using it.

Posted 27-Aug-10 9:18am

LloydA111

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I would go for JavaScript. Using Firebug with Firefox, you can easily inject JavaScript code into any page (can be done with IE also). Using an open source browser, you could tweak it a bit to inject that code automatically.

Posted 27-Aug-10 9:25am

Niklas L

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The answer depends on whether or not the code will be executed by the browser or on the server, and if on the server, which web server you are using.

If your code is going to run in the user's browser, then you are pretty much forced to use JavaScript. Internet Explorer can run VBScript, but most other browsers will not.

If it will run server-side and you have IIS, it would probably be easier to write your code with the .Net framework, which means either VB or C#. Older version of IIS, or IIS without one of the .Net frameworks, would probably have to be done using VBScript and Active Server Pages. If you have a non-Microsoft web server like Apache, I think you would need Perl or Java.

Posted 27-Aug-10 11:18am

Gregory Gadow

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Christian Graus · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-10T10:21:00

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I would imagine that C# is a much better choice, given that it has a lot more in it's framework to help you with such a task.

Posted 10-Aug-10 10:21am

Christian Graus

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Dagro14 11-Aug-10 8:35am

I know C sharp is better choice but I wish to create such tools in C++ and thus expanding knowledge in this particular language. I was asking this to see if C++ is capable of it even if its long trouble to attain it.