# Newbie

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie/140757>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 18, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie/140757 "2008-06-18T09:35:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pvmane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@pvmane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pvmane)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie/140757/1 "2008-06-18T09:35:03Z")

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hi,  
i am a newbie to the world of Ruby, i intend to use ruby in testing  
my web application. i dont know where to start with please help.

any sample examples how ruby was used in testing web applications  
would also help.

Thank,  
Pavan M.

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**Author:** ![pvmane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@pvmane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pvmane)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie/140757/2 "2008-06-18T17:24:45Z")

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On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 1:33 AM, Pavan M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).

You might want to use something like ScRubyt ([http://scrubyt.org/](http://scrubyt.org/)) or  
Mechanize ([http://rubyforge.org/projects/mechanize/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/mechanize/)).

–  
“Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions  
speak  
so loud, I can’t hear a word you’re saying.”

-Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)

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**Author:** ![pvmane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@pvmane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pvmane)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 7:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie/140757/3 "2008-06-21T07:08:32Z")

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Glen H. wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 1:33 AM, Pavan M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
> wrote:
> 
> > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).
> 
> You might want to use something like ScRubyt ([http://scrubyt.org/](http://scrubyt.org/)) or  
> Mechanize ([http://rubyforge.org/projects/mechanize/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/mechanize/)).
> 
> –  
> “Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions  
> speak  
> so loud, I can’t hear a word you’re saying.”
> 
> -Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)

Thank you for the immediate reply!