Software Testing and Development Blog Posts

TLDR; Frameworks implement an abstraction layer so we don’t have to bother about it. But, what if the implementation is doing stuff you don’t want? How do you know? Find tools that let you observe inside. WebPageTest.org does that for web pages.

TLDR; Abstractions are not new, have never been easy, and have always been important when architecting our Systems.

TLDR; Bookmarklets are an easy way to have custom javascript to support your testing that sync across browsers.

TLDR; Learn your skills and techniques. Then learn your tools. Mastery of tooling can lead to new techniques and new ideas. Continue to learn your theory, skills and techniques. Continue to master your tools.

TLDR; war is horrible. Lessons can be learned from it. Would a distinction between defensive measures and pursuit, help your testing? I often see many test strategies that are highly defensive, but low on pursuit.

TLDR; if you blindly copy an expert you do not learn context, you replicate mannerisms and lose their subtlety. Consciously analyse their actions, learn their skills, and apply them individually in a coordinated fashion.

TLDR; I test systems, not processes.

TLDR; I migrated blogs over to Hugo and I didn’t automate because I was only doing it once, I should have automated because I actually migrated 450+ times (at least once per post. Find results at testerhq.com

TL;DR with JSoup either switch off document pretty printing or use textNodes to pull the raw text from an element.

Fusion Meetup in Birmingham March 2017

At the Fusion Meetup in Birmingham on March 23rd I presented a deep dive talk in how we automate applications to support testing.

I was told the meetup was for developers. I took that to mean that I could go as technical and quickly as I want. So I did.

Title: A Technical Deep Dive into Practical Test Automation

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