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A Model of Automating

7 minute read - Tools

TLDR; I automate tasks by using tools and writing code. Understand what they abstract to learn more.

Dear Evil Tester: How to Learn Automation

Dear Evil Tester: "How can I learn Automation?"

4 minute read - Dear Evil Tester Career Advice

TLDR; Don’t just ’learn automation’. Learn it for a reason.

How to Debug WebDriver JavascriptExecutor in Java

5 minute read - Selenium WebDriver FAQs Test Automation

TLDR; JavascriptExecutor requires us to learn JavaScript and use the Browser Console, and check your locator assumptions using FirePath

How to debug chained WebDriver `findElement` methods in Java

3 minute read - Selenium Simplified Blog WebDriver

TLDR; split code across lines and breakpoint, and use browser dev tools to test the locators used.

How to convert a breakpoint into a conditional breakpoint in IntelliJ

2 minute read - FAQ IntelliJ Java For Testers

TLDR; right click on a breakpoint and add code that returns a boolean to make it a conditional breakpoint

Question: What is the best Page Object framework for Java?

4 minute read - Selenium WebDriver FAQs Test Automation

TLDR; Q: what is the best Page Object framework? A: I don’t know. I don’t use any

Is JUnit only for unit testing? What about system testing or UAT?

3 minute read - Java For Testers JUnit

TLDR; We can use JUnit to execute code to support any type of testing.

We test REST even if it isn't REST

2 minute read - API Testing

Is it REST? Does it matter? We have to test it anyway.

On Workarounds and Fixes

4 minute read - Productivity

TLDR: fixes are important. when we have work to do, sometimes a workaround is more important

How to investigate and debug a Selenium WebDriver `@Test` error

7 minute read - Selenium WebDriver FAQs Test Automation Tips

Here’s the situation. You’ve written some code to automatically execute your application. You’re using Selenium WebDriver. Bam. Something goes wrong. You don’t know what to do. Here are some tips.