Test Automation

TLDR; Question: Can selenium be used for real world testing? And does it take longer to create different scenarios/permutations than just testing the system manually? A: Yes, Probably

TLDR; Don’t rule out headless browsers like HTMLUnit, just because no-one uses them in the real world. They might make automating your task easier and faster.

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

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

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.

I wrote an article for the Testing Circus April 2016 issue. With the controversial and thought provoking title of “Join the Anti-“Test Automation” Brigade”. It has substance and is not just click bait.

With most libraries you use to automate your work, you have to code workarounds. Here is a strategy for being informed when the workaround is no longer required.

I recently re-read Stafford Beer’s 1967 “Cybernetics and Management”. An overview of Cybernetics and its derivation from Operational Research; because its examples use organisations and teams, it provides immediate relevance to my work.

Driver Abstractions are essential to help move between environments.

Should we use a WebDriverWait, or an assertion?