Web Testing

TLDR; Browser dev tools change frequently. I can through the tooling from left to right and explore them to learn the capabilities.

This post provides a high level summary of the Chrome Dev Tools as they were in September 2022.

I was asked “Which is the best link checking tool?”. And I don’t know. But I do know that I use Total Validator Pro and a Chrome Plugin called Check My Links.

I was testing a system that created particularly long URLs that were hard to read because there were so many query parameters. I needed a way to fix that.

During the investigation of a CounterString GitHub search issue, I noticed that the search button displayed for the form I was using did not trigger the search functionality when pressed. In this post I investigate that.

Quick tips for pretty printing JSON in the Browser.

Just because a site says we can’t paste into a field, doesn’t mean we have to believe it.

This is a test report on the testing I performed after migrating my blogs on 28th December 2018, from 14:00 - 18:26.

EvilTester.com is a static site built using HuGo

I’ve been meaning to migrate it to https, but haven’t found the time recently.

Today I found the time.

TLDR: Firefox now lets us Edit and Amend requests in the network tab, for other browsers we can convert to cURL or fetch (or use a proxy)

TLDR; All major browsers allow taking screenshots within them. Firefox currently wins with its range of options.

Do you still need a screenshot tool when testing web? Can’t browsers help us do that already? Well yes they can. Chrome. Firefox. Safari. Edge. All offer some sort of screenshot functionality.