Archive for August, 2009
Grid Interaction in Selenium Tests with XPath
Even though I have been using SeleniumRC for a few years now, I never actually had the need to write xpath expressions. I knew that xpath was one option for locating UI controls in Selenium, but I was always able to use control IDs, names, or text…until recently. I’m working on automating tests for a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Really Communicate: Part II
Earlier this month, I wrote a blog posting on How Do We Rise Above The Noise And Really Communicate? The post was an exploration into why modern means of communication fail us. As the example, I used one of my colleague’s decision to tell something important in email. The piece was very damning of email [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Here it is. My first post. (a.k.a. Why automate sub-UI?)
…all was going well until I said something (I thought to be) pretty benign – something along the lines of “Well, I’m hoping that the architecture of the app is such that most of these test actions and verifications can be performed sub-UI.”
I heard brakes screech…
…Well, why DO we want to automate tests primarily at the sub-UI level?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )Knowledge Decay
A couple nights ago, I went to the Knoxville Agile Group meeting and listened to a SCRUM-Lean talk, given by Joe Little of Kitty Hawk Consulting. He’s a great presenter on Agile topics, particularly Lean. Unlike some of those other Agile jokers, err…I mean experts, he seems to know what he’s talking. Anyway, he hit me [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )How do we rise above the noise and really communicate?
We recently had a situation where a developer made wide sweeping changes to our codebase. For years we have ignored the hundreds of compiler warnings in our codebase, but now, with the blessing of management, we finally got the go ahead to work on and fix those warnings. We are not talking one or two [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Useful Non-testing Tools: Part III
As a quality assurance component of an organization, there’s a pretty strong possiblity that you might be called upon to make a presentation of some kind. No, I’m not going to give you some lame tutorial on using Powerpoint. Life is too short. Instead, I’m going to show you some tools to add to your [...]
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