I LOVE automation. It's just so cool. And it helps me be incredibly lazy. Dishwashers, Dryers, Self-driving cars (although I'm not quite rich enough for that one yet). Say what you want about lost jobs and such, but automation sure does take the mundane work out of our lives. Maybe… Continue Reading 'Here's 3 reasons you should unit test that have nothing to do with actual testing'
I found out about WebdriverIO through WebdriverCSS. Seems strange, since WebdriverIO is so powerful on its own, but yeah, WebdriverCSS introduced me to the awesomeness that is WebdriverIO. Visual Regression Testing has always been an interest of mine. I talked about it at CSSDevConf in 2013, when I demoed the… Continue Reading 'What's up with WebdriverCSS?'
Depression is controlling. You don't want to feel better. You want to sulk. You don't want someone to help, because it would take away the pleasure of feeling bad. You certainly don't want some medication or therapy, because really you're just being melodramatic and don't deserve special attention. But you… Continue Reading 'Depression'
For the past year I've been digging in to the WebdriverIO test framework. I'm really enjoying my time with it and feel like it definitely deserves more attention in the Front-end landscape. Here's why: It's Front-end Friendly Unlike most browser automation frameworks out there, WebdriverIO is written entirely in JavaScript.… Continue Reading '4 reasons why you should consider using WebdriverIO for testing'
I wanted to record a brain dump of the architecture I've been using for my functional test suites. The main structure consists of three parts: Node.js WebdriverIO & WebdriverCSS Mocha & Chai Node.js Using WebdriverIO means using Node.js. This is actually a great thing for me as… Continue Reading 'Functional Test Architecture with WebdriverIO'
This is an excerpt from my new book The Web App Testing Guidebook Last chapter, amid the talk of actions and assertions, we touched on selectors just a little bit. We used a 'partial-text' selector to pick out a button with the text "About Us" in it. Now… Continue Reading 'Selecting Elements in WebdriverIO'
A recent article on parents in Silicon Valley splashed through my twitter account and hooked me in to reading it. It danced around an idea that some workplaces play in to: Parents are worse employees than non-parents. They're less flexible ("can't stay late boss, gotta pick up the kids… Continue Reading 'Are Parents Worth the Price?'
Shower thoughts. They're the best, aren't they? The time to be alone, go through a rote routine, and just let your mind wander while warm water pours over your body. Back in May of 2015, I had been ruminating on starting a podcast for a month or so, but couldn't… Continue Reading 'Parents of the tech industry unite! Right after the kids get to bed...'
I've written a few technical posts for the Invision Engineering Blog and figured I'd link to them from here: Better Pull Request Management with Custom Labels Sharing ESLint Across Teams Testing Our Shared ESLint Configs If you can't tell, I really like ESLint :)… Continue Reading '3 Posts on Coding'
One of the benefits of using a Selenium Cloud service like BrowserStack or Sauce Labs is the ability to review your automated test runs. This is especially useful if you run your tests through a Continuous Integration (CICD) tool like Jenkins or TravisCI. BrowserStack will show you a list of… Continue Reading 'Better BrowserStack Builds in WebdriverIO'
It's spring, which means Fire Ants are back in the South. I've lived my entire life in Texas, so fire ants are a constant reality for me. To make matters worse, when my son was 18 months old, he had a severe allergic reaction to three fire ant bites in… Continue Reading 'Fire Ants Suck... Here's How to Get Rid of Them'