How to Implement Shift Left for your Visual Testing
On September 9, 1947, Grace Hopper recorded the first computer bug ever in the Harvard Mark II computer’s logbook. The bug in question? Believe it or not, an actual bug…
Author: Gil Tayar
Cypress vs Selenium WebDriver: Better, or just different?
There’s a new claim to the throne of functional test automation tools: Cypress.io. Is Cypress fast? Yes. Is Cypress interactive? Yep. Is Cypress reliable? You bet. And best of all……
Visual UI Testing: One Does Not Simply Do Bitmap Comparison
As a genre, fantasy is often looked down upon by fans and writers of science fiction. There are some who argue that the worlds created by JRR Tolkien were influenced…
Making Your Website/Application Accessible: a Guide for Front End Developers
As front end developers, our job is to present visual information that looks good and gives users cues to help them understand content quickly. Even a static, text-only web page…
Comparing JavaScript Browser Automation Frameworks: Selenium Versus Webdriver.io Versus Puppeteer
Automated developer testing is simpler than ever before. All you need to do is pick two frameworks: a test automation framework for writing and running test code, and a browser automation framework for simulating a web browser. This post explains what these frameworks do, examines the most popular options, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each respective framework.
A Decision-Maker’s Guide to Test Automation
It’s not often that software testing makes the news, but when it does, it’s usually because something within the test automation has gone spectacularly wrong. At 8:05 AM on January…
A Front End Developer’s Guide for Creating Serverless Applications
At some point while each of us were growing up, we wished that the adults in our lives would just disappear. They made our lives miserable with their arbitrary rules…
Progressive Web Apps: Building Compelling Apps with the Latest Mobile Web Technology
Have you ever asked yourself why all apps aren’t web apps? Well, this is actually already the case on desktops and most of the apps you use at home and/or…
Visual Testing: A Guide for Front End Developers
It is probably safe to assume that any developers reading this article are already testing their applications. At the bare minimum, you’re testing the feature you’re working on as you…
How Testers can Speak the Language of Frontend Developers
The agile development movement is making testers shift their tests to the left. From a practical perspective, this means that the testers are getting closer to the frontend developers, and…
Visual UI Testing as an Aid to Functional Testing
In a previous blog post of mine “Embracing Agility: A Practical Approach for Software Testers”, I discussed how an agile team changes the role of the software tester. Instead of being…
Embracing the Agile Manifesto: A Practical Approach for Software Testers
The Agile Manifesto is 16 years old. In the home page, it defines a very simple set of values: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over…
