Everything SQA

Selenium Relative Path Issues

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:25:00 -0700

Have you ever seen this stupid message after reloading a test suite in Selenium IDE? error loading...

Selenium and Manual Test Case Generator: A Lesson in Passion

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:11:00 -0700

I often kick myself so hard that I think I literally perforate my insides. I don’t literally kick...

To me Ray Kurzweil is a visionary who shines. I admire Dean...

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:56:00 -0700

To me Ray Kurzweil is a visionary who shines. I admire Dean Kamen too, who equally shines, but Ray shines the brightest. Or does Edison? Either way, I had an opportunity to read Ray’s “The Singularity is Near”, and it opened my eyes to the possibilities that are exponentially close. At IBM’s Impact 2010, here are some insightful videos of Ray’s intellect shared.

Click here to view part 2

Click here to view part 3

It’s evident that the iPad is the start of things to come,...

Fri, 07 May 2010 01:52:48 -0700

It’s evident that the iPad is the start of things to come, but as this issue between Steve Jobs and Adobe’s Flash grows old, it looks like some of the concerns regarding Flash as being less adequate then HTML 5, are a bit overstated. But Opera is responding the same way and if Microsoft and Mozilla follow, then we may see a new evolution in how this type of media is delivered.

But again, HTML 5’s media capability is not as fast.

The evidence is in this video. As a tester, this is suitable to know, at least for now, but things evolve. HTML 5 may move slower than Flash during actual run time, but there are other metrics to consider - like browser loads from the server, size of packets being delivered, and more. HTML 5 may prove itself as it becomes a ubiquitous platform in the near future.

I can’t wait to see how this pans out.

"It’s like we’ve rebooted the computer industry into the Cloud, and everything has to be refactored..."

Thu, 06 May 2010 12:59:43 -0700

“It’s like we’ve rebooted the computer industry into the Cloud, and everything has to be...

Agile Programming guru, Kent Beck offers some great insight in...

Thu, 06 May 2010 01:01:48 -0700

Agile Programming guru, Kent Beck offers some great insight in this video to what lies beyond the agile approach, especially with customer requests, and response to changes, etc. This is highly recommended for testers to learn (in brief) some of the insights of the Pull and Push Models. He touches on his principles of the Learn, Measure, Build - but there is more here on Kent’s blog. As testers (especially automation testers) , we fit in here (at least in the Pull Model) so don’t be alarmed. Enjoy!

Testers: Get Out of the Quality Assurance Business

Wed, 05 May 2010 01:01:48 -0700

Testers: Get Out of the Quality Assurance Business: Michael Bolton (not the singer), wrote a nice...

Selenium Interview Questions with Awesomeness (Part 1)

Tue, 04 May 2010 02:02:48 -0700

During the early fall of 2009, I interviewed a number of potential canidates with some expertise in...

Testing StackExchange: Ask, Receive, Review

Mon, 03 May 2010 06:25:53 -0700

Resources for talented testers are far and few, but when one is discovered, it is fully appreciated....

Here’s Ray Vizzone and Matt Krapivner in part 2 of 2 of...

Sun, 02 May 2010 13:20:15 -0700

Here’s Ray Vizzone and Matt Krapivner in part 2 of 2 of SauceLabs Selenium Meet-up.

If you want to see how FITnesse and Selenium connect seamlessly,...

Sun, 02 May 2010 13:18:34 -0700

If you want to see how FITnesse and Selenium connect seamlessly, this is worth watching. A SauceLabs Selenium Meet-Up with Ray Vizzone and Matt Krapivner. Part 1 of 2.

20 iPad App Testers Essentials

Sun, 02 May 2010 00:45:00 -0700

By now, everyone has either seen or heard about the adorable two year old, who’s hands naturally,...

The Eventual Tester

Sat, 01 May 2010 14:53:23 -0700

I’m not much of a futurist, but I do have an optimistic view of the type of solutions technology...

Effective efforts defined: A white paper on Agile projects [white paper/QA/agile]

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:48 -0700

(Per copy) Requirements management increases the value delivered by critical business projects,...

Mobile QA tools (for free) [wireless/protocol analysis]

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:54:00 -0700

For some of you out there, and you know who you are…you have that cool job testing wireless...

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Tutorial [learning/introductions]

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:13:15 -0700

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Tutorial [learning/introductions]: My significant other and I...

Add-ons for Firebug [more toys/QA/tweaks]

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:03:00 -0700

Steve Souders, the meastro who contributed to the development of Yahoo’s YSlow (he’s now...

Effective testing ideals that can support (some of) the agile process [review/QA]

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:45:00 -0700

Over the weekend, I had a chance to peruse Effective Software Testing: 50 Specific Ways to Improve...

Keeping the eye on the tiger (or cloud) [monitoring services/cloud]

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:52:00 -0700

I called it. I saw this coming based on a previous blog post on how all of the cloud based services...

Answer (test) this? Why is the price of automobile oil lower then gas?[a none QA rant]

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:29:36 -0700

Oil per barrel is at an all time high. How is it that the same oil used to make gasoline is sold at...