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Australian Test Automation Workshop (TAW) 2009
TAW 2009 is coming up on August 27 & 28 and I have already confirmed my attendance (GTAC is a very long flight!) and created a LinkedIn event. TAW is held every year at Bond University on the Gold...
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Celerity: first impressions
Last week at the Test Automation Workshop (TAW) here in Australia, the topic of being able to run automated tests ‘headless’ came up, and I mentioned the Celerity project: a headless Watir port. I...
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Why I do automated testing
I often get asked the question: “so why do you do automated testing?” both in job interviews and from people I meet. My answer is always pretty much the same; being that it provides me with exposure to...
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Lessons Learned in Automated Testing Presentation
Yesterday I took time out from my paternity leave to do a quick presentation at the Brisbane ACS Testing SIG on some of my lessons I have learned in automated testing. You can download the full...
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Watir, Selenium & WebDriver
Please also see my new ‘Watir-WebDriver: a detailed introduction‘ post. Background Of all the open source automated web testing tools available, Watir and Selenium have been the two most popular ones....
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Upcoming agile testing meetup in Brisbane, Australia
I just got this email from Thoughtworks, and have registered to attend. See you there if you’re in Brisbane. You are invited to the launch meeting of the Brisbane chapter of the Agile Alliance...
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Watir-WebDriver: A detailed introduction
Update: 22 August 2011: Please see: watirwebdriver.com for a detailed guide to Watir-WebDriver Update: 22 July 2011: I have updated quite a number of things that have changed since the earlier releases...
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My simple Cucumber + Watir page object pattern framework
Introduction I was very impressed with Jeff Morgan, known as Cheezy, who recently wrote a series of blog posts about how to use Cucumber and Watir, and shared his code on Github. I love it when people...
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Five page object anti-patterns
I’ve observed some page object anti-patterns which commonly arise when starting out designing end-to-end automated tests. Chris McMahon recently asked for some feedback on his initial test spike for...
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Which is better: manual or automated testing?
This post is part of the Pride & Paradev series. Which is better: manual or automated testing? Manual Testing is better than Automated Testing Automated Testing is better than Manual Testing Manual...
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Take control of your own career
During my career, I’ve come across numerous testing colleagues with no experience in automated testing who say things like “I’d love to do automated testing”. They expect to be put into an automated...
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The value of automated testing
I recently saw an email thread discussing the value of test automation and asking how to justify it to management. It just seems such a strange concept to me. Justifying the value of something that is...
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Software testers shouldn’t write code
Software testers shouldn’t write code. There I’ve said it. “If you put too much emphasis on those [automated test] scripts, you won’t notice misaligned text, hostile user interfaces, bad color choices,...
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Business Driven Testing
Watir is a great library, but to use it to its full potential you need to create your own framework to drive it. As with any context driven approach, the framework/solution you decide to implement has...
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Five reasons starting with F on why I use Watir
Bret Pettichord is working on a business case for Watir and has asked the Watir community for reasons on why they use it. Here’s my ordered list of five reasons I use Watir: 1. It’s Free (as in beer)...
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Automated testing SWOT analysis
I attended the Test Automation Workshop at Bond University on the Gold Coast (Australia) last week (LinkedIn Group). It was good to see what others in the field are doing and share my views on...
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Automated testing quick wins, low hanging fruit, breathing space & oxygen
I’ve seen a lot of automated testing efforts fail, and have also had to personally deal with the repercussions and expectations that have been set by these failed efforts. For example, I clearly...
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Austin Workshop on Test Automation 2009 Redux
It’s been about a week since AWTA 2009 in Texas, and since I had a 30+ hour journey home I think I am excused for not posting this redux until now. I had an amazing time at both the workshop and also...
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My ANZTB SIGIST Watir Slides
It’s been a while since I presented at the Brisbane ANZTB SIGIST but here are my slides: note no bullets (as usual). (it’s a shame you can’t embed Google Docs presentations here yet)
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Australian Test Automation Workshop (TAW) 2009
TAW 2009 is coming up on August 27 & 28 and I have already confirmed my attendance (GTAC is a very long flight!) and created a LinkedIn event. TAW is held every year at Bond University on the Gold...
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