Podcast #55

May 25th, 2013 · mcnulla · Watir No comments

Jeff Morgan Dave McNulla

Dave McNulla spends a few minutes talking to @Chzy (Jeff Morgan) about his new book, his automation test gems, and good practices in test automation. Here are some links:

Jeff’s Boat – Imagine working here

A special thanks to Jeff Morgan for being on this interview, and doing all that he does.

Opening and closing music is At Launch by Kevin MacLeod (Genre: Soundtrack, an epic orchestral work featuring heavy brass and strings. This piece takes the listener on a spirited journey through military might and hopeful adventure., ISRC: USUAN1100539, 2009 Kevin MacLeod)

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Podcast #54

May 9th, 2013 · Željko Filipin · Selenium, Watir, Watir-Webdriver, Webdriver One comment - Tags: Adam Goucher, Alister Scott, Chris McMahon, Dave McNulla, David Burns, Jeff Morgan, Jim Evans, Justin Ko, Llewellyn Falco, Page Objects, Sauce Labs, selenium, Simon Stewart, Testing Bot, Watir, Watir-Webdriver, Željko Filipin

Dave McNulla Zeljko Filipin

Dave McNulla and Zeljko Filipin discuss recent articles written about Watir, Watir-Webdriver, testing frameworks, and testing services. Here are the links to the articles and blog posts:

Books

Ruby 2 Pick Ax
Cucumber Recipes
Reader Score (I mistated Watirbook score on the podcast by 10x)
- Homebrewer’s Guide = 2015 readers
- Cheese & Cucumber = 369 readers

Articles & Screencasts

Case Against Record & Playback – Adam Goucher
Checking for Javascript Errors - Alister Scott
Testing Contradictions – Alister Scott
Context Driven Testing – Cem Kaner
Open Browser Test Automation at Wikimedia - Chris McMahon
Using Cucumber to Adopt a Puppy – Jeff Cheezy Morgan
Screencast ‘Adopting Puppies’ - Jeff Cheezy Morgan
Screencast ‘Writing Custom RSpec Matchers’ - Jeff Cheezy Morgan
Screencast ‘Navigational Features of Page Objects’ - Jeff Cheezy Morgan
Continuous Integration with Jenkins – Dave McNulla
Server & Log Monitoring with Greylog2 – Dave McNulla
Could CSS3 Be Making Sites That Are Not Testable – David Burns
Build Test and Deploy Firefox OS Apps – David Burns
Not Providing HTML Page is Bogus – Jim Evans
Seeing Info Messages In the Log – Jim Evans
Finding a Parent Element – Justin Ko
Get the CSS Class Name – Justin Ko
Improving Performance on Tables – Justin Ko
Handling Repeated Blocks of Elements – Justin Ko
Troubleshooting the Unknown Element – Justin Ko
Adding a Watir Reference Section – Justin Ko
Getting a Checkbox by Adjacent Text – Just Ko
Why Write a Book on Watir – Justin Ko
Passing Watir Elements to Execute Script - Justin Ko
Parts to Each Watir Instruction (Explained) - Justin Ko
Directions Analogy for Locator Strategies - Justin Ko
List of Valid Watir Webdriver Locators - Justin Ko
Sauce for the Mac – Sauce Labs
Announcing Sauce Free Unlimited Test Accounts for OSS – Sauce Labs
Getting the Most out of Selenium with Cloudbees and Sauce Labs - Sauce Labs
Announcing Appium on Sauce Native Hybrid IOS – Sauce Labs
Selenium Conference - Selenium
Source Control – Selenium
The Future of Firefox support – let’s discuss - Selenium Groups
Timeline for EOL of Firefox 3.x support - Selenium Groups
Clue – Simon Stewart
Talk to Teddy - Simon Stewart
Help Me Help You - Simon Stewart
Chrome Profiles – Zeljko Filipin
Testing Mediawiki - Zeljko Filipin
Zagreb Meeting - Zeljko Filipin
Zero Day and Trojan Horse - Zeljko Filipin
Finally a Ghost Driver – Ivan De Marino
Travis CI Selenium Testing – Testing Bot

Software & Library Updates

The opening and closing music is Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod (Genre: Pop, Instruments: Guitar, Bass, Kit, ISRC: USUAN1100482, 2008 Kevin MacLeod)

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Podcast #53

January 2nd, 2013 · mcnulla · ApprovalTests, Conference, Game Robots, Watir 15 comments - Tags: Agile Alliance, Approval Tests, Llewellyn Falco, Mob Programming, Paired programming, Set Game, Teaching Kids Programming

Dave McNulla Llewellyn Falco

Dave McNulla interviews Llewellyn Falco, an Agile expert, Approval Test library creator, and co-developer of Teaching Kids Programming.

The opening and closing music is Artifact by Kevin MacLeod (Genre: African, Instruments: Percussion, Marimba, Kalimba, Guitar, Choir, ISRC: USUAN1100324, 2007 Kevin MacLeod)

Podcast Topics:

0:00 – Music
0:30 – Introduction.
2:40 – Approval Tests
17:13 – Teaching Kids Programming
25:18 – Agile Conferences, Discipline & Pairing, Code Retreats
33:30 – Set Game
36:26 – Exploratory Testing
37:51 – Favorite podcasts?
41:41 – What do you do when you aren’t at your computer?
43:51 – Closing

Links

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Podcast 52 Outtake

December 19th, 2012 · mcnulla · Watir, Watir-Webdriver 5 comments - Tags: Record & Play, Record and Play, Recorder

Dave McNulla Zeljko Filipin

Zeljko tells Dave why Recorders are bad for test automation. Recorder articles of the past (there are so many more than this) relating to the outtake:

First Article I read on Test Automation (by James Bach)
Common Problems in Test Automation p. 6 (by Cem Kaner)
Evolution of Automated Tests (by Adam Goucher)
Dragon Chicken (by Zeljko)

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Podcast #52

December 19th, 2012 · mcnulla · Selenium, Watir, Watir-Webdriver 5 comments

Dave McNulla Zeljko Filipin

Dave McNulla and Zeljko Filipin discuss recent articles written about Watir, Watir-Webdriver, testing frameworks, and testing services. Here are the links to the articles:

Extras

Test Stack – Dave McNulla
Launch a Browser from your Mac – Sauce Labs
Unlimited Testing Accounts – Sauce Labs
The Future of Firefox support – David Burns

Releases

Books

Jeff ‘Cheezy’ Morgan – Cucumber and Cheese
Zeljko Filipin – Homebrewer’s Guide to Watir

Blogs

Jeff ‘Cheezy’ Morgan – Agile Toolkit Podcast with Bob Payne
Alister Scott – Are Your IE Webdriver Tests Running Slowly?Alister Scott – Checking An Image is Actually Visible
Jim Evans – Are you kidding me, IE Driver? Another freaking thing to download?
Sauce Labs – Mobile Testing Summit
Justin Ko – WordPress Blog
(several posts)
Zeljko – How to Test with Internet Explorer on a Mac

Misc

The opening and closing music is Dvorak Polka by Kevin MacLeod (Genre: Polka, Instruments: Kit, Tuba, Accordion, ISRC: USUAN1100249, 2006 Kevin MacLeod)

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