Archive: December, 2009

#30 Jim Knowlton on Using Watir for Exploratory Testing

Gregg Yows Željko Filipin Jim Knowlton

Gregg Yows and Željko Filipin talk with Jim Knowlton.

  • 0:00 – Music.
  • 1:00 – Introduction.
  • 4:11 – Testing security applications with Ruby and Watir.
  • 5:32 – Using IRB and Watir to assist exploratory testing of web applications.
  • 6:40 – What is exploratory testing?
  • 9:49 – Using IRB and Watir in exploratory testing session to check if HTML code of the page has comments and what is in them.
  • 11:17 – Is there browser.comments method in Watir?
  • 11:54 – The difference between ad hoc and exploratory testing.
  • 14:42 – What percentage of exploratory vs. manual vs. automated is Jim doing?
  • 15:41 – Are they doing Agile development?
  • 16:52 – How are they delivering scripts to testers?
  • 19:04 – What tool do they use for version control?
  • 20:18 – Has the management been receptive to exploratory testing?
  • 22:13 – The presentation on web security testing with Ruby and Watir.
  • 25:59 – A big thank you to Adam Goucher for suggesting Jim for the podcast.
  • 26:11 – How are they managing note taking in exploratory sessions?
  • 28:33 – An example of security testing with Watir.
  • 31:35 – What does Jim do when he is not near a computer and stuff like that.
  • 33:45 – Where people can find us on the tubes?
  • 35:20 – You can donate to Watir at watir.com.
  • 36:27 – Music.

Music in the podcast is Diggin Out by Chad Fowler.

#29 Bret Pettichord and Charley Baker on Past, Present and Future of Watir

Bret Pettichord Charley Baker Željko Filipin

Bret Pettichord (Watir Lead Developer), Charley Baker (Watir Lead Developer) and Željko Filipin (Watir Community Manager) talk about the past, the present and the future of Watir.

Music at the beginning and the end of the podcast is Easy to Love by Chris McMahon.