#36 Jarmo Pertman

Željko Filipin Jarmo Pertman

Željko Filipin talks with Jarmo Pertman.

Music at the beginning and the end of the podcast is by George Sanders from Portland, Oregon.

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A big thank you to Tiffany Fodor for editing the audio and for show notes.

Show notes:

  • 1:00 – Introductions
  • 4:50 – Jarmo’s introduction to Watir
  • 7:15 – Jarmo’s background
  • 10:08 – Jarmo’s blog IT Really Matters
  • 10:50 – Blog highlights – Watir/RSpec
  • 13:08 – Most popular blog post – Debugging Watir’s click_no_wait method problems
  • 14:37 – Jarmo’s thesis – Web Applications’ User Interface Based Testing Automation
  • 16:20 – Watir frameworks
  • 18:10 – Ideas for future development and functionality in Watir – popups, screen shots
  • 23:08 – Other test automation tools
  • 23:40 – Watir versus Selenium
  • 27:50 – watir-webdriver
  • 31:12 – WatirSplash framework
  • 36:05 – Current Watir development activity
  • 38:15 – Jarmo’s other interests
  • 39:02 – Closing thoughts
  • 39:57 – Watir Stack Exchange site
  • 40:58 – Jarmo’s contact information
  • 41:40 – Zeljko’s contact information
  • 42:17 – Closing