#30 Jim Knowlton on Using Watir for Exploratory Testing
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
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.
