WebDrivers with culture – Testing internationalisation
A look into testing your i18n (internationalization) support using Selenium WebDriver. Everything you need to know in one blog post.
Launching WebDrivers in .net Core
As discussed last time, the goal is to be able to run my tests on any .net Core platform. So right from the get go, lets work out how to get a WebDriver fired up. As ever I develop on Windows and I still have Ubuntu 18.4 installed on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with an Xming Xserver so in theory I can also test in Linux. Unfortunately, whatever happened to my network whilst I was on holiday finally…
All is not as it seems: Checking the right browser launched
When tests don’t work…. One of those issues that I could very easily have missed. Over Christmas, in between working through CheckStyle hell I had a play around with adding Opera to the list of browsers available on my grid. I know its kind of pointless as being based on the same engine as Chrome, but it is one of my favourite browsers so I thought I’d give it a go. I’ve made a few incremental changes to my grid…
Driver Factory Part 3 – RemoteWebDrivers and my very own grid
So last week I got my code running on a home grid, but did not have time to explain what I did, so here goes… What is a grid and why would you use it? If you have pulled and run any of my tests, or tried building up something yourself, after the initial wow factor of watching a browser fire up and start doing things all by itself, you probably quite quickly got bored of having to stop pretty…
Sorry, Scrum, a malfunctioning factory and the ‘Definition of Done’
Sorry! Many apologies for the delay in this post, but sometimes life just gets in the way. Last week’s post was always going to be a challenging one. With 2 Birthdays, my wife returning to work from maternity leave and my 3 year old son starting at nursery it was set up to be a busy week. Then on Monday afternoon I was offered the chance to spend the next 2 days on Geoff Watts’ Certified ScrumMaster Course in London….