Since changing from teaching into software development on my 45th birthday exactly three years ago today, I fell into test automation entirely by accident. It is something however that I really enjoy and apparently it is a great path for the ambitious software development professional. In just those three short years I am already earning more than I ever achieved in 20 years as a school teacher, and almost certainly more than I would be able to command had I…
QA and testing: Is it time for a new glossary? Sorry it’s been a while. I have my final bit of Java coding written ready to write up, but I then had a fantastic two week vacation driving around Croatia with my family. I came home to find my test infrastructure had fried itself in the unusual summer heat, so I have some major reconstruction to do: Losing my grid is one thing, but losing the media server at the…
Welcome to my first efforts at a tech blog! If you are interested in learning about implementing a Web testing framework in Java using Selenium Webdriver page factory and Junit 5 you are in the right place. I aim to document my efforts to implement one in this blog. I am not an expert, so I do not make any promises of doing things in the best way, but I will try to explain the choices I have made along…