In this interview, Eric Potter presents the Canopy test framework. Canopy is an open source web testing framework with one goal in mind, make UI testing simple. It provides a solid stabilization layer built on top of Selenium. It is quick to learn, even if you have never done UI …
Some testers are always leaders. Others see a project challenge that demands positive action and step into a leadership void because somebody has to. You may never seek or be given a formal role as a test leader, and yet be a trusted leader in the minds of your co-workers …
The coverage of a test suite is often used as a proxy for its ability to detect faults. However, previous studies that investigated the correlation between code coverage and test suite effectiveness have failed to reach a consensus about the nature and strength of the relationship between these test suite …
Maintaining Grails plugins can be a real challenge given the high expectations and demands. Apart from supporting many users, you’re tasked with making sure that the plugin is compatible with a range of Grails versions – both old and new. Your plugin must also be compatible with multiple development environments …
The first principle in test automation is that tests are first class citizens of your project. This is important in a couple of ways. Firstly in terms of preventing decay in test code. We’ve already spoken about how important it is to treat your test code as if it were …
Arquillian driven testing, and the advantages it brings in regards to ensuring application stability, is becoming more widely known. If you are not already using Arquillian then you are likely to be testing yourself rather than your application. Even if you are, then you might be interested in something new: …
