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Pre Existing Code – A double edged sword
Pre existing code has both favourable and unfavourable bits. Benefits: 1. Reusable 2. Pre modelled domain constructs 3. Extensible patterns in place Issues: 1. Cleaning up untidy code 2. Times spent in refactoring to remodel domain constructs and other bits 3. Having to live with smelly code
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VirtualBox â Resize a CentOS Virtual Drive â Not Working?
You have expanded vdi virtual disk space, but you still don’t see the new space in gparted ? Possible fix: Make sure you not only increase disk space for your CentOS VDI vm, but also for each snapshots that you have taken.. Snapshots are usually placed in C:\Users\user_name\VirtualBox VMs\vm_name\Snapshots. Snaphots also have .vdi extension and […]
UI Tests arenât bad, UI tests are written badly
Some examples of bad Automated tests / checks at UI level: 1. Testing / Checking all your APIs paths at UI level 2. Tests making multiple calls to DB or FTP or systems that is beneath your application under Test 3. Testing program logic in UI level 4. UI tests that wait indefinitely for desired […]
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Tester in Sprint Planning
Two topics that a tester should discuss in Sprint Planning : 1. Testability 2. Controllability – @jamesmarcusbach #jamesbach
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I travelled to India and back to Sydney this October using Singapore Airlines. It was quite evident that the airlines had done a major upgrade to the inflight entertainment systems. While I was thoroughly enjoying my trip with the new entertainment system, there were some teething issues that did observe in a single trip. My […]
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I was automating and running my tests on virtual machines. The VM had great specs.. quad core processor, Â 4 Gigs of ram and everything an automation developer machine would need. However, I observed a overwhelming under performance of the VM when it came to speed of creating automation tests and execution as well. I had […]