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| bio | website | linkedin.com/in/ethelevans |
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| location | Seattle, WA | |
| age | 30 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years |
| seen | May 12 at 22:21 | |
| stats | profile views | 59 |
SDET with 5 years of experience in software testing & BS in Computer Science. I'm also not very good at filling out "About Me" sections. I'm not as much of an expert as I'd like to be, so am trying to soak up knowledge as fast as I can while balancing work and "real life".
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Jul 12 |
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Are Exhaustive “Brute Force” UI Tests Worth It? Another point on UI testing for the wrong reasons: Resorting to rigorous UI testing can be a sign of untestable code, that isn't being tested at lower levels well enough. UI testing should be essentially just making sure the UI responds the way it should - and not functionality testing (with some exceptions, e.g., end to end tests). Unit tests, API tests, component tests, etc. should cover functionality. UI tests should be a small part of the overall testing effort in most cases. |
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Jul 12 |
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Suitability of functional testing to problems with many interrelated inputs Do you know where you read this? A link might help us understand the context of what this person meant by "functional testing". |
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Jul 2 |
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Where should test fixture code live? Changed the accepted answer to match what I actually did in the end . . apologies if this has led to any confusion |
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Jul 2 |
accepted | Where should test fixture code live? |
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May 4 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Feb 26 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Feb 20 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Feb 14 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Feb 14 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Feb 14 |
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Resume and job seeking advice - career change from Development to Testing @gbjbaanb, MS isn't actually a bad place these days, at least not from a work/life balance standpoint. Flexible hours, options to WFH, and little to no overtime expected on most teams that I saw.They also have great HR and benefits support for mental health. If you are a manager or lead, there's a fair amount of pressure - but they generally do a good job of sheltering the individual contributors :) I guess they've learned from their past mistakes . . . they aren't a perfect company, but I thought work/life balance was one of their strong points when I was there. |
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Jan 25 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Dec 19 |
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Is browser version matrix a thing of the past? One site I test skews heavily towards older browsers - we don't test IE9 and do test IE6 because of what we see in the web logs. We'll be keeping an eye on these numbers, but otherwise don't see major changes coming. |
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Nov 29 |
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Some Selenium tests fail on server but pass locally This is unlikely on a server, but might be worth checking. Does the computer go into sleep mode or hibernation? I don't know if/ how that would affect Selenium, but I've had issues w/ UI automation before from this. |
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Nov 29 |
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Some Selenium tests fail on server but pass locally that's exactly what makes me think a screenshot might help. If something external to your tests is interfering, it's likely to leave a visual clue. I'm thinking there might be something else happening on that server that is obscuring Selenium's ability to interact w/ the browser. |
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Nov 29 |
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Some Selenium tests fail on server but pass locally Can you take screenshots on failure? Being able to see what the screen looked like at the time might give you a hint. |
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Nov 29 |
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Some Selenium tests fail on server but pass locally Are there any patterns to the failures? Are they failing with the same or similar exceptions? Can you provide us with a sample of the failures? |
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Nov 29 |
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Keeping automation code away from application source code I would add to this that you still need communication about merges before they happen. That way, you can run your tests against other branches to see where code updates broke your tests before they are merged in, so that you have (ideally) zero test down time after merges for test maintenance due to feature changes (because you will have made changes already). |
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Nov 10 |
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Resume and job seeking advice - career change from Development to Testing A SDET position at a large company like Microsoft could benefit greatly from a tester with lots of development experience. IMO as an SDET with 5 years experience mostly at MS, you would be a great asset in such a role. I don't think you'd need to take a junior role in a coding-heavy test position. |
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Oct 31 |
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Load testing tools vs. making your own I tried one of the virtual labs on Friday, and it looks like a great fit. We already own VS 2010 Ultimate w/ an MSDN membership, so continuing with this technology makes a lot of sense. |
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Oct 31 |
accepted | Load testing tools vs. making your own |
