Search Results

Here are the top 37 things I check for in Code Reviews All Code Reviews DRY code Code has tests Linter is being used English readable code Lines are not too complex Typos for spelling and grammar Met …

Another approach (or part of one). Before proceeding ask for a sign-off on a document that clearly states the security risk this presents to the organization and its customers and that they acknowledg …

I have struggled with this issue in several companies. It always seems to come up at some point and then be a major issue over time. I too have walked the path of sleeps, polling waits, check for aj …

Look around on the internet, e.g. ebay, for Windows machines that are 15-20 years old. I don't like this answer but given the crazy situation I am suggesting it.

Use other elements and attributes for partial and combination matches Generally in these cases of database backed and changing ID's in web element selectors your options are to look for one or more o …

there is no unique attribute present (No unique class, no unique name) & the id keeps on changing after every login so cannot take id also. This is a very common issue with many applications th …

To make your selenium scripts work well with a changing product do the following: Use good css identifers. Use ID when available. Avoid layout tags such as TABLE, H3, etc. Avoid css styling such …

Multi-device/browser testing strategy Above all else: Know your user population and the devices they use and the way they use them Determine if your focus is manual or automation testing as they have …

My main criteria is readability and maintainability. Speed has never been as issue for me. There's other parts of the test frameworks I use that have much more significant speed issues. The basic id …

Yes - For Unit Testing Javascript I've been working with this concept over the last few years and I've come to the following, multi-tier approach: Unit testing on the backend. For example with Ruby …

When there are multiple instances and there is no other way to distinguish them* you can refer to the instance index, i.e. 'which one'. CSS a.instanceLink:nth-child(1) or a.instanceLink:nth-child …

The difference is that //* selects any element and //span select elements that are within a span tag

You can find the field and get the maxlength attribute max_length=find('input#id').getAttribute('maxlength') In the IDE I think it would be something like this to store it in 'x': <td>storeAttribu …

It will depend on your circumstances. Generally I consider categories such as: common identifiers used throughout the application. Examples may include login, logout, help, submit button, etc. ide …

Using xpath to locate an element works regardless of the parents of the element. It doesn't matter if the parent is an li or a span, as long as your identifier is unique. So if you are using a CSS I …