January 21, 2025
Web applications, on their front ends, are HTML pages. The origin of this HTML is some code in the server, that in some way, delivers a complete HTML page to the browser. The browser renders the HTML, and brings all… Continue Reading…
January 14, 2025
Do you remember 2024? I remember it like it was just last year. I did many conference talks, including returning to Conf42, this time the JavaScript conference, where I did “Playwright in less than an hour” talk and how it… Continue Reading…
January 7, 2025
Once upon a time, around 30 years ago, there was something called Extreme Programming. XP was an agile methodology (only the word agile wasn’t used and abused then). It sounded cool, and there was a reason for that choice of… Continue Reading…
December 31, 2024
If you’ve been using Postman for a while, you know it’s very useful for calling APIs, and testing them. Its strong visualization features make it the modern tool of choice. But the real power of Postman is automation. The ability… Continue Reading…
December 17, 2024
How much understanding do you have in economics? Because, most of our work, in software, is really based on economics decisions. When we’re coding, we’re working to deliver some economic value to the organization. Coding is only half the fun,… Continue Reading…
December 10, 2024
Throughout history, since the cavemen of old, we were looking for signs of quality. There was one way to do that: Look at the final product and decide. But that takes time. Plus if your work is being assessed only… Continue Reading…
December 3, 2024
Code reviews are very important. They are the last line of defense. Code review is the last chance we have to stop a problem from going out into the wild. Whatever that problem is, whether it’s a bug hiding in… Continue Reading…
November 26, 2024
I really like this topic. Test design is something we many times skip, or just gloss over. For example, I have a test for some API, and I need to write the next one. Chances are I’m going to reuse… Continue Reading…
November 19, 2024
Whether you’re a tester, or a developer, or a manager, you’ve probably wondered at some point in your life – what makes apps so complex? Where does all the complexity come from? It’s complex to build, to test, to deploy,… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2024
If you take a look at automated web testsת you’ll be overwhelmed by locators (or selectors, or elements, or whatever framework you’re using). They are everywhere, and the tests find them and make use of them. As they should. It’s… Continue Reading…