Tag Archives: Mistakes

Counting strings in a file: Ruby vs Windows Command shell

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Nat

This is not the usual material that I put up, but I’d like to immortalize an event that demonstrated yet again the beauty of Ruby for basic file manipulation, especially in contrast to doing the same in a Windows command … Continue reading →

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Finding the balance between hacky and over-engineered UI test automation frameworks

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Nat

There are very few real requirements for a UI test automation framework: It should provide accurate test results It should provide accurate test results every time you ask it for results It should make it easy to write tests It … Continue reading →

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Careful with that Test Data…

Posted on September 15, 2007 by Nat

It doesn’t happen too often but when it does, it’s hilarious: test data escaping the testing environment. I’ve heard of this happening a few times, but here’s the funiest one so far: http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/14.89.html#subj3 Bookmark to:

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Test Case Interdependency

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Nat

One of the most common ways of structuring a series of test cases is to make one test case dependent on the outcome of another. For example, Test Case ‘A’ verifies the functionality surrounding the ability to create an account. … Continue reading →

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