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What if Wordle could replace job interviews? Every guess, letter choice, and even your settings say a lot about your problem-solving abilities and how you adapt to feedback.
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Web5 is an open source decentralized web platform based on open web standards that returns ownership and control over data to individuals where it belongs.
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You may hear folks talk about crypto wallets. What are these and how do you choose which kind to use? What Is a Crypto Wallet? A wallet is used to hold your crypto. Associated with your wallet is a unique set of keys: š a...
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Iām known in tech for Java development, software testing, and public speaking. So you may be wondering what brings me to Blockās decentralized finance division as Vice President of Developer Relations. Oooh, Iām so glad you asked! Let me share some fun, little known facts...
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Lately, Iām hearing a lot about crypto, blockchain, bitcoin, Ethereum, smart contracts, defi (decentralized finance), dapps (decentralized applications), DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations), NFTs (non-fungible tokens), web3, and on and on. I wanted to learn more about all of this stuff so I started digging around...
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Here is a recipe for deserializing API responses into the new Java construct: Record, and using it for easier verification.
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A common frequently asked question is āwhat is the career ladder for a test automation engineer?ā. This is a great question, as this role is often perceived as a flat one which makes it difficult for managers and practitioners alike to determine how one can...
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I had the pleasure of getting some of my favorite developer advocates together in one virtual space to discuss the role of Developer Relations! If you are interested in becoming a developer advocate, are currently a developer advocate, or just want to know what is...
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Learn 3 practical approaches to achieve in-sprint test automation to reduce risk and technical debt.
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Join the TAU community as we celebrate this amazing milestone - 50,000 engineers now enrolled! I'll be hosting a Live Stream Party which will include special guests (instructors and students), trivia games, and TAU swag prizes! All who attend will also get a cool new TAU 50K badge.
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This recipe shows how to automate the playing of an online tic-tac-toe game using Selenium WebDriver and Java
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While most people are still using Java 8 from six years ago, new versions of the language are being released every six months! The latest Java versions provide an abundance of new features, such as functional programming capabilities, switch expressions, local variable type inference, additions...
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This recipe demonstrates how to use Selenium 4 to mock geolocation of user within Chrome DevTools.
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When using Cucumber, if you want to share state between multiple step definition files, youāll need to use dependency injection (DI). There are several options: PicoContainer, Spring, OpenEJB, etc. If youāre not already using DI, then I recommend PicoContainer. Otherwise, use the one thatās already...
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Here is a recipe for programmatically reading data from an Excel spreadsheet using Apache POI. Note that in this example, Iām using the spreadsheet to store test data. However, this isĀ NOT an endorsement to manage your test data this way. This is just one practical...
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Here is the recipe for automating the task of selecting a date from a Date Picker component. I illustrate this recipe with Selenium WebDriver and Java, however, the recipe itself can be used with any automation tool and programming language. Ā Recipe to Automate Date...
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For the next couple of months, Iāll be live streaming every Wednesday at 12:00 PM PST. In each session, Iāll take a specific automation challenge and come up with a recipe for solving it.
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The most popular design pattern used in web UI test codebases is the Page Object Model (POM) design pattern. These tips should help you design healthy classes that implement the Page Object Model design pattern. The use of this pattern promotes separation of concerns (e.g. tests vs managing state), reduces code duplication, and provides reusable methods.
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I joined a live Twitch session with Jason Lengstorf on his show āLearn with Jasonā.Ā We paired as I showed him how to use Cypress for test automation, and also how to add visual testing to his suite, using Applitools. We had an absolute blast...
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Selenium 4 brings Relative Locators (originally named Friendly Locators). This functionality was added to help you locate elements that are nearby other elements.
The available options are above, below, toLeftOf, toRightOf, and near.
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Iāve released a brand new course ā completely free ā on Selenium WebDriver with Java! The Test Automation University course takes you from zero to 100, covering introductory and advanced concepts in 3.5 hours! Ā Ā I cover all of the following in this free...
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Behavior Driven Development, also known as BDD, is an example-based methodology for developing software. The key to BDD is collaborative exercises between Business, Development, and Testers. These parties are collectively known as the Three Amigos. When beginning the work for a new feature, the three...
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Many teams struggle to automate their tests within the same sprint that the feature is developed, thus leading to technical debt. In my latest article, Iāve provided 3 techniques to help you close your sprints with tests in place! Read it on Techbeacon by clicking...
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Since Java 8, there have been many cool features introduced. In fact, Java is releasing a new version every 6 months! With so many additions, it can be hard to keep up. Hereās how some of the newer features from Java 8 ā 12 can be used in test automation.
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Most people do a pretty lazy job of testing APIs. In my ABCs of APIs workshop, I ask people to manually test an API. When looking at a response, they typically glance at it, and maybe carefully review some of the key fields. Same goes...
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With Java being the most popular language for test automation, I decided to create a FREE course that teaches core Java! This course is a self-paced, online video course which includes tons of practical examples and also exercises for you to try on your own....
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