Visual Studio CodedUI Tutorial
Mosts demo videos only show positive scenarios, and in automated testing, that is generally not what is needed. Automated testing is fraught with issues that require workarounds, and some custom coding work. This video presents a good tutorial on Visual Studio’s CodeUI test recorder, which has a useful ability to verify contents of webpage, or [...]
Agile test automation
How does automated testing fit into Agile? It hasn’t changed that much, but a sensible approach (assuming development process is also sensible), is to do a combined UI and code level test, so you minimise the high-maintenance part (the UI tests). UI tests are always appealing, as easy to generate (with fine tuning, of course) [...]
Fitnesse and PHP
One of the pieces of advice I have carried with me is from an Agile coach/menter with a lot of automated testing expertise. If a project is near the beginning, use Fitnesse (primary objective is User Acceptance Tests) – if the project further along the line, use Selenium (primary objective is to test code).
