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Jim Holmes

Jim is an Executive Consultant at Pillar Technology. He is also the owner of Guidepost Systems. He has been in various corners of the IT world since joining the US Air Force in 1982. He’s spent time in LAN/WAN and server management roles in addition to many years helping teams and customers deliver great systems. Jim has worked with organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies to improve their delivery processes and ship better value to their customers. When not at work you might find Jim in the kitchen with a glass of wine, playing Xbox, hiking with his family, or banished to the garage while trying to practice his guitar.

  • Productivity Testing

    Five Hidden Costs of Selenium

    by Jim Holmes
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • Mobile

    Cloud for the Entire Lifecycle

    Using Telerik Platform's cloud-based services enables you to avoid unnecessary development and infrastructure efforts, and instead focus on delivering great value to your customers.
    by Jim Holmes
    May 27, 2021 6 min read
  • Productivity Testing

    Q2 Webinar Recap: Testing HTML5 and AJAX With the Telerik Testing Framework

    Last Friday, 20 June, we presented a webinar on using the Telerik Testing Framework (TTF) to solve problems automating functional tests around HTML 5 and AJAX. We also recorded the webinar—you can view it via the embed below, or in HD directly on Telerik TV. We had a very interactive session, so I thought it would be handy to cover a few of the most interesting questions and responses from the webinar. Some of these are covered in the webinar itself, but they merit inclusion here too. Q: Is it possible to use stubs if we use IoC (inversion ...
    by Jim Holmes
    February 19, 2025 3 min read
  • Productivity Testing

    Four UI Test Automation Tips for HTML5 Applications

    Every application needs a solid mix of automated testing: unit, integration, and functional/User Interface. UI automation has always been at the top of the test pyramid, but not because they’re the best type of automated tests. Rather, UI tests should be a few carefully chosen tests built on top of a wide base of unit tests and a solid middle layer of integration tests.
    by Jim Holmes
    May 27, 2021 5 min read
  • Productivity Testing

    HTML5 and Test Studio

    Rich user experiences with HTML5 applications can cause some difficulties for teams trying to get solid user interface (UI) testing around their apps. Interacting with video or audio elements is often troublesome, and the manipulations of a web page’s document object model (DOM) on the fly via asynchronous alterations causes automation frameworks (and automaters!) endless grief in the attempt to get subtle timing issues stabilized.
    by Jim Holmes
    May 27, 2021 6 min read
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