Productivity

We’ve just posted up a white paper I wrote on getting started with UI test automation. The whitepaper has nothing to do with Test Studio (examples are even in WebDriver via C# !). Instead it focuses on the fundamental things you’ll need to work on in order to have a successful future with UI automation. In the paper I cover a broad range of topics including: UI Automation is a difficult domain. Seems obvious, but you have to acknowledge it up front! Locators, locators, locators. Learn how they work, then learn how the work in your environment. Working ...

Auto mocking containers are designed to reduce the friction of keeping unit test beds in sync with the code being tested as systems are updated and evolve over time. Background The Dependency Inversion Principle states: High level modules should not depend upon low level modules. Both should depend upon abstractions. Abstractions should not depend upon details. Details should depend upon abstractions. As more developers follow this and the rest of Robert Martin’s SOLID principles, methods and classes become much smaller with dependent objects injected into them, typically through constructor injection. As additional dependencies are needed (or the code is refactored to improve dependency isolation), the signatures of...

A new Fiddler Beta minor update was released this evening [.NET2 or .NET4]. This build contains a few long-awaited tweaks, bug fixes, and minor features. Read on for the summary of changes, and please let us know (Help > Send Feedback) in Fiddler if you find any problems! Web Sessions List Improvements The Web Sessions list on the left side of Fiddler shows each Session and provides entry points into most of Fiddler’s functionality. In the new version, a number of improvements have been made to this critical interface. Sorting Indicator Fiddler has always allowed sorting the Web ...

As with most Fiddler updates, this version also includes dozens of bug fixes and performance improvements, and upgrading is thus recommended for all users. Thanks for using Fiddler! As always, please let us know in Fiddler if you find any problems.

Users who are just getting started with Fiddler are often confused about the appearance of HTTP/304 responses in Fiddler’s Web Sessions list as webpages are loaded... A web server sends a HTTP/304 in response to a Conditional Validation request, indicating that the client’s copy of a resource is still valid and that the resource in question was Not Modified since the client cached its copy