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Unit testing your e2e test framework

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Unit testing your e2e test framework

'Treat your test code like production code' is a really common saying. Lets tackle one facet of that rule: unit testing your e2e tests

Upgrading to WebDriverIO 6

Upgrading to WebDriverIO 6

In March I went through the process of upgrading to WebDriver v5. Last month I took the next step by upgrading our deployment to version 6 so we’d be current. I learned quite a bit from that first upgrade which made this upgrade a whole lot easier. Here’s

Upgrading to WebDriverIO 5

Upgrading to WebDriverIO 5

A few weeks ago I finished upgrading our implementation of WebDriverIO from version 4 to version 5. The impetus for the upgrade was an announcement by the WebDriverIO twitter account of a new beta version 6 to be quickly followed by a finished version (it’s already here). One thing

Participating in Code Reviews as a Tester

Participating in Code Reviews as a Tester

Have you ever wondered what a code review is and/or what it’s like to participate in one? Are you a tester, product or business person who regularly interacts with the output of the code but wonders if they could catch bugs earlier by “shifting left”? Turns out you

It’s easier to write about tooling

It’s easier to write about tooling

It’s easier to write about tooling than it is to write about the decisions we took and models we made prior to choosing it. I can write about a specific test I designed with WebDriverIO far easier than I can write about the strategy taken, oracles used or even

Opting out of A/B Tests while Running your Automated Tests

Opting out of A/B Tests while Running your Automated Tests

At Laurel & Wolf, we extensively introduce & test new features as part of A/B or split testing. Basically we can split traffic coming to a particular page into different groups and then show those groups different variations of a page or object to see if those changes lead to different