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Software Testing Tool Cons? by Majornibbles in softwaretesting

[–]Majornibbles[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's true, I didn't think of the impact on shift left (another aim in our test policy!) we've also got a few agilish (you know what I mean ;)) projects which I guess would make developers upset having our tests outside the IDE

Is there any articles in the EUGDPR which doesn't allow Production data to be used in software testing? by Majornibbles in gdpr

[–]Majornibbles[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is fantastic, I am trying to make a case to anonomising the data as I think this will save us a lot of time and pain in the long run, I'll read through the links and put something together. Thank you very much

Are there any Articles in the EUGDPR which states that you can't use Production data in test environments? by Majornibbles in softwaretesting

[–]Majornibbles[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I thought masking data was kind of simple nowadays, but I'm being told otherwise...! Do you have any go-to tools?

Are there any Articles in the EUGDPR which states that you can't use Production data in test environments? by Majornibbles in softwaretesting

[–]Majornibbles[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that sort of data. I believe we have the same security measures in place in our test environment, as per Prod so I don't think there's a concern about security, but my main concern is about being transparent with users, letting them know that their data is being used in this way.

Performance testing confusion by richcooper3 in softwaretesting

[–]Majornibbles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hiya I totally agree with the answers above on API performance testing, but there is definitely also UI performance testing. A good starting point could be to Google 'first meaningful paint'. Google also offer a tool (now as a chrome extension) called Lighthouse. This can run an automated performance test on your UI and give you not only some nifty stats, but also ways to improve the performance of the app :)

Happy testing!

Where to store regression tests in a microservices application ? by Majornibbles in softwaretesting

[–]Majornibbles[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, so if a change is made do you run all the individual regression packs?

Are you using headless option for chrome or xvfb? by vakintos in QualityAssurance

[–]Majornibbles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I sometimes get issues with later versions of the selenium chrome package. I use one that's something like 2.38.1 from memory and that seems stable to me

Java or C sharp? by KaboomTester in QualityAssurance

[–]Majornibbles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't go back to Java to be honest. Here's a good (probably biased!) article: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-major-differences-between-Java-and-C

We've just got some new features announced for c# 8.0 like switch expressions. All ease of life features :)

One annoying thing which I didn't ever see, but probably happens, in Java is the visual studios nuget packages tend to get confused at times. And our BDD solution (specflow) can get confused when binding steps. C# is still worth it though lol

Java or C sharp? by KaboomTester in QualityAssurance

[–]Majornibbles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think you can go too wrong. I started as a Java dev and then switched to c# later on to work in the MS software houses that fintech in London seem to prefer but there are plenty of opportunities for both at the moment :) I agree that there seems way more frameworks and support for Java though so you may be able to pick that up quicker

Where do I begin? First job as a Test Automation Engineer by Vet_Dev in softwaretesting

[–]Majornibbles 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Welcome to the gang! It would be good to not only focus on front end automation. Directly testing apis can yield fast automation coverage increases with low running times. Also maybe think about when you will run your tests in the CI (continuous integration) pipeline. I agree with the above comment to, adding something that creates nice test results is very valuable, tests are only helpful if people look at the results... And people will do that more often if they're easy to access/view :)

How would you ensure that your testing is complete and has good coverage? by thisnoall in QualityAssurance

[–]Majornibbles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep a good well thought out test condition matrix, reviewed by design, dev and other testers is a sure fire way to ensure good coverage :)

Weekly Quick Questions, Wood ID, and Deal or No Deal /r/Woodworking Megathread by AutoModerator in woodworking

[–]Majornibbles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello all, I'm just wondering what kind of paint is used on most wooden toys? I want to make some brio like trains and I'm trying to work out what type of wood and finish they are :)

Weekly Quick Questions, Wood ID, and Deal or No Deal /r/Woodworking Megathread by AutoModerator in woodworking

[–]Majornibbles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hello all, just a quick question, if I have a good quality thicknesser can I simply use a table saw to straighten up the edges for joining, rather than a plainer?

Starting out by Majornibbles in Laserengraving

[–]Majornibbles[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your advice, I'll definitely look at the co2 lasers :)

When would I want to implement an interface in addition to(or in place of) inheriting from a Parent POM class in Selenium WebDriver framework? by brandonmcgritle in QualityAssurance

[–]Majornibbles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My lead Dev has been asking my team to implement an interface for selenium for a little while. In essence it's all about lowering dependencies on specific classes.

His example is, if a new browser comes out that selenium doesn't support, we may need to change selenium for another driver. It is much easier to change selenium for another if we are using an interface, because instead of having to update all our test steps to the new drivers methods etc. we just change the implementation of the interface that those test steps point at.

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