Posts by Stephen Donner

A huge thanks to everyone who attended, "How Mozilla and LinkedIn use Selenium: Open Source Customized," here @ Mozilla HQ on May 19th, and, especially, to Sauce Labs (esp. you, John) for driving and co-sponsoring it, and Wade from LinkedIn,… Continue reading

This is an *actual* URL from Vignette: http://www.vignette.com/portal/site/us/menuitem.62215d74e262b2ba32189210180141a0/?vgnextoid=a9e2cf7be25a1210VgnVCM1000005610140aRCRD&vgnextchannel=2b48bc7ee19d7010VgnVCM1000008110140aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&vgnext-selected-menuitem=4b09bdd80b8ff1e8fb3d8010180141a0&gbl-vcmartguid=a9e2cf7be25a1210VgnVCM1000005610140aRCRD I’m sure that behind those obscure-looking alpha-numeric strings there’s a rhyme or reason (hopefully?), but that’s not really what I wanted to blog about today 🙂 What I did in fact hope… Continue reading

Check this out; confidence-inspiring, no? stephen-donners-macbook-pro:smokeTests stephendonner$ python API-type.py E ====================================================================== ERROR: test_searchapi (__main__.SearchAPI) ———————————————————————- Traceback (most recent call last): File "API-type.py", line 65, in tearDown self.assertEqual([], self.verificationErrors) AssertionError: [] != [‘type:firebug,dict’] ———————————————————————- Ran 1 test in 8.395s FAILED (errors=1)… Continue reading

(This post assumes its readership already has a Python environment set up, as well as Selenium RC; a quick Googling should provide ample help on getting both install/configured.) It’s easy to convert Selenium tests written in its native "Selenese" language… Continue reading

While I’m always learning more about HTTP (albeit slowly), and I’ve only got a paltry 7 [1] or so of its status codes memorized, HTTP is part of my day job as a tester on the Web QA team here… Continue reading

We’re in the process of switching to a new (and improved) Sphinx-based search engine on SUMO (support.mozilla.com), and would *love* your help ensuring it meets your needs. There are a number of ways you can help: * ad-hoc test search,… Continue reading