How to start writing Codeception tests professionally
It’s not enough to just write some code: you need to make sure that you do it right. Below you will find a few of the recommended ways of using Codeception, from where you can actually start growing and learning even more! Here’s where you should start. Let’s talk about how to mention page elements […]
Avoiding redundancy in test automation with Codeception
Here’e the next part of the article from last week, which you can read here. Today we learn how to avoid redundancy in test automation with Codeception. Once I had a few tests that were run regularly, I realized that login/sign-up scripts were the most frequently used of all. I started looking for a way […]
Configuring Codeception Environments
There are several problems that intervene in the testing process. One of the most severe and frequent ones is redundancy. Testers sometimes end up doing the exact same thing over and over again. This can have negative consequences on your project, of which the most important is the fact that bugs might get overlooked. How […]
Watch your tests in action with Selenium WebDriver!
Hey! As promised, today’s issue will be using Selenium WebDriver. What is Selenium? It’s a bundle of tools that allow you to make the testing process easier than it actually is. The one we will be discussing is the WebDriver (Also known as Selenium 2). You’re probably wondering what it’s for. Well, its name is […]
Installing and configuring Codeception for Windows
As promised in my previous article, here’s my input on how to start with Codeception, how to install it and how to configure it. To do this, you have to perform 3 steps: Download and install XAMPP server with PHP 5.5 (You can get it from http://www.apachefriends.org/download.html). This installs PHP, Apache and MySQL for you. […]
Codeception – the secret of the best web testing QA
The first step is the hardest. Reading this article might actually be that first move you need to make. Taking the time to document how to do it, and where to start, is probably just as difficult. Even though I was pretty excited to learn, I was worried about properly understanding or learning fast enough […]
How to patch bash for Shellshock in Ubuntu
“Bug in Bash shell creates big security hole on anything with *nix in it” according to Ars Technica. The Bash Bug known as Shellshock has been reportedly found in use by an active exploit against Web servers. So this is a serious security vulnerability because the GNU Bourne Again Shell (Bash)is frequently used by Apache […]
Why we love symfony ? Part 2
In a previous article we started to tell you why Symfony is awesome! In this article you will find out not only why developers love Symfony but why EVERYBODY does! Enjoy! Why QAs love Symfony ? Symfony also helps our QAs in testing. We activate Symfony’s debugger and profiler in our staging environments to allow […]
Why developers love Symfony ?
Symfony offers a state-of-the-art foundation on which they can build custom features with ease. Not only that it offers the tools to build the features, it also offers an unparalleled debugging environment which also includes a birds-eye view over an entire request, starting from the configuration of the environment going to a timeline of the […]
How to create a development environment?
Lesson 2 from “Learn symfony 2.4 tutorial” : Creating a development environment Now we have a fresh symfony2 app. If not, please read the first tutorial about how to install symfony2.4. We can access the symfony2.4 application on http://localhost/path_to_sf_project/web/app_dev.php. But the name is not so cool, right ? We will learn in this tutorial how to […]