Tag testing
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#testing.
This is a great resource I've used in the past for learning how best to approach automation testing with a website.
Recommended read: Obey the Testing Goat! https://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/
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#automation
#tdd
#web
#testing
#deployment.
Recommended read: Integrated Tests Are A Scam https://blog.thecodewhisperer.com/permalink/integrated-tests-are-a-scam
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#testing.
Writing Documentation via Contract Testing
Recommended read: Writing Documentation via Contract Testing https://apisyouwonthate.com/blog/writing-documentation-via-contract-testing/
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#api
#testing.
DevOpsDays London 2019 (63 mins read).
A writeup of the DevOpsDays London conference, and the talks and Open Spaces I attended.
by Jamie Tanna
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#devopsdays
#devops
#cloud
#events
#monolith
#microservices
#testing
#security
#git
#sre
#on-call
#legacy-code
#agile
#ethics
#aws
#empathy.
Testing Your SLF4J Logs (3 mins read).
Looking at how we would unit test our SLF4J logs to gain confidence they work, and to catch regressions in the future.
Effective API testing with Cucumber
This post has definitely helped my recent scenario writing, and helped to shape the readability (and purpose) of the Cucumber testing I've been doing.
Recommended read: Effective API testing with Cucumber https://www.gregbeech.com/2014/01/19/effective-api-testing-with-cucumber/
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#cucumber
#testing.
Notts Techfast: What do testers even do all day? (6 mins read).
A writeup and some thoughts about Dan Caseley's talk at Notts Techfast.
Prettier HTML Reports for Cucumber-JVM (2 mins read).
How to generate prettier HTML reports for Cucumber with cucumber-reporting and cucumber-reporting-plugin, with and without Jenkins.
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#blogumentation
#java
#cucumber
#testing
#reporting.
TYKJS Middleware Gotcha When Base 64 Decoding Data (3 mins read).
How to workaround the Failed to base64 decode: illegal base64 data at input byte error when trying to use b64dec in TYKJS middleware.
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#blogumentation
#tyk
#tykjs
#unit-testing
#testing
#javascript
#nodejs.
Unit Testing Your TYK (TYKJS) Middleware (6 mins read).
Writing unit tests (in this case using Jasmine) for the TYK API Gateway's JavaScript middleware functionality.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#tyk
#tykjs
#unit-testing
#testing
#javascript
#nodejs.
Creating a versionable, self-contained (fat-/uber-) JAR for Gatling tests (17 mins read).
Why you'd want a fat JAR for your Gatling tests and how you'd achieve it.
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#blogumentation
#java
#gatling
#testing
#jar
#artifact
#artefact
#maven
#uber-jar.
Why You Should Be Unit Testing Your Functional Acceptance Tests (7 mins read).
A few reasons explaining why you should be writing unit tests for your functional tests.
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#persuasive
#testing
#software-testing
#tdd
#bdd
#cucumber
#software-quality
#quality-engineering
#unit-testing.
Revert 'Some knowledge-sharing news' (5 mins read).
The unfortunate decision to cancel my Packt training courses.
DevOpsDays London 2018 (51 mins read).
My writeup of my first DevOpsDays conference, and the awesome talks and conversations I was part of.
by Jamie Tanna
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#devopsdays
#aws
#cloud
#devops
#capital-one
#cloud-custodian
#dashboards
#events
#bash
#monolith
#serverless
#management
#agile
#testing
#microservices.
Test-Driven Chef Cookbook Development Using ChefSpec (and a sprinkling of InSpec) (38 mins read).
Using the example of deploying and running a Java JAR file as a way to show the lifecycle of a fully test-driven Chef cookbook.
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#howto
#blogumentation
#chef
#test-kitchen
#chefspec
#tdd
#testing
#guide.
Creating a versionable, self-contained (fat-/uber-) JAR for Cucumber tests (11 mins read).
Why you'd want a fat JAR and how you'd achieve it.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#java
#cucumber
#testing
#jar
#artifact
#artefact
#maven
#uber-jar.
Some exciting job and knowledge-sharing news (4 mins read).
Moving into Quality Engineering, publishing Chef training courses, conference speaking about Chef at OggCamp and the complex mess that is this very static website at DevOpsDays London.
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#news
#capital-one
#events
#chef
#testing
#conference
#job
#tdd
#oggcamp
#devopsdays.
Verify a Ruby Class Method is Called with Arguments in Rspec, Without Doubles or Mocks (1 mins read).
Rspec code to verify that a Ruby Class Method is called from another method, without needing to mock anything.
Testing Chef's ruby_blocks with ChefSpec (3 mins read).
Testing implementation of a ruby_block in ChefSpec, to ensure that the code executes as expected.