Tools

  • Why BDD is Popular Among Testers but Hated by Developers

    Posted on June 2, 2024

    Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) is a methodology that sparks strong reactions in software teams. Testers embrace it for its clarity and alignment with user needs, while developers often view it as an added burden. Using tools like Cucumber and Gherkin, BDD defines software behavior in plain, structured language. This article explores... [Read More]

  • DevTools failed to load source map?

    Posted on December 23, 2022

    If you are just starting with Javascript and looking at the browser console logs, you could very well see this naive error “DevTools failed to load source map: Could not load content for chrome-extension://xxxxxx.js.map: System error: xxx”. This is a very common error and is most often caused by the... [Read More]

  • Cucumber Framework - Test Automation with Zephyr

    Posted on August 13, 2022

    Zephyr for Jira (Squad / Scale) is a native application that resides in Jira and brings test management capabilities to any Jira project. It adds the following capabilities. For more information on the capabilities of Zephyr and how it can help agile teams, refer to this article. Zephyr’s Test Automation... [Read More]

  • Test Automation with Zephyr Squad

    Posted on August 8, 2022

    Zephyr for Jira (Squad / Scale) is a native application that resides in Jira and brings test management capabilities to any Jira project. It adds the following capabilities. For more information on the capabilities of Zephyr and how it can help agile teams, refer to this article. Zephyr’s Test Automation... [Read More]

  • Add attachments to ALM # Automation Challenge

    Posted on July 24, 2022

    Micro Focus ALM (previously HP ALM) has been around for a long time, and attaching an artifact to an entity (test, test run, or defect) is not new. But my automation team had difficulties recently in attaching the word document reports generated from test automation to ALM. They weren’t able... [Read More]

  • Zephyr for Test Management in Agile

    Posted on May 22, 2022

    Whether you personally like it or not, Jira is the #1 software development tool used by agile teams globally. Especially if you are in a big organization, then Jira is most often the go-to tool for every member of your team to plan, track and release software. But it doesn’t... [Read More]

  • Automated Visual Testing with aShot

    Posted on June 12, 2021

    Automated visual testing has gained popularity recently in the test automation community. Thanks to tools like Applitools and Test Automation University! But visual testing using images is not new. It has always been one of the quickest ways to identify issues in the GUI. Instead of writing code to validate... [Read More]

  • Free Text to Speech with Amazon Polly

    Posted on August 19, 2020

    There are several open-source and freemium tools available on the Internet which can convert text to speech, and let you download as an audio file but each has its own limitations. I used one such tool recently - Amazon Polly. [Read More]