Category Archives: Testing

Hybrid app testing using dynamic DNS

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Sampo J.

Hybrid apps simplify implementing cross-platform mobile applications in many ways.  You only need to write the HTML once, and it should work on all platforms.  However, you still need to test those platforms. At Wellmo, we do most of our … Continue reading →

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Testing visual appearance with Cucumber + Watir

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Sampo J.

One of the great things about Cucumber and Watir is that it allows you to write functional tests that are decoupled of the UI.  By using page objects, the definition of how the UI works is decoupled from the tests … Continue reading →

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Testing time-dependent features in JavaScript

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Sampo J.

Many applications use the current time in their functionality.  For example, they can show data for a certain period of time or show the current date within the application.  Writing functional tests for such applications can be tedious.  How do … Continue reading →

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Documenting Cucumber steps

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Sampo J.

One of the great things in Cucumber testing is that as you go along, you start to accumulate ready step definitions, which makes writing new tests even faster.  Several times I’ve actually been surprised that a definition for a step … Continue reading →

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Dump World on failure

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Sampo J.

One of the most important aspects of test reports is that when something fails, you can easily debug what went wrong.  Splitting tests into logical, small tests that exercise a single functionality in the system goes a long way toward … Continue reading →

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