How to use automated testing on dynamically updating charts — In a previous article, I covered how to use automated testing for SVG charts and Canvas charts. Another scenario you may want to test with charts, is dynamic charts. Dynamic charts are charts that auto update with new information. This one below updates every 2 seconds.

How to verify the content in a canvas in Selenium WebDriver — In a previous article, I showed you how to test charts in an SVG format. Charts (and other diagrams) can also be embedded in a Canvas on a web page. Test Site

How to test content inside Frames and iFrames in Selenium WebDriver — Frames (and iFrames) are widely considered to be bad practice. To the point where frames have been deprecated in HTML5. iFrames themselves still are supported but they carry some performance and accessibility concerns. Despite this, iFrames are still widely used, especially in enterprise apps. …

How to test downloading PDFs in Selenium WebDriver — Many websites feature links that download a PDF rather than just opening one. These PDF files’ content might be static (e.g. a restaurant menu or a booklet), or dynamically generated (e.g. a bank statement or a student’s grade report). This tutorial will show you how to allow PDF downloads and…

How to test QRCodes on a webpage — QR Codes are becoming a more and more common method of link sharing, but how can we test that the QRCode you generated goes where it needs to go? QRCodes are a barcode that can be scanned with a camera app or dedicated scanner. They have been growing in popularity…

An essential test-developing/debugging feature for wise test automation engineers. — In my First Day Setup series, I mentioned that my favourite feature of TestWise (a functional testing IDE) is running selected steps against the current browser function. It enables you to run any test steps on a currently open browser and is extremely helpful to write and debug tests. This…

Setting up a Continuous Testing server to run your tests — Once you have written quite a few functional automated End-to-End UI tests, it is not practical to run all tests on your local machine frequently. Instead, you should run them in a Continuous Testing (CT) server. You may have heard of Continuous Integration (CI) servers. However, CT servers are different…

For Mocha, PyTest and Cucumber tests — The previous three articles in this series showed Selenium WebDriver (Ruby binding) tests in RSpec. There are other frameworks such as Cucumber, Mocha and PyTest, which I have used as well. But I prefer using RSpec as it is simple and easy to read. TestWise (the functional testing IDE used…

Get productive with a good testing IDE, such as TestWise, for developing and debugging automated Selenium/Appium/API tests. — In Part 1 of this series, I showed you how to create a simple Selenium Test with TestWise Ruby edition; Part 2 showed developing/running tests without TestWise, from the command line or in Visual Studio Code. …