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31: Eric Lawrence: Debugging with Fiddler Dec 07, 2014

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Debugging with Fiddler

Have you ever wished for a tool that was easy to use and customize that would help you debug and security test your web applications? How awesome would it be if that tool was also free? Believe it or not, there is such a tool —Fiddler.

Fiddler is a web debugging proxy platform that monitors and modifies web traffic. This awesome freeware tool helps you to inspect traffic, set breakpoints, and “fiddle” with incoming and outgoing data.

30: Dima Kovalenko : Selenium Design Patterns and Best Practices Nov 30, 2014

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Selenium Design Patterns and Best Practices

Nothing is more soul crushing than having a test suite that is all over the place and just fails randomly. If you have ever felt this way, I’ve got the cure for all your test automation flakyness blues.

In this episode Dima Kovalenko, author of Selenium Design Patterns and Best Practices shares with us the best strategies to create reusable, maintainable, stress-free Selenium tests.

29: Scott Ford : The Benefits of Testing Legacy Code. Legacy Testers -- Where You at?!? TestTalks Nov 23, 2014

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The Benefits of Testing Legacy Code

Sure. We all love to test against the latest and greatest, shiny new web applications. But what happens if you need to test older legacy code?

Could there actually be a benefit to being involved in testing older code? You might be surprised by the answer. Not only can working on older code give you added job security, but it also might expand your skills – enabling you to tackle any testing effort, new or old.

Today we’ll be talking with the man sometimes referred to as “the code whisperer.” This Bob Vila of code talks with us about testing legacy applications.

28: Jim Evans : Secrets on How to Succeed with Selenium and IE Nov 16, 2014

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Are you an automation engineer using Selenium and have a requirement that forces you to have to test against IE browsers? If so, I’m guessing you’re probably frustrated with various flaky issues that don’t occur in any other browser except Internet Explorer.

If you want to learn the secrets of how to succeed with Selenium IE automation, you’ve come to the right place. Today we’ll be test talking with Jim Evans.

Jim is one of the key contributors to the Selenium project. He is also the man behind the Selenium .NET bindings, and the Internet Explorer driver.

27: Marcel de Vries : Test Automation with CodedUI - TestTalks Nov 09, 2014

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Test Automation with CodedUI

Do you need to automate both browser-based and window- based applications? Not sure which tool to use? I think one of the most overlooked tools for test automation is Microsoft CodedUI.

In this episode Marcel de Vries, author of the PluralSight Course Test Automation with CodedUI, will help you discover all the reasons why CodedUI might be the perfect tool for you to use in the creation of your automation awesomeness.

26: TEN THINGS TO TRY WHEN QTP/UFT DOES NOT RECOGNIZE AN OBJECT Nov 02, 2014

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What do you do when QTP or UFT doesn’t automatically recognize an object in your application? I know how frustrating this can be. Before you give up, in my experience, these are the first ten things you should try/check.

25: Halloween Special - The Top 6 Test Automation Anti-Patterns You Should be Scared of Oct 26, 2014

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Does your company practice some wicked test automation anti-patterns that make your skin crawl? Do you feel like you are surrounded by mindless, automation- ignorant zombies?

Grab your silver bullets, crucifix and holy water as we take a look at the horror of the top six automation anti-patterns. Discover how to drive a wooden stake into the heart of these evil practices and rid your tests of them forever.

24: Rob Friesel: The PhantomJS Cookbook Oct 19, 2014

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PhantomJS Cookbook

Today I’m inviting you to join me in the test automation kitchen as Rob Friesel, author of the PhantomJS CookBook gets ready to serve up some tasty PhantomJS automation awesomeness. We’ll be sampling some of his popular recipes and discovering how to succeed with PhantomJs.

23: Joe Colantonio: Why API Testing is so Important Oct 12, 2014

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In this episode you will discover why API testing I so important and why you need to be ahead of the API testing curve sooner rather than later.

22: Masha Kozinets & Jeffrey Martin : QAComplete Test Management Oct 05, 2014

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Test Management using QAComplete

In this episode, Masha Kozinets, Director of Product Management for QAComplete and TestComplete, and Jeffrey Martin, an engineer at SmartBear, go over how a test management tool like QAComplete can help you achieve test automation awesomeness with the ability to plan, organize and schedule all your tests.

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