Posts Tagged ‘testing’

TypedJS: Home. This is a neat little library that allows you to: Harness the power of type annotations and program specifications to make your code robust. It’s easy to get started. It’s a quick process: Annotate your functions with type signatures TYPEDJS tests the annotated functions automatically Find some bugs (but probably not all of [...]

Measuring impact of plugins on WordPress loading – Benchmark | Dev4Press. Working with any system comes with some inherent responsibility. Systems can be abused just as much as they’re used and it’s the abuse that tends to give a great system a terrible name. I think that happens with WordPress in certain ways. While a [...]

As I’m writing more advanced software, I’m more consistently reflecting on the importance of testing. Specifically automated testing. Humans are far too likely to get lazy and cut corners, and testing is the worst time for that to happen. I’ve been thinking a lot about regression testing lately and how to implement it in my workflow. I thought about writing my own suite, but quickly remembered that it had already been done.

How to Improve the quality of your software: find an old computer I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t do much testing outside my development environment. That includes my main machine and the array of virtual machines I browser test within. Honestly though, that’s not enough. With JavaScript and CSS(3) implementations getting crazier [...]

The past year has shown me that my interest in programming is expanding. That said, it’s an entirely new discipline in which I need to refine my professionalism. There are certain aspects of working within an IDE that I feel will help me accomplish that.

How I Use VMWare Fusion and Snapshots – Snook.ca. We’re all likely very familiar with virtual machines. With each of us needing to test our product in as many applicable environments as possible, The Gauntlet, a virtual machine setup takes a bit of pain out of the equation as it adds a bit of convenience. [...]

Having an effective browser test suite for Web design should be a terribly important part of your process.

Silverback is usability testing software from the group at Clearleft. Here are my initial thoughts on the application itself.

I can’t stress enough how important it is to keep tabs on yourself by properly testing your site in various environments. Cross platform, cross browser, and also just as important: cross technology. Many times, developers feel that if their code is valid, they’re good to go. Validity is very important, yes, but if a document [...]