Recently, one of our clients started using Bitbucket Pipelines for Continuous Integration. Thank you Lea Anthony of Secure Code Warrior for introducing and helping us get started with Bitbucket pipelines! At Qxf2 Services, we like exploring different tools and sharing our knowledge to help other testers. In this post, we will show you how easy it is to enable continuous integration […]
Continuous Integration using Bitbucket Pipelines and Docker
Freshers, tell us about your job hunt
We noticed a trend – many freshers (recent graduates) do not land a job even after months of job hunting. We want to help but we do not have data. So we have created this survey: https://goo.gl/eB9H2R If you are a fresher or in your final year, please: 1. Take the survey – it takes about 10 minutes […]
Preparing a Docker image for running Selenium tests
Sometimes your team members complain about automated tests not working on their computer while you are able to run the automated tests at your end completely fine. We too, at Qxf2, have experienced this issue. Our automated tests run fine at our end but occasionally fail when they run on our colleagues and client machines. Invariably, we trace this sort […]
Weighted graphs using NetworkX
I wanted to draw a network of nodes and use the thickness of the edges between the nodes to denote some information. Since I had used NetworkX a long time ago for drawing network graphs, I decided to use it again. This was going to be a one off visualization. So I did not want to spend too much time […]
Extracting data from PDFs using Python
When testing highly data dependent products, I find it very useful to use data published by governments. When government organizations publish data online, barring a few notable exceptions, it usually releases it as a series of PDFs. The PDF file format was not designed to hold structured data, which makes extracting data from PDFs difficult. In this post, I will […]
Cover letters that help you to get the job
Cover letters make a big difference when applying to small companies. From personal experience, I can say that cover letter can be a big help to impress the recruiter at a small company. In this post, I will show you how to craft an effective cover letter. Pro-tip: You can search for openings at small companies at AngelList. Ok Let’s […]
Docker and Windows: VT-X/AMD-V error
I decided to learn Docker and use it with our automated tests. While installing Docker on my Windows 7 machine, I got an error during machine creation. It took me a while to Google around for the solution. So this post summarizes the solution for the “VT-X/AMD-V” issue while installing Docker on Windows. VT-X/AMD-V error As the first step towards […]
Mock interviews for freshers
Preparing for an interview needs a lot of effort and energy. Unfortunately, there are some areas you cannot practice effectively by yourself. We (Qxf2) believe mock interviews help you learn where your strengths lie and where you may need to improve. So we thought of conducting mock interviews for our interns during our internship program. Why this post: I noticed […]
Mockaroo Tutorial: Generate realistic test data
At a recent client engagement, my colleague had to create some location data for testing one of the client application. The data creation involved multiple steps like downloading some data from the net, removing some columns, transforming it as per needs using Python code. The process was a bit time-consuming. Recently when I was searching for some tools for data […]
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