I read. A lot. And I share the five best things I read every week. This week’s topics include Feynman on chess and science, a David Snowden blog post, a bug that ended a relationship, thoughts on WordPress and a cartoon. 1. Feynman on chess and science 2. Describe. Don’t evaluate 3. A bug that ended a relationship 4. Where […]
Cool things I read this week (22-Feb-2015)
Cool things I read this week (15-Feb-2015)
I read. A lot. And I share the five best things I read every week. This week’s topics include the importance of communication in reducing error, a Elon Musk interview, Paul Graham on maker and manager schedules, Bayes theorem explained with legos and surprising post by Richard Branson. 1. John Nance on the importance of communication 2. Elon Musk interview […]
API Testing with Python Mechanize
This is the third part in our series on API testing. Rather than focus on traditional approaches to API testing, we have decided to arm you with tools that let you interact with the API at different levels of abstractions. In part I we showed you how to inspect the API calls of any web application. In part II, we […]
Cool things I read this week (08-Feb-2015)
I read. A lot. And I share the five best things I read every week. This week’s topics include thoughts from experts on different aspects of making good software, a site for canned emails, an interview with Karpov and an image from when Microsoft developers enjoyed working on Windows. 1. Dave Snowden on software processes 2. Gerald Weinberg on the […]
API Testing: UI Tools
In this post we will explore three UI tools you can use for API testing: Postman, SoapUI and Runscope. We do a deep dive into using Postman for API testing because we love using Postman. This post is the second in a series of blog posts on API testing. You can find the first part here. 1. Postman Postman is […]
Cool things I read this week (01-Feb-2015)
I read. A lot. And I share the five best things I read every week. This week’s topics are about testing, Apple, space exploration, science and a somewhat mathematical poem. 1. On the easy way and the fallacy of the simple 2. Apple’s original business plan 3. NASA mission to Europa! 4. Scott Adams on science and credibility 5. A […]
API Testing : Developer Tools
In this post we will show you how to use Developer Tools in your browser to inspect the API calls that your web application is making over the network. This post is the first in a series of posts on the following topics related to using APIs to test web applications: Using developer tools to check the API calls UI […]
Cool things I read this week (25-Jan-2015)
I read. A lot. And I share the five best things I read every week. This week’s topics include Dave Thomas on the word ‘agile’ being subverted, deployment freezes and outages, a parable of two programmers, the rise of small businesses in the USA and a cartoon on anecdotal evidence. 1. Time to kill agile 2. Why deployment freezes do […]
Pinch, Zoom and Swipe using Appium
Problem: Documentation on automating mobile gestures is not extensive. In this post, we show how to automate mobile gestures like tap, swipe, pinch and zoom using Appium. Why this post? I watched Steve Jobs introduce the iPhone back in 2007. Among the jaw dropping moments were using the best stylus ever invented (our fingers) and the multi-touch pinch-to-zoom feature. Mobile […]
Cool things I read this week (18-Jan-2015)
I read. A lot. And I share the five best things I read every week. I got back from a week long vacation. In my leisure, I spent time working on mathematics. This week’s topics are about mathematics and a cartoon. 1. Manjul Bhargava on mathematics and economic growth 2. Hamming on the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics 3. Are you […]