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Cucumber 101: How Does Cucumber Automated Testing Work ?

06/04/2014
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This uptick in Cucumber usage has been triggered by a variety of factors – increased Agile adoption, Cucumber’s easy to understand natural language syntax, support for TDD, BDD, etc. As the level of interest and Skepticism (The “This is too good to be true” crowd) rises, one of the many questions we’re constantly asked is “How does Cucumber Work”?

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Awetest HP ALM Integration

06/02/2014
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Awetest/HP ALM Integration Press release 3Qi Labs has joined with HP to integrate the Awetest with HP’s ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) software. Awetest is compatible within ALM on multiple levels, including ALM’s test plan, test lab, and defect modules. Examples include being able to load test defect data directly from Awetest into…

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5 Types of Software Testing Explained

05/25/2014
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Whether you are an engineer yourself or just someone who uses a computer, you understand how important it is that software gets tested.  While there are varying opinions on what types of testing are important, there are many fundamental tests that have to run no matter what type of software you are developing. Within the…

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Scale Your Automation with Watir WebDriver Implicit Waits

05/09/2014
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As the volume of your Regression Test Automation assets grows it becomes imperative to build your automation in a way that is scalable and dependable. Sleep functions and explicit waits, wherein the script waits for a pre-defined period duration (e.g. 10 seconds) creates a slow running test, which is not ideal for a variety of reasons. Try scaling your automation with Watir WebDriver implicit waits.

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Introducing Awetest Device Lab for Automated Mobile Device Testing

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The most extreme benefit of using the Awetest Mobile Device Lab has been the amount of automated mobile device testing we are able to successfully perform in a short amount of time. We are able to conduct over 100 tests across 10 platforms under 4 hours, which is a +10x increase in test coverage over manual testing. The Awetest Device Lab provides users with speed, security, functionality, and accessibility.

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Debug Watir Webdriver Scripts with Pry

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Pry is a powerful alternative to the standard IRB shell for Ruby, featuring syntax highlighting, a flexible plugin architecture, runtime invocation, and source and documentation browsing. Using Pry to Debug Watir Webdriver scripts is intrinsically the same as using IRB but one of the main advantages of Pry is the ability to invoke it in the middle of a running program.

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Predefined Cucumber Steps for your Awetest Automated Testing Scripts

04/15/2014
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Our customers having been loving the ability to write and execute (simple English) cucumber Automated Testing Scripts for a while now. Here is a cheat sheet, a listing of all the Awetest Pre defined Cucumber steps that account for the bulk of the interactions in most web applications, making it easier for users to start writing simple Cucumber tests.

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