How to work with redis for test automation
Redis is a powerful in-memory data store that could be used for a variety of test automation use cases. In this post, we setup a redis server on an ubuntu VM...
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Finding out package and activity name via adb for appium automation
A post on how to use adb and aapt tools in android sdk to figure out the package and activity names for use in Appium desired capabilities.
Staying productive during work from home
How do I stay productive while working remotely or from home? This post is a collection of some practices that work well for me.
Git commit amend: Way to quickly fix last commit mistakes
A quick post on how git amend command can help you fix and change your last commit if you want to add something more or have made a mistake.
Why automate tests early
A post on why test automation early and in parallel to the development cycle can help you scale faster and give better and quickly repeatable confidence over...
How I have set up my dev environment and workflow
Thoughts on how I have set up my dev environment on MacBook Pro and settings that could be modified to increase productivity and developer happiness.
Mobile app testing checklist
A testers brain requires a lot of creativity and the no of scenarios that we test on a day to day basis are innumerable. Expecting the brain to remember all ...
How to setup ReportPortal on a local docker instance
ReportPortal is one of the new reporting solutions available. It supports multiple different test frameworks like TestNG, Cucumber, Pytest and many more. Thi...
The problem with titles for testers
An opinionated post on Why focussing on titles is an anti-pattern that should stop in the Testing world and how much better the industry if we all focussed a...
Using TestNG setup/teardowns with data provider combinations
Sometime back, I tried to update my Kotlin test code using TestNG to use data providers and Before/After annotations and it did not work immediately. After s...
Using IntelliJ to speed up your dev workflow
Give your development experience superpowers!
Understanding reporting and logging in TestNG
TestNG is a popular test framework that needs no introduction in the JVM (Java virtual machine) ecosystem and can be used for automating your tests regardles...
How to do reverse lookup enum constant by value in Kotlin
This is a neat trick I discovered recently
Advice from a test journeyman
In this post, I want to share some of my mental models as a test journeyman with the hope that it gives some insight to people who are a bit new to the field...