This is a list of content I posted in December 2021.

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I sat down with Kerry McKeever to discuss his Cypress Abstraction layer for the AG Grid Data Grid JavaScript component. Video includes a demo of Cypress in action and a discussion on the limits of automation.

• https://blog.ag-grid.com/cypress-plugin-for-ag-grid/

Some useful tools I've been using recently for adhoc web page investigation:

• Web Page Test https://webpagetest.org/
• PageSpeed Insights https://pagespeed.web.dev/

JetBrains have a test data generator plugin for IntelliJ

• https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/16873-test-data

I added some optimisation for the Test Data Generation functionality of my Test Data Generator and Convertor application. Now test data generation is a lot faster e.g. 20000 rows of data in 2 seconds. Generate test data in your browser:

• https://eviltester.github.io/grid-table-editor/

Blog Posts For December 2021

• Cypress AG Grid Plugin for Test Automation

Automating AG Grid with Cypress and JavaScript Demo and code walkthrough of open source plugin.

• November 2021 EvilTester.com and Patreon Content Summary

Content created and collated for EvilTester.com, Patreon and Social for November 2021

• Adopt a Personal Approach to Exploratory Testing

Adopting a Personal Approach to Testing leads to an adoption of an Exploratory approach to Testing, one driven by unique models, decisions, skills and sources of knowledge.

Patreon Posts For December 2021

• A re-read of Testing Object-Oriented Systems

I didn't agree with the definition presented in the book, so... a discussion about definitions.

• new post based on old notes

I just released a blog post based on old notes.

• Some notes on Regression Testing

I don't use the words 'Regression Testing'. But I do revisit concepts to see if my thought processes have changed.

• Do you trust browsers?

I've had a week of 'I no longer trust browsers'.

• Configuration Testing for problem or protection

Differences when hunting a possible problem vs testing protection code.

• Data Vizualisation

Notes after adding some data visualization into Chatterscan.com

• Error Driven Testing and Development

Real World Experiences with Error Driven Development and Testing.

• Lessons from Experimentation and Tooling

Deep dive to find information rather than rely on high level metrics.

• November 2021 Collated PDFs

November collated PDFs

• Summary for November 2021

Summary for November 2021

• Regex Tutorials

Regex tutorials, tools and games.

• Easy Test Data Generation GUI

I added a simple GUI to my test data generation tool.

• Models and Questions and Testing Classification

an infinite list of 'types' of testing but they often have the same underlying models, and some 'types' of testing are not 'types' at all.

• Questioning models

Using questions as models

• Model Driven Requirements Testing

Agile processes should really be looking at the totality of what they build 'at a story' level.

• Find the right model, or find the right modelling tool?

Spreadsheets might not model relations well but the are easy to extend and script.