Summary For January 2022

Alan Richardson (Consultant, Developer, Tester, Digital Marketer, Programmer)

This is a list of content I posted in January 2022.

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Test Data

I use Faker.js in my Test Data Generator and Table Editor. Faker has now been forked for ongoing maintenance.

https://github.com/faker-js/faker

I also learned about Falso, another test data generation library from this blog post Meet Falso: The Replacement for Faker.js

Python

I've been learning Python and created a couple of simple apps to support my marketing activities. The apps all use Streamlit to create a simple GUI and make them public with the free app hosting from Streamlit.

The Adhoc Web Page Scraper lets you scrape data using CSS Selector and export to CSV. Use the web page scraper here
The Web Domain Technical Audit tool performs some simple checks on a domain to identify risks around expiry dates and domain redirection. Use the technical audit tool here

I wrote a blog post about using Python for adhoc tooling.

Christopher Potts posted on twitter that that all the videos for his Natural Language Processing course are available on YouTube

Free Code Camp

I've now written a couple of posts on Free Code Camp and the first of those was published in January:

Converting an HTML table to a Dynamic JavaScript Data Grid

Practice Testing Apps

If you are looking for any Test Apps to Practice testing then I have a lot online. I think most are listed on my tools page. And I was reminded of this TODO App I wrote during a Twitter conversation.

The TODO App is hosted via Git Pages and was originally written as the example app for my LinkedIn Selenium WebDriver Page Objects and Abstractions Course

There is a Twitter thread with other testing apps listed here. I mention my Triangle App which I have been exploring as posts on Patreon.

Fun Stuff

This Prince of Persia clone, written in JavaScript was interesting to play and read the code. What I also like about it is the use of url parameters to configure the start position and various params e.g. lives, time left.

I replied to a message posted by Simon Stewart for a list of books people have written. And rather than my testing books I referred him to my book of Rhyming Verse Suitable for Children (and other people) called "There Are Hats". Poems and Illustrations that are of the most splendid variety.