Automation Here is one thing you can do to improve your project readability today Sometimes adding comments in your code base is inevitable especially when involving long processes. Ideally, it's best to structure your classes, methods and variables names to be as descriptive as possible. But this
Software Development 5 Top Reasons you should use Appium for your next Mobile Test Automation Project Appium is an open source test automation framework for use with native, hybrid and mobile web apps. It drives iOS, Android, and Windows apps using the WebDriver protocol.Appium has been developed by
Software Development How I use QuickType to dynamically generate interfaces & classes from JSON APIs? When working on a project connected to the database, it's easy to generate interfaces and classes from database. You have plenty of tools that can not only generate them but can also create
Automation A quick list of Java Codes I use for Date & String Manipulation I spent most of my web development career working on JavaScript. I usually use battle tested third party libraries such as Lodash for utilities and LuxonJS for date/time manipulation. This is to
Automation How to Automate API Tests? In Software Development, having proper Quality Assurance procedures is paramount to projects being successful. In this post, I briefly explore tools that help automate API Testing.
Automation 13 things I've learned using Appium for Android & iOS Mobile Automation Appium is open source and freeYou don't need to spend lots of money on licences on tools such as Ranorex and Katalon Studio.Test Native, Hybrid and Web AppsYou can test all types
Automation How Special Cases make Software Development harder? What is a Special Case?In Software Development, we can refer a Special Case as a unique situation in our process that makes us modify our codes or general process just to cover
Software Development Why is using trim method when dealing with user input a good idea? Here is the background story:For Mobile Automation, we want to add tests for iOS devices in an existing Android project. By modifying the elements Ids or Xpaths to match those of iOS
Learning Why use YAML over JSON for configuration files? Nowadays one of the main purposes of using file types like XML, YAML and JSON is for configuration. They obviously still retain plenty other uses such as transporting data over the internet.Having
Automation How I solve Permission Denial Error: starting intent when running Appium on an Android Emulator? For QA Automation Engineering, in my team we use BrowserStack for running our tests. It’s straightforward to get started. However, this platform - as a service - is not perfect. It does
Problem Solving How making wrong assumptions when debugging can highly decrease your productive time? As primarily a Web Developer working mostly on JavaScript technologies throughout my career, I'm coding in Java after a long time working on App Automation using Appium.So when writing tests, any time
Learning What is Neumorphism and how can it make your elements more interesting? Neumorphism (aka neomorphism) is a relatively new design trend and a term that’s gotten a good amount of buzz lately. It’s aesthetic is marked by minimal and real-looking UI that’s
Problem Solving How to solve the Create Phone Number kata from CodeWars? I usually use CodeWars to improve my problem solving skills. I got this challenge a few days back.KataThis is a beginner level of programming, good for people who are learning to code.
Software Development What are my favourite functionalities in a Code Editor or IDE? Nowadays I’m using Visual Studio Code as my main editor because my Jetbrains’ license has expired. Since I’m involved with mostly Front End Code Development, VSCode is enough for me as
Problem Solving Why using Database Ids is not recommended for filtering data in our codes Database Ids are used for internal purposes by the database as primary key, foreign key, and/or indexing. Ideally, we don’t want to display this column in our applications. As a result,
Problem Solving How using Read Aloud or Narrator on StackOverflow may help you? For us Software Developers, researching on technical QA sites like StackOverflow is something we do almost daily, irrespective of our years of experience. Sometimes, the answer you're seeking lies just in front. Other
Productivity Why using a second screen or a big screen boosts productivity for developers? Since the curfew announced this year, until last week, I work solely on my laptop screen. I’ve previously worked on 13 inches laptop. Now I’m now using 16 inches one. I
Writing Why I try to improve my typing speed as a programmer? The general benefits of being able to type fast are:save time which might seem trivial but over long stretch of time, this becomes significantbecome more productive which then enables you to have
Productivity How you can use gitignore.io to generate files to be ignored by git For the moment, I am working on automation in different projects based on C# and Java.Compiled LanguagesWhen you build the projects for testing, a lot of files are created as they are
Productivity How I use CodePen for working on small Proof Of Concepts What is CodePen?CodePen is an online community for testing and showcasing user-created HTML, CSS and JavaScript code snippets. It functions as an online code editor and open-source learning environment, where developers can
Productivity How do you tackle a new task on a technology you've never worked before? There are three ways to attack the problem:you jump right into the codes and learn along while you try to come to a solution (trial and error)you learn a bit about
How can you use SWOT Analysis to improve your Software Development Skills? Software Development is an industry that keeps changing. Protocols, technologies and frameworks that were highly sought of a few years ago are already obsolete - AngularJS being the finest example. You therefore need
Software Development How I develop responsive web applications with Responsively? Problem StatementNowadays, most people browse the web with their mobile devices such as phones, tablets and laptops.Internet UsageThe standard for the user - is to interact with the sites - irrespective of
Software Development What's new with Bootstrap 5? After working on several CSS libraries or frameworks such as Semantic UI, Material Design and Bulma CSS, I am back using Bootstrap. I have plenty of experience with this outstanding library especially using
Software Development Throw Away the first solution I've actually written about this topic before - but I think it's important especially when considering quality. Often times the first solution we code is not the best one. It might do the
