Author: kristinjackvony

About six weeks ago, the Iowa Democratic Party held its caucus.  For those who don’t live in the United States, this event is one of the first steps in the presidential primaries, which determine who will be running for president in the next presidential election.  In 2016, the Iowa Caucus used a mobile app created […]

As software becomes increasingly complex, more and more companies are turning to APIs as a way to organize and manage their application’s functionality.  Instead of being one monolithic application where all changes are released at once, now software can be made up of multiple APIs that are dependent upon each other, but which can be […]

Two weeks ago, I wrote about my first experiences using Cypress.io.  I was intrigued by the fact that it was possible to do http requests using Cypress commands, so this week I decided to see if I could combine API commands with UI commands in the same test.  To be honest, it wasn’t as easy […]

As I mentioned in a previous post, it’s my goal this year to read and review one tech-related book each month.  This month, I read The Unicorn Project, by Gene Kim.  The book is a work of fiction, and is the story of an auto parts supply company that is struggling to participate in the […]

I’ve mentioned in previous posts that I don’t do much UI automation.  This is because the team projects I am currently on have almost no UI, and it’s also because I’m a strong believer that we should automate as much as we can at the API level.  But I had an experience recently that got […]

Last week we talked about serverless architecture, and we learned that it’s not really serverless at all!  This week we’re going to be learning about a different type of “less”: headless browser testing. Headless browser testing means testing the UI of an application without actually opening up the browser.  The program uses the HMTL and […]

Have you heard of serverless architecture and wondered what it could possibly be?  How could an application be deployed without a server?  Here’s the secret: it can’t. Remember a few years ago when cloud computing first came to the public, and it was common to say “There is no cloud, it’s someone else’s computer”?  Now […]

I read a ton of books, and I’ve found that reading books about testing is my favorite way to learn new technical skills and testing strategies.  James Clear, an author and expert on creating good habits, says: “Reading is like a software update for your brain. Whenever you learn a new concept or idea, the ‘software’ improves. […]

Recently I learned a lesson about the importance of keeping good records.  I’ve always kept records of what tests I ran and whether they passed, but I have now learned that there’s something else I should be recording.  Read the story below to find out what it is! I have mentioned in previous posts that […]