Pytest suite as a package For bundling a pytest suite into a python cli tool or executable package for Docker. The issue is that pytest does not respect the folder directory when called using pytest.main.Assuming a
hackathon Hackathon mentality I participated in a hackathon and feel I performed poorly. tldr; Ask less questions at a hackathon. Just build it
Figuring out why snapshot testing with Jest Recently, I read about Jest while looking up snapshot testing for a project at work. However, I wasn't too sure just what this is. This blog post documents my own confusion and attempt
chocolatey Removing Chocolatey Pro I recently had my Choccolatey Pro account expire. I didn't find that much use for it over the last year, so I chose not to renew my subscription. When installing the pro version
Appium Won't Run from xcodebuild failure - Missing XCUICoordinate.h If you've been getting this error on OSX Appium when running tests for iOS: Error: Unable to launch WebDriverAgent because of xcodebuild failure: "ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Applications/
Ghost Blog ssl configuration After setting up a couple different Ghost blogs recently, I've run into needing to set up SSL multiple time. Ghost helps generate a Let's Encrypt certificate for you if you use the default
Find a goal https://www.quora.com/How-did-Elon-Musk-learn-enough-about-rockets-to-create-and-run-SpaceX/answer/Jim-Cantrell?share=f2c50ef7&srid=uPHbO Find a goal. Understand it. Understand WHY. Be determined to achieve it. Do what's necessary to achieve it. Refuse to accept
Lessons from Feb 5 in JS Page Object Model libraries, use the standard JS to return nothing to end functions early. when working with iOS automation, create new specs for each test that needs a reset of
synchronous What do Synchronous and Asynchronous mean? Yesterday, I was working on a function in a test runner that executes synchronously. My task was to send a message to Slack. It sounds easy enough, I'm sure I could do it
When Tomorrow Comes With the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch, I've become captivated by the idea of space travel and what it means for humanity. I read a Reddit post about The Great Filter. This lead to
chromeoptions Robot Framework Selenium ChromeOptions I've found that there is a lack of resources for defining Google Chrome settings in RobotFramework's SeleniumLibrary (formerly Selenium2Library). Recently, I needed to connect my Selenium containers with a proxy for a project
Sometimes even Brew Doctor doesn't fix things or really explain what's going on Homebrew is usually pretty good at explaining what's going on. However, sometimes the error messages are a bit confusing. fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': terminal prompts disabled` Error: Fetching
Robocon has been announced On January 18, 2018 robocon.io will be held at Helsinki, Finland. It will be a one day event, currently planned for 09:00 - 16:00. Tickets start at 250€, but full
automation Automated Email Testing Testing a website end-to-end often requires checking email related functions such as welcome messages, reset password, and much more. Ensuring this connection to the user works is often very critical. However, even when
Updating Ghost Ghost CMS currently lacks a self-updater. If you're like me and run your own ghost installation on a linux server, then you have to manually trigger updates through the command line. It's definitely
Routing Node Modules in Express Sample for cutestrap css app.use('/stylesheets', express.static(__dirname + '/node_modules/cutestrap/dist/css/'));
Express Authentication Authentication lacks documentation. Its difficult to implement and many of the implementation guides are unclear about what should be configured and what should remain untouched. This seems to be a general trend in
Node.js + Express + MongoDB Started learning Node.js and Express and MongoDB today to eventually be able to work on a MEAN stack. Learned some cool things about Node such as asynchronous event triggering. MongoDB is sweet
Terminator: Genisys Overall, pretty good. Clearly not the best or most innovative anymore since its stuck in the Terminator universe. However, they definitely took what they had and changed it. It turned out quite well
PHP syntax troubles For PHP syntax, I ran into an issue when trying to create an if else statement. Instead of just one portion of the code being run, both parts would be run if the
How to connect backend Something that's been bothering me for a while now is, Just how do you connect the back end program with the front end of a website? I built a search engine as part
Friend with Death A good friend passed away this past Friday. June 12th... You will be sorely missed my friend. Your life shone bright amd blinded so many. If only you could have burned just a
Adding seperate pages to Ghost installation I saw this on The Next Web. I wanted one too. However, Ghost doesn't make it easy to add a custom page. It automatically rewrites any subdirectory pages I attempt to add and