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Populating Firefox OS with test content
Working on the Firefox OS automation, it’s often been necessary to populate a device with some sample content. For example, when measuring the launch time of the contacts app it’s more realistic if we already have a bunch of contacts … Continue reading
More realistic endurance test results
If you’re not already familiar with the Firefox endurance tests, these are Mozmill tests that repeat a small snippet of user interaction over and over again while gathering metrics. This allows us to detect if there’s a memory leak in … Continue reading
Posted in Automation, Mozilla, QMO, Testing
Tagged endurance tests, firefox, memory, mozilla, mozmill
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Running Firefox OS UI Tests Without a Device
It’s a little difficult to get your hands on a device that can run Firefox OS right now, but if you’re interested in running the UI tests a device is not essential. This guide will show you how to run … Continue reading
Posted in Automation, Mozilla, QMO, Testing
Tagged automation, b2g, firefox os, gaia, mozilla, tests, ui
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FlynnID 0.3
I’ve just released an update to FlynnID. The primary change is that I’ve reintroduced the command line arguments, meaning a single node can be registered without the need for a configuration file. I’ve also hopefully learned my lesson, and in … Continue reading
Posted in Automation, Mozilla, QMO, Selenium
Tagged flynnid, selenium, selenium grid, webdriver
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BIDPOM drops support for Selenium RC
As all of the active Mozilla Web QA automation projects are now using WebDriver, there is no longer a need for BIDPOM (Browser ID Page Object Model) to support Selenium RC. I considered keeping this support purely for the community, … Continue reading
Posted in Automation, Mozilla, QMO, Selenium
Tagged bidpom, browser id, persona, selenium, selenium rc, webdriver
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FlynnID 0.2
In Tron, Flynn’s identity disc is the master key to getting onto the Grid. In the far less exciting real world, FlynnID is the key to registering a Selenium node to Selenium Grid. Yesterday I released FlynnID 0.2, which changes … Continue reading
Posted in Automation, Mozilla, QMO, Selenium
Tagged flynnid, selenium, selenium grid, webdriver
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Announcing pytest-mozwebqa 1.0
Finally I can announce that I have released version 1.0 of the pytest plugin used by Mozilla’s Web QA team! It’s been in use for several months now, but I’ve paid off some long standing technical debt, and now consider … Continue reading
Posted in Automation, Mozilla, QMO, Selenium
Tagged automation, plugin, pytest, pytest-mozwebqa, sauce labs, selenium
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Test day + Meetup = Success!
Yesterday WebQA held a combined test day and meetup event in San Francisco. The idea was to bring everyone together to hack on our QA projects alongside us, and in return we would be able to share our own knowledge … Continue reading
Posted in Mozilla, QMO
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Case Conductor pytest plugin proposal
Case Conductor is the new test case management tool being developed by Mozilla to replace Litmus. I’ve recently been thinking about how we can improve the relationship between our automated tests and our test case management, and want to sare … Continue reading
Posted in Mozilla, QMO
Tagged case conductor, litmus, mozilla, plugin, pytest, webqa
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Hooking Android up to the (Selenium) Grid
When I set myself a Q4 goal of getting a small suite of Mozilla’s WebQA tests running on Android I didn’t think it would be much work. The AndroidDriver has been around for some time, and from what I understood … Continue reading
Posted in Mozilla, QMO, Selenium
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