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Looking back on 2018, looking forward to 2019

January 2, 2019 by Hilary

It’s hard for me to think about 2018 with fondness. It went to shit before the halfway mark, and it’s really hard to think about any positives. But I know a lot of good stuff happened, I just need to take an actual look back rather than getting stuck in the bad shit (which is …

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C# Advent Calendar 2018 – Can I Put All Of My Smoke Tests For A REST API In One Test? Yes!

December 2, 2018 by Hilary

Last year, I had a great time contributing to the C# Advent Calendar with a post on combining API and UI automation. I was excited to sign up once again for the 2nd Annual C# Advent Calendar! Check out the page here with the full calendar: https://crosscuttingconcerns.com/The-Second-Annual-C-Advent This year, I want to talk about smoke …

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Implementing RestSharp in REST API automated tests

October 21, 2018 by Hilary

I have written before a few times about implementing automated tests for REST APIs using C# (here and here). In those posts, I’ve used a utility method to handle the actual sending of the HTTP request, and another one to read the response. These methods help to illustrate what our automated tests are actually doing. However, I …

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Testing the UI and API together with my new practice app!

October 7, 2018 by Hilary

It’s been a bit quiet lately, and that’s because I’ve been very busy with creating a workshop and new talk for TestBash Manchester! Now that it’s done, I can finally blog about some of the stuff I did to create the workshop, and release an app for folks to practice with! Understanding The Problem I …

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A Lesson From My Testing Journey

March 17, 2018 by Hilary

On February 20th, I shared my career journey for the first time to a large audience. I gave a Ministry of Testing Masterclass called “Not All Who Wander Are Lost: A Career Experience Report” (a recording is available for Pro Dojo members here: https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/lessons/not-all-who-wander-are-lost-a-career-experience-report-with-hilary-weaver-robb). I’ve had kind of a wonky career path, and have at times …

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24 Hour Hackathons… with dinosaurs!

February 1, 2018 by Hilary

I recently participated in my company’s 24 hour hackathon. I pulled together my tweets on Storify here: https://storify.com/g33klady/jurassic-hack-ql-technology-24-hour-hackathon-of-2 It was a super cool experience, and I’m looking forward to learning more 😀 HilaryI’m Hilary Weaver-Robb, also known as g33klady on the Internets. I’m an SQA Architect in Detroit, I tweet a lot (@g33klady), and swear a …

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2017 Recap & Looking Forward to 2018

January 4, 2018 by Hilary

2017 was eventful, to say the least. I submitted 8 talks to 6 conferences. I was accepted to 5 of those conferences, gave an extra talk at one of them I wasn’t planning on, and was invited to speak at another with a brand new talk. I spoke on life lessons at KalamazooX, making your …

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C# Advent Calendar – Combining Integration and UI Automation in C#

December 1, 2017 by Hilary

I signed up for the C# Advent Calendar with this post – be sure to check out the rest of the blog posts in the calendar! This post assumes you’ve got some experience with C# and Visual Studio, so I won’t be over-explaining some things. Comment if you get stuck or have questions! If you’re …

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Using Fiddler AutoResponder for quick service or response mocking

November 21, 2017 by Hilary

In my Testing  RESTful Web Services talk, I touch on service virtualization briefly, and I include a short demo of using Fiddler‘s AutoResponder. I’ve been meaning to look into other (free) tools but haven’t had the chance. After a question on the Testers Slack, I realized I could do a short blog post on how …

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HTTP Status Coop – 503 Service Unavailable

November 16, 2017 by Hilary

Fourteenth in the HTTP Status Coop series is 503 Service Unavailable! The server is currently unavailable (because it is overloaded or down for maintenance). Generally, this is a temporary state. via Wikipedia Cooper says “no way!” 😀 For the entire HTTP Status Coop series that’s been released so far, head over to the HTTP Status Coop page on …

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