ES Modules are coming to NodeJS. They’re actually already here, behind a --experimental-modules flag. I recently gave a talk at NodeFest Japan about the current state of ES Modules in NodeJS, and would like to do the same here, but also talk about the future of ES Modules in NodeJS, as discussed in Myles Borins paper found here, and as I think about it.

But first, let’s see how ES Modules are implemented in NodeJS. Theoretically, this should have been a simple thing — just implement the spec in NodeJS, and be done with it. The spec is pretty well…

(Cross-posted from Applitool’s blog)

Selenium is a wonderful library. It supports all major browsers, has all the features we will probably need, and is currently the de-facto standard in browser tests today, and rightfully so.

(For those that don’t know, browser tests are tests that run a browser, automate the browser to interact with your frontend application, and test it that way.)

Selenium has bindings for lots of languages — Java, C#, Python, Ruby, and others. This is great — you can use your favorite language to write your tests in.

And if you’re a frontend developer, which language would…

(cross posted from Applitools blog)

My bi-monthly (as in every two months) lists of blog posts about testing that I read and have found interesting enough to share.

Browser and Mobile Testing

AUTOMATING VISUAL REGRESSION TESTING, Viv Richards: Really great post about why visual testing is such a hot topic right now and how it improves both the quality and speed of your testing.

Strategies for automated visual regression, Katrina Clokie: what it says — real world tips and strategies on how to add visual testing to your suite.

Dealing with Selenium API Gotchas, Stephen Haberman: Do you want your browser automation tests to…

There is something similar about driving and testing. While testing is an exercise in creativity, parts of it are boring — just like driving is. Regression testing is tedious in that you need to do the same tests over and over again, every time a release is created, just like your daily commute. And just like during your daily commute, doing something repetitively is a recipe for mistakes, so repetitive testing, just like driving, is a dangerous activity, as can be seen from the various crash sites strewn over our commute highways. …

A while ago, a friend of mine, who is just beginning to explore the wonderful world of frontend development, asked me how to start testing her application. Over the phone. I told her that, obviously, I can’t do it over the phone as there is so much to learn about this subject. I promised to send her links to guide her along the way.

And so I sat down on my computer and googled the subject. I found lots of links, which I sent her, but was dissatisfied with the depth of what they were discussing. I could not find…

TL;DR: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines. Or just skip to the summary at the end of the post.

I have a dream! And in my dream, all the tooling needed today to use JavaScript just goes away. We can all just write the code in our favorite editor, hit refresh, and be done with it. No package.json. No babel. No webpack. No config.foo.json, or .foorc. Just write the code, and hit refresh.

Obviously, big applications will always need tooling — linters, static analysis, optimization tools for production. …

A while ago, a friend of mine, who is just beginning to explore the wonderful world of frontend development, asked me how to start testing her application. Over the phone. I told her that, obviously, I can’t do it over the phone as there is so much to learn about this subject. I promised to send her links to guide her along the way.

And so I sat down on my computer and googled the subject. I found lots of links, which I sent her, but was dissatisfied with the depth of what they were discussing. I could not find…

A while ago, a friend of mine, who is just beginning to explore the wonderful world of frontend development, asked me how to start testing her application. Over the phone. I told her that, obviously, I can’t do it over the phone as there is so much to learn about this subject. I promised to send her links to guide her along the way.

And so I sat down on my computer and googled the subject. I found lots of links, which I sent her, but was dissatisfied with the depth of what they were discussing. I could not find…