ESLint catches code quality issues. Typecheckers ensures variables and functions use the correct data types. Prettier automatically formats code for consistent style. But how can we start incorporating security testing into this GitLab CI/CD pipeline we have built? GitLab repo: https://gitlab.com/tj...

We are well on our way to place a copy of my favorite test site, The-Internet, onto its new home on Render.com, a place where developers can deploy web apps using their free tier, much like Heroku in its heyday. Sure, web apps that live on the free tier of Render takes a minute or so to spin up, but...

With this blog post, we will be taking Dave Haeffner's The-Internet, https://the-internet.herokuapp.com/, a ten-year old web app test site, fork it, investigate using Google AI how to modernize the server architecture, and port it over to a new home at Render.com. Spoilers: The original version, but...

While researching information for my job about the Swagger UI and how it can be used for testing, I came across this free course, called Documenting APIs: A guide for technical writers and engineers at https://idratherbewriting.com/learnapidoc/docapis_overview.html written by Tom Johnson, a technica...

With the last post, Testing the Swagger Petstore: Reviewing API Documentation Formatted in OpenAPI 3.0 with Swagger UI we started exploring an API with Swagger UI, such as the Swagger Petstore at https://petstore3.swagger.io/Here, we will start exploring how to test an API using the Swagger UI.The t...

For this next project, we will be examining the test site Swagger Petstore - OpenAPI 3.0 at https://petstore3.swagger.io/https://petstore3.swagger.io/If we wanted to really dive deep into creating API documentation, we could use:I'dRatherBeWriting's Free Documenting APIs course, showing an Introduct...

We've added a lot to our demo project, bun--create-playwright. We've explored setting up a Playwright framework using bun, a new package manager bundled into Claude Code. We've added typechecking, and formatting and linting. We've set up a CI/ CD pipeline for our tests using GitLab, one with three s...

You may have noticed that in the GitLab CI / CD Pipeline for our Playwright project, in the .gitlab-ci.yml file, after our scripts has run, in the Test stage, there is a subsection called "artifacts" with certain paths to something called "playwright-report", "test-results", and "reports". The Playw...

Developers need the option to test out their feature branch before merging it into main. In the last section, we set up a GitLab CI/CD Pipeline in our bun-create-playwright project to check every GitLab Merge Request. Now, we will be giving developers option to create a new pipeline where they can c...

So far, we have reviewed how to review code with ES Lint + Prettier and Typecheck, how to set up and run smoke tests, how to run all Playwright + TypeScript tests, and reviewed the HTML report of results.In this post, we are going to set up a three stage GitLab CI/ CD pipeline that will run against ...

Earlier, we went over how we could create scripts in the package.json file of our Playwright framework to add typechecking, linting, and formatting your code with prettier. Want to see the entire bun-create-playwright project? It is on tinyurl.com/bun-create-playwright!With this post, we will explor...

Picture a login screen, such as The-Internet / Login. On this LoginPage, there is:a heading: Login Pagea user name textbox with the label, "Username"a password textbox with the label, "Password"a login button, with the role of a button, and the name of "Login"a flash message that appears if you ente...

When we installed bun, a new package manager owned by Anthropic, then ran "bun create playwright", a new automation framework was stood up, along with sample tests, and a Playwright configuration file. In this post, we will be examining the file generated: playwright.config.ts.  Personally, I find t...

Finding the best locator for a web element can be a hassle:Right clicking on an element in Google Chrome. Inspecting the element. Going to Chrome Developer Tools. Try to decide what to do if there isn't a clear test id. Playwright comes with a built in code generator where it can built out a rough d...

Now that we've installed bun, Anthropic's package manager, scaffolded a Playwright framework and closely examined the results, and added typechecking with TypeScript's compiler, it's time to add ways to check the code with lint, and reformat the code with prettier. We will be using:ESLint, as the st...

Now that we have installed bun, Anthropic's package manager, and scaffolded a Playwright framework and closely examined the results, we are going to explore with our Bun-Create-Playwright project ways to check if our code is correct. The first method we will be exploring is typechecking. Why Typeche...

We covered in the last blog post how to install bun, a new package manager. In this blog post, we will look into using bun to install a new Playwright framework. Create the Playwright FrameworkOnce I installed bun on my Windows PC and was up and running I created a new folder, "bun-create-playwright...

New job? New toolset to explore! In this post I'll be investigating a new JavaScript package manager and runtime environment called bun.sh. You may have noticed on Playwright.Dev's Getting Started / Installation section there are three different ways to install a ui or api test automation framework ...

If I presentation to the Sydney Testers Meetup in Australia, from my home in the Massachusetts, through Zoom, does that make me an international speaker? [ Vote in the New Poll, on LinkedIn ]There is still time to sign up for the event at: https://www.meetup.com/sydney-testers/events/315166776"T.J. ...

I've been elected to be one of the three Directors of the Software Quality Group of New England (sqgne.org) on the volunteer leadership committee! The Software Quality Group of New England (SQGNE) is an all-volunteer, nonprofit professional community in New England dedicated to software quality. Sin...

Last week, I saw that there was a new half day workshop by one of the creators of Rapid Software Testing, James Bach, Testing and AI Workshop, and that they were offering a 50% discount for anyone who was unemployed, so I just had to attend.Visit James Bach's Satisfice.com Download Page to download ...

I have two announcements: I've accepted a job offer as a Senior SDET role at AAA Life Insurance Company, and will be starting Monday, June 15th! And I have been nominated to be one of the volunteer Directors on the leadership board of the Software Quality Group of New England. Man, the job market is...

With AI, what is useful when it comes to testing and what is workslop? How do you create workflows in AI? With AI producing massive amounts of code, how can a tester keep up?These are some of the topics attendees decided to talk about in our first ever SDET Lean Coffee, as part of the Software Quali...

"Open-Source Malware: Defending Your Software Supply Chain From Evolving Threats" will be the topic of the next Software Quality Group of New England (sqgne.org) meeting.Speaker: Bryan Whyte, CISSP Director, Solutions Engineering @SonatypeDate: June 17, 2026 @ 6:00 pmJoin us on Zoom or in person at ...

Are any software testing Meetups looking for a speaker? I have a talk, all ready to go!After surviving the first round of layoffs last December, I scrambled to organize my research notes on building a mobile automation framework into a presentation. I managed to finish it days before I was hit by th...

How would you intercept a network request and use the data for assertions? Mock a network request using those assertions? And make sure that all data is loaded in the UI before making your assertions, and that all tests can pass when run? We will be walking through Butch Mayhew's code that answers a...

If you want to do some basic visual checking to see if there has been any deviation from your baseline of images, you can use Playwright. It's built in! Playwright can take a snapshot of a web element, a visible viewport, or a full page, and save it in your Git repository as a baseline, failing the ...

Are you in Boston? Come hear me talk about Building a a React Native Mobile Automated Test Framework in tonight's Software Quality Group of New England meeting in Burlington, MA:Registration Page: https://sqgne.org/n-May-2026.htmlSlide Deck: https://tinyurl.com/detox-demo-sqgneTaken from the Registr...

Continuing walking through Butch Mayhew's LinkedIn Learning course Playwright Essential Training: Abstractions, Fixtures, and Complex Scenarios, we will be examining his code creating a DataFactory that dynamically generates new registered users for our app under test.The app we will be testing agai...

Butch Mayhew's LinkedIn Learning Course Playwright Essential Training: Abstractions, Fixtures, and Complex Scenarios has been a wonderful resource learning more about Playwright.With this blog post, I will be walking through how Butch injects JavaScript into a test, in order to check if any elements...