Working with the web has always been accessible thanks in large part to the ability to just inspect the code of whatever site you’re on to see how it works. Many modern sites are being created as single page applications and being driven mainly by client side API calls to retrieve data or update the… Read More »
In a recent post named “Merging Multiple Style Sheets to Support Themes” I detailed the journey undertaken to add theme support to the Dovetail Agent product. Now you’ll learn the basic process to creating a theme tailored to your company’s branding. We’ll start by installing or setting up any tools we’re going to use. The… Read More »
Personalization or customization of the things we use has been a standard option for users to do for a very long time and it appears almost ubiquitously in the computing world. Computer users can spend a seemingly endless amount of time customizing their desktop interface’s wallpaper, window color scheme, system sounds and the fonts or… Read More »
The idea of code coverage as a metric to ensure a code base is exercised really appeals to me. However when I would try to add it to my existing project I would struggle, flounder and decide to try again later on after burning too much time on it. The lure of ready to run testing stacks… Read More »
The government has been crying out, at least from the top, for more software development talent to come work for them. Specifically, I’ve heard quotes about talking to “entrepreneurs, moviemakers, organizations, tech leaders” that come from Facebook and Google. They have brought in people for short bursts even from companies who donate that employee’s time… Read More »
I love the natural world. I find it easy to say but hard to define. I moved out to the 2222 and 620 or Four Points area about 13 years ago. I’ve moved away twice but always returned and have spent about 10 years here now. I’ve watched the stretch of 2222 between 360 and… Read More »
I forgot to mention something in the guide I made on Running UI tests in Internet Explorer with Jenkins on AWS. The default resolution is very small and quite possibly too small for the WebDriver to ‘click’ on elements that might appear off screen. There are many registry hacks out there that all claim to… Read More »
In the best conditions it can feel difficult to use Selenium WebDriver to run UI tests on Internet Explorer. Running on the same machine you develop on isn’t realistic as WebDriver for IE requires all of the window focus. So you move it into a virtual machine on your box and then find that your… Read More »
Creating your own personal brand gives you control over how your discovered on the Internet. There are risks to being connected online, but you’re already creating a personal brand right now by using any social network or contributing to open source software. Take ownership of your personal brand today.
Internet Explorer 9 was released 4 years ago in 2011 which sounds like a short time, but it really is an eternity in the world of web development. IE has had 3 releases since then and the 4th is on the horizon, but the upgrade cycle of many companies doesn’t reflect that fast pace. So… Read More »