Go gaga over Machine Learning

These two tools have always  been in a race and  also have an equal fan following. When people ask me which tool would you choose, the answer is "it depends on a lot of other factors and not just technology"! For the testing geeks who would want to read the exact JVM comparisons between JBehave and Cucmber this is the best possible source out there: http://mkolisnyk.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/jbehave-vs-cucumber-jvm-comparison.html?_sm_au_=iHV4sjrwrSTjZnJt Happy BDD testing!

Problem:   How to reuse the Functional Test Automation Scripts to do Vulnerability Assessment/Security Testing for your web applications? A good friend of mine who is a security tester introduced me to this concept and tool called ZAP from  OWASP – https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page The Open Web Application Security. The OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) – https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Zed_Attack_Proxy_Project is an easy to use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications. It is designed to be used by people with a wide range of security experience and as such is ideal for developers and functional testers who are new to penetration testing as well as being a useful addition to an experienced pen testers toolbox. ZAP API Javadocs -   https://zaproxy.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadocs/index.html?_sm_au_=iHVf4RM5NqmWWsWk If you are an automation engineer it's as easy as this diagram illustrates: Download

I remember writing this post way back in 2011 where I mentioned tools that can help us find the websites underlying technology. Things have changed since then , but most players are still sniffing :) A comment in that post: Some nice tools for querying site details (no doubt there are many more): •BuiltWith •DomainTools •NetCraft •W3Techs Firefox addons: •Wappalyzer - CMS, frameworks/libraries, e-commerce, message boards etc. •Domain Details - IP, country and webserver details •Library Detector - Javascript libraries in use Bookmarklets: •WTFramework - shows Javascript framework in use What we use now: Builtwith CMS Detector Wappalyzer Chrome Sniffer Happy Sniffing!

Here is a generic structure of a test automation tool like Selenium/Protractor/Capybara

Problem:  Recently I was trying to look at all my favourite blogs and posts. I realized with my busy schedule I end up deleting most of the feeds that I receive by email. Solution: As usual my automation brain to the rescue; I decided to use yahoo pipes which would do some kind of automation and merge all the feeds into one customized output! Here is the link to the yahoo pipe: https://pipes.yahoo.com/testautomation/testingnews Problem The second problem was simple now that I had the results , I wanted an email that gave me updates real-time. Solution: Use a service such as RSSFWD   or Blogtrottr   to deliver it to your email!! Happy staying updated on all that happens in the Testing world! Note : You are free to clone the yahoo pipe and customize it the way you want it..