Jim Holmes

Telerik

The Test Studio evangelist at Telerik, Jim Holmes has more than twenty-five years in the IT field as a PC technician, WAN manager, customer relations manager, developer, and, yes, tester. Jim has previously held jobs in the DoD, software consulting domain, and commercial software product sectors. He has been a long-time advocate of test automation and has delivered software on a wide range of platforms. Jim coauthored the book Windows Developer Power Tools, blogs frequently at FrazzledDad.com, and is the president of the board of directors for the CodeMash conference, held at an indoor water park in Sandusky, Ohio, in the middle of winter.

Speaker Presentations

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 1:45pm

Test Automation

Four Crucial Tips for Automated Web 2.0 Testing

The vast majority of problems found in web-based functional tests can be traced to a few common issues—dealing with dynamic page content, understanding the differences between explicit and implicit waits, choosing a proper element locator strategy, and understanding how to deal with setup or prerequisite data. Jim Holmes describes the basics of dynamic web page content (AJAX calls and the infamous spinning wheels and buttons) and how to create automated tests that properly deal with the main variants of dynamic content.