Category Archives: Technology

Zero to Continuous Integration with Windmill

Posted on September 19, 2008 by

Following ‘automation’ and ‘continuous integration’ in the micro blogging world I have seen a major influx in people being super interested in functionally automating their web apps. I have seen a slew of things about Grid, and Selenium, and people hacking on Watir so I decided to show you from the ground up how incredibly easy it is to get automated test running setup using Windmill and Hudson. I am not going to walk you through every detail, this is … Continue reading →

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Bringing Windmill to Life

Posted on September 4, 2008 by

Project Status I have spent nearly every day since July 7th working to bring the Windmill Project up to a level where it can be used reliably in a production environment. Our mission starts with “Windmill is a web testing framework intended for complete automation of user interface testing”, of course this refers to the web including everything and anything inside the browser window. This turns out to be a very large task, one that only an Open Source labor … Continue reading →

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JUnit Compatible Reporting for Windmill

Posted on August 29, 2008 by

A large part of the utility in a testing framework like Windmill is the ability to interoperate with a continuous integration environment. Much of the work that has gone into Windmill recently has been the result of continuous integration needs. There are many ways to do this with existing software packages out there that include Tinderbox,Buildbot and Cruise Control however we picked Hudson as a result of the super small learning overhead and amazing simplicity required to setup slaves on … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2008 Recap

Posted on July 30, 2008 by

This year was my second year at OSCON in Portland, and it’s pretty amazing for me to look back at last July and know that I was working at OSAF. A lot can happen in a year, but what didn’t surprise me was the amount of people that I interacted with at the con that I had met during my OSAF experience. A few things come to mind when I think about the conference as a whole. First off, who … Continue reading →

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Oscon 2008 Schedule

Posted on July 23, 2008 by

Every year I like to make myself a road map of how I will be spending my time during OSCON. As there are so many interesting possible talks, gatherings and social events it’s tough to get to all the things you care about. At this point in my career my focus is on Web Development, Test Automation (specifically for the web & browsers), and social networking. Obviously on a moment by moment basis your interests are pulled in varying directions, … Continue reading →

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iPhone 3G — The Saga Continues.

Posted on July 11, 2008 by

As you all know — this morning at 8 AM PST, the new iPhone 3G was made available at Apple and AT&T stores on the west coast. Being a compulsive early adopter of such things, I somehow managed to tear myself out of bed around 6 AM this morning and head down to the Apple Store in Emeryville Califorinia. I arrived somewhere between 6:30 and 6:45 AM, and even though deep down I knew that it was going to be … Continue reading →

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Leaving Rearden Commerce, What’s Next?

Posted on June 27, 2008 by

What happened? As some of you may have heard, today I resigned from my position at Rearden Commerce. Leaving a company is never a fun thing, because you know how you feel when you hear that someone else is leaving.. and you can see it in people’s eyes. I have reminded myself multiple times today that I am still going to be 30 mins away, most of my communication with those people has been via email and IM and there is no … Continue reading →

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Real Estate Data Services

Posted on June 27, 2008 by

This is my final business review from the high school era, however this one is especially important because it forced me to get my hands dirty with some serious database work and made me write more php boiler plate than I had ever dreamed up until this point. FYI, the person driving this business was a teacher at my high school (his last name goes in the graphic above).. that I never took a class from. He had spent a … Continue reading →

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IE Web Development Tips

Posted on June 25, 2008 by

As a web developer you are probably aware of that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach that you suffer when posed with the idea of testing your freshly written JavaScript that works perfectly in FireFox. For years now, we have had to ‘suck it up’, and pour a glass of scotch to get through an afternoon of testing in IE. As I am now a Web Developer at Rearden Commerce who currently caters to an audience of enterprise … Continue reading →

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