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Comment on Selenium gotcha – selenium.GetHtmlSource() returns processed HTML by mrdavidlaing

mrdavidlaing — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:15:15 +0000

@Naveet,

Best I can suggest is to do multiple searches – once for tag (SUREHITS), then again for first attribute (sid=”navneet…) and again for next attribute etc.

Comment on Selenium gotcha – selenium.GetHtmlSource() returns processed HTML by navneet

navneet — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:40:01 +0000

Firefox 3.5.7 and IE 7
1) Using view source mannualy (right click –> view source)
Orignal on Firefox :
Orignal on IE :

After selenium.GetHtmlSource();
In Firefox :
IN IE :

Comment on Selenium gotcha – selenium.GetHtmlSource() returns processed HTML by navneet

navneet — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:10:11 +0000

Hi David,
Thanks for this post.
I have one issue with text which i am checking through selenium.GetHtmlSource();
Application scenario:
-We are doing automation testing for our sites.
-When we submit page after that on new page we are checking for pixel entries.
like this ” or tags
-so i want to detect that using selenium.GetHtmlSource();

Firefox 3.5.7 and IE 7
1) Using view source mannualy (right click –> view source)
Orignal on Firefox :
Orignal on IE :

After selenium.GetHtmlSource();
In Firefox :
IN IE :

Upper Lower case and double quote is fine to handle.
But how to handle attribute sequence on .

Thanks,
Navneet

Comment on The Pomodoro Technique – Scrum in the small by Raph

Raph — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:41:19 +0000

Thanks for pointing out an interesting technique.

I’ve also implemented it with success (I set realistic goals and achieve them – imagine that). If you want to improve on something you have to measure it, and this technique is simple enough to do that without a huge administrative overhead.

The technique has helped me in two ways:

(1) It helps me avoid what I call “exploring dead ends”. I often look back at my work day and wish I could have taken the straightest path from start to finish, rather than wasting time exploring non-viable options – what you call “falling down rabbit holes”. The Pomodoro technique breaks the cycle of working hard to follow a dead end by enforcing breaks, and forces me to ask “is this really where I want to head?”.

(2) It’s given me a new perspective on how much “productive” work I can accomplish during a day. Knowing I have very limited Pomodoro units (I average 5 25-minute units daily) means I deploy them guardedly and to only the most important projects for the day/week. I’m forced to identify unimportant tasks to cut them from my schedule.

What comprises a Pomodoro for me?

I’m playing with the level of concentration that constitutes a Pomodoro. I’ve found that the higher I set the bar, the fewer units I have available, and the scarcer they become. When they’re really scarce I nurture them by carefully planning my approach, and pre-process some of the information. Revising the concentration requirement down and I get more units, that take up a lot of the “pre-processing”.

Comment on The Pomodoro Technique – Scrum in the small by Daily News About Software : A few links about Software - Sunday, 31 May 2009 03:26

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Comment on Self Cert SSL certificate for Apache2 on Ubuntu 8.04LTS by unix86.org » Configure Apache2 Self-Signed SSL Certificate on Ubuntu 8.04.2 AMD64 LTS

Fri, 08 May 2009 15:01:05 +0000

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Comment on Domain mapping with Wordpress MU, Plesk, Apache2 & Ubuntu by fuzzydave

fuzzydave — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:49:45 +0000

I tried what you recommended, but there is an issue.

I don’t want to have a wildcard, so I setup the aliases under domain aliases so

site.blog.com, site2.blog.com etc… all work now however

i have http://www.anothersite.com setup on the server for email only, but i want to make it resolve to site2.blog.com – i’ve tried everything but I cannot get to work

Comment on ALT.NET; London; 13 Sept 2008 by gojko

gojko — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:47:01 +0000

“Talk: The Yawning Gap of ?? doom – infoQ, Martin Fowler”

http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Fowler-North-Crevasse-of-Doom