Almost every thread I come across (here, Reddit, anywhere) where people ask about what tools people are using day to day for their testing role, a very frequently mentioned item is Python, “for scripting/automating small tasks”. The problem for me is, no one ever elaborates on what those small task…

You can check some of my articles with examples of how I’ve used Python scripting. It’s not about writing autotests or automation frameworks it’s more about using scripting/programming to automate particular actions, tasks, data generation, generate load and simulate some users’ actions, etc. And of…

I am involved in testing software on hardware devices. These devices need to talk to each other and they are sending data over the ethernet to each other. So to test that I use python script to e.g, generate test data, to monitor the data or the message rate on the different channel, I use scripts t…

Mostly I’ve used scripting for test data generation, I’d much rather spend a bit more time to script up something re-usable, than have to start from scratch each time + it constitutes to the Don’t Repeat Yourself (DRY) principle of software development.

Basically everything that takes longer then 2 minutes and is a repeated task. For example (not all in Python): Transferring Files from point A to point B for someone. Grepping stuff out of a search Validating files on a server after a deploy Clearing folders Running a certain file or scheduled Ta…

I often use it to automatically extract data from systems like Jira or Jenkins via their respective APIs–or even to automate adding items to Jira. It can also be handy if you use text-based documentation–I was recently using the pylatex package to generate some appendices for a LaTeX document that d…

creating JIRA bugs through API calls? I like the idea

I haven’t used it for entering bugs, per se. More for stories or subtasks, particularly for stuff we know we need to do periodically or for every release.

Hi alex, can we connect on some platform to discuss over testing software on hardware devices? I recently shifted to a project involving hardware and software interacting one another and i need to test it. i have many questions regarding it :stuck_out_tongue: let me know where we can connect. it …

glue Scripting is a glue, to link things together tightly. And to that end I’m doing things like grabbing settings from files, putting them into various apps via a commandline or doing the opposite to put settings into various files. Basically moving data around, one of my favourite scripts when…

What things do you use scripting for?

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hananurrehman (Hanan Ur Rehman) 22 May 2024 08:17 8

Does using JS count?
I use JS scripts to automate certain forms and actions of the software I’m testing on.

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What things do you use scripting for?

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