Automating Radio and Checkbox Selection with Playwright in Python

Overview This section demonstrates how to use Playwright to iterate through radio butttons and checkboxes. The approach involves two scenarios: one using a local test page and another utilizing the jQuery UI website for practical testing. Test Page Setup HTML Structure For convenience, we'll reuse the radio.html file from the previous example: ...

Posted on Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:06:28 +0000 by zmola

Python Exception Handling, Testing, and Debugging Techniques

Understanding ExceptionsExceptions are runtime errors that disrupt the normal flow of a program. These disruptions can occur for various reasons, such as dividing by zero, accessing an out-of-bounds index, missing files, network failures, type mismatches, undefined variables, missing dictionary keys, or insufficient disk space.Without proper ha ...

Posted on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:52:11 +0000 by smp

Writing and Reporting Assertions in pytest 8.x

Utilizing Standard assert Statements pytest enhances the standard Python assert statement, allowing you to use built-in Python constructs without boilerplate code while maintaining detailed introspection. For instance, to verify a function's return value: # content of test_calculation.py def calculate_product(x, y): return x * y def test_m ...

Posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:03:33 +0000 by talkster5

Automating Android Device Testing with MonkeyRunner

Overview MonkeyRunner is a tool built using Jython (a Python implementation on the Java platform) that provides an API for controlling Android devices or emulators from outside of Android code. It allows writing Python scripts to install applications, run tests, send input events, and capture screenshots for debugging purposes. The tool is prim ...

Posted on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:12:59 +0000 by bri4n

Spring Framework 5 Logging Configuration and Testing Integration

Spring Framework 5 standardized its logging infrastructure by removing support for Log4j 1.x configurations via LOG4jConfigListener. Applications should migrate to Log4j2 for consistent logging behavior across the framework. Configure Log4j2 by adding the following dependencies to your project: <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.l ...

Posted on Sat, 23 May 2026 16:02:13 +0000 by Diego17

Generating HTML Reports and Code Coverage for Python Unit Tests

Test Execution and HTML Reporting To generate visual test reports using the HTMLTestRunner or BSTestRunner libraries, you must configure a test runner that outputs to an HTML file. The following script demonstrates how to discover tests dynamically and produce a timestamped report. import unittest import datetime from pathlib import Path # As ...

Posted on Wed, 20 May 2026 03:39:33 +0000 by henka

Using DeepDiff for Object Comparison in Python

DeepDiff is a Python library designed to compare objects and identify differences between them. It supports various data types including dictionaries, iterables, strings, and more. Installation Install the library using pip: pip install deepdiff==4.3.2 Comparing Text Files To compare text files, read their contents and pass them to DeepDiff: f ...

Posted on Sun, 17 May 2026 20:57:01 +0000 by buddysal

Web Automation Made Simple: A Comprehensive Guide to DrissionPage

The Problem with Traditional Approaches When performing web scraping with requests, websites requiring authentication demand extensive analysis of network packets, JavaScript source code, and complex request construction. Anti-crawling mechanisms like CAPTCHAs, JavaScript obfuscation, and signature parameters create high barriers to entry. When ...

Posted on Sat, 16 May 2026 23:42:53 +0000 by borris_uk

Building and Testing the Bustub Database System

Repository Setup Begin by creating a private repository on GitHub named bustub-private. Follow these steps to mirror the original public repository: # Clone the original repository as bare git clone --bare https://github.com/cmu-db/bustub.git bustub-original # Mirror to your private repository cd bustub-original git push https://github.com/stu ...

Posted on Wed, 13 May 2026 06:20:18 +0000 by vino4all

Mocking Singleton Template Classes with Google Mock

This guide demonstrates techniques for mocking singleton template classes using Google Mock. Method 1: Direct Mocking via Static Method For a simple singleton template class, you can directly mock its methods using GMock's MOCK_METHOD macro. This approach assumes the singletno class already exposes methods intended for mocking. #include <gte ...

Posted on Tue, 12 May 2026 22:21:15 +0000 by onlinegs