25Aug 2020 by Andrea Cumbers
Applitools Hackaton 2020 Competition

Applitools Hackaton 2020 Competition

Technology
What was my experience after entering this competition? Well for me entering this competition was to really get the experience of doing automation. This competition was more that just a competition for me, I have learnt a lot just by doing the task assignments. About the task For this project, I was tasked to automate a shopping website with the Applitools modern testing tool "Applitools Eyes" and using the traditional way of doing automation. This activity was created to make a comparison between doing automation the traditional way and using the applitools eyes. With reference to a snippet from their website "with Applitools Eyes, businesses can ship visually perfect applications on nearly any browser or device by replicating the ‘human eye’ and automatically spotting visual bugs and defects". To read up…
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01Apr 2019 by Andrea Cumbers
Career change experience

Career change experience

Uncategorized
Changing careers can be a daunting prospect, especially when you've been working in a particular field for a long time. For me, that field was accounting. I worked as an accountant for nine years before making the decision to switch to software testing. It wasn't an easy decision, but it was one that I'm glad I made. As an accountant, I was good at my job and enjoyed the work to a certain extent. However, I always felt like something was missing. I had a passion for technology and problem-solving, and I felt like my job wasn't fully utilizing those skills. I also found myself feeling stagnant and unfulfilled in my career. After some soul-searching and research, I decided that a career in software testing was the right fit for…
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