Lance Cleveland, Author at Lance Cleveland

Using Custom Vagrant Sites For WordPress Development

November 16, 2017Lance Cleveland

As with many things in life, I recently learned that I’ve been doing things the hard way when it comes to WordPress development and Vagrant. I got on the Varying-Vagrant-Vagrants…Continue readingUsing Custom Vagrant Sites For WordPress Development

Apple Technology

What To Consider When Buying MacBook Pro Retina Power Adapters

November 15, 2017Lance Cleveland

The new MacBook Pro Retina is now shipping with the soon-to-be ubiquitous USB Type-C ports. There are 4 of them on my new 15″ MacBook Pro. The cool…Continue readingWhat To Consider When Buying MacBook Pro Retina Power Adapters

Apple Technology

MacBook Pro System Freezes

October 18, 2017Lance Cleveland

Despite having spilled a half-quart of apple juice straight into the innards of my Mid 2014 MacBook Pro Retina, the uptime has been astounding. The only notable time that the…Continue readingMacBook Pro System Freezes

Plugin Development WordPress

WordPress Hooks and Filters Order Of Precedence

October 11, 2017January 8, 2025Lance Cleveland

When building plugins and themes I often need to reference the WordPress order of precedence of hooks. This helps ensure various components are loaded only when needed and at…Continue readingWordPress Hooks and Filters Order Of Precedence

JavaScript Programming Languages Technology

Selenium on JavaScript : New WordPress Site Config Script

September 27, 2017Lance Cleveland

This article continues the journey into learning Selenium on JavaScript (SoJa). It builds on the lessons of the previous articles and adds some common library functions to make our tests…Continue readingSelenium on JavaScript : New WordPress Site Config Script

JavaScript Quality Assurance Technology

Selenium on JavaScript : User List Test

September 27, 2017Lance Cleveland

I wasn’t quite sure what to name this article. The Selenium on JS example here can be used to scan any table to ensure every entry on a list of…Continue readingSelenium on JavaScript : User List Test

JavaScript Programming Languages Quality Assurance Technology

JavaScript Selenium Newb Cheat Sheet

September 26, 2017Lance Cleveland

Finding documentation on Selenium is hard enough for the “main languages” of Java or Python. There are lots of examples of how to do things there in those languages…Continue readingJavaScript Selenium Newb Cheat Sheet

JavaScript Programming Languages Quality Assurance

Selenium : Hiding Login Credentials In An Automated Test

September 25, 2017Lance Cleveland

With most web automation and testing tasks you are going to want to login to a secure system. You are also going to want to keep your login credentials…Continue readingSelenium : Hiding Login Credentials In An Automated Test

JavaScript Programming Languages Quality Assurance Technology

Selenium Web App Test: Are My Web Parts There?

September 24, 2017Lance Cleveland

As per my previous articles, I am building new test cases using Selenium as a replacement for my older Selenium IDE tests. Selenium IDE is no longer supported by Firefox…Continue readingSelenium Web App Test: Are My Web Parts There?

Quality Assurance

A Simple Selenium Script Example Using JavaScript and Safari

September 22, 2017Lance Cleveland

In my previous articles I showed how to enable Safari for web automation (hint: developer menu Allow Remote Automation) and how to get your Node.js environment setup on MacOS to…Continue readingA Simple Selenium Script Example Using JavaScript and Safari

Programming Languages Quality Assurance

Testing Web Apps With Selenium and JavaScript

September 21, 2017Lance Cleveland

It turns out I’ve been making the setup of Selenium 2 (Selenium Server + Webdriver) far too complicated. As noted in my prior article, getting the client side of…Continue readingTesting Web Apps With Selenium and JavaScript

Quality Assurance Technology

Installing Safari Webdriver for Selenium 2

September 21, 2017Lance Cleveland

Automated testing with Selenium is now your best option for scripted web testing if you have been using Selenium IDE with Firefox for the past few years. As of Firefox…Continue readingInstalling Safari Webdriver for Selenium 2