Google Reader Beta

I enjoy RSS feeds. Nay, I adore RSS feeds. So you can understand my consternation at having to maintain three sets of subscriptions on my work computer, home computer, and personal laptop. The lists never seem to be in synch. What a pain! I discovered the solution to my problem … Continue reading

Watir: Web Application Testing in Ruby

WATIR stands for “Web Application Testing in Ruby”. Watir is a free, open-source functional testing tool for automating browser-based tests of web applications. It is pronounced water. I began experimenting with Watir over the weekend. I run a database-driven web site for a local non-profit group and have been looking … Continue reading

Cleaning up on the web with AJAX

Forbes.com hops on the AJAX bandwagon with a brief overview of what some new businesses are using it for. I found the point at the end about AJAX impacting Nielsen/NetRatings statistics particularly interesting.

Decoding COM HRESULT error codes

As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m currently slogging through the melancholic mire of testing .NET/C# code. In the process, I’ve been receiving exceptions which give an HRESULT code in hex (i.e. 8×80020005) and not much else. That got me to wondering what these HRESULTs are and how to … Continue reading