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Why Selenium Webdriver Is Developers' First Choice for Automation Testing

DZone

There are many automation testing tools available in the market, then why choose Selenium? Selenium was developed in 2004 by a global software company called Thoughtworks for internal purposes to automate the testing of web applications. Background.

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The Return of the Frame Pointers

Brendan Gregg

To explain this example in more detail: The profiler periodically interrupts software execution, and for those disconnected stacks it happens to be the execution of the kernel software ("vfs*", "ext*", etc.). These partial stacks get grouped together on the left. Click here for a longer explanation. Yes, times have indeed changed.

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Windows Timer Resolution: The Great Rule Change

Randon ASCII

The behavior of the Windows scheduler changed significantly in Windows 10 2004, in a way that will break a few applications, and there appears to have been no announcement, and the documentation has not been updated. With the Windows 10 2004 (April 2020 release) some of this quietly changed, but in a very confusing way.

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An Unbelievable Demo

Brendan Gregg

I was an independent performance consultant and Sun Microsystems had just released DTrace, a tool that could instrument all software. So back then in Australia you could find amazing engineers doing whatever roles were available. It was 2005, and I felt like I was in the eye of a hurricane. I don't think he even said thank you.

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Measuring The Performance Of Typefaces For Users (Part 1)

Smashing Magazine

Thus, one of the two typeface x-height’s will seem to be larger in size, although it may be the same point size in the software. There are many typefaces, and many of them are very similar or are nearly identical to previous or contemporary versions available. Are Typefaces Tools, Software, Objects, Products Or What?

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An Unbelievable Demo

Brendan Gregg

I was an independent performance consultant and Sun Microsystems had just released DTrace, a tool that could instrument all software. So back then in Australia you could find amazing engineers doing whatever roles were available. It was 2005, and I felt like I was in the eye of a hurricane. I don't think he even said thank you.

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Inspired Design Decisions: Neville Brody Design Cannot Remain Neutral

Smashing Magazine

The Face was a culture, fashion, and music magazine published in Britain until 2004 and Brody worked as its art director until 1986. You can still find copies available on eBay. The Story of The Face: The Magazine that Changed Culture’ by Paul Gorman is more readily available, as is a compendium of all twenty issues of FUSE.

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