Coping With The Broken Web

A talk on testing browsers

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1. Coping With The
   Broken Web
   Rodney Rehm - @rodneyrehm
   

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2. Where I come from
   

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5. I like making stuff
   simple
   

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6. …at work
   

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8. But…
   

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10. What do you mean by
    „broken“?
    

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21. 
    … been around for ages
    

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22. Events triggered when clicking on
    

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23. Assumptions…
    http://www.freefoto.com/preview/41-23-4/American-highway-road
    

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24. … Reality
    http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8019/7597671400_9dcf23ab7a_o_d.jpg
    

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25. Check your
    assumptions. In fact,
    check your assumptions
    at the door.
    Lois McMaster Bujold
    

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26. Despair?
    Opportunity!
    

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27. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mennonitechurchusa-archives/7597671400/in/set-72157630434425392
    

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28. What do we need?
    

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29. Single result set
    

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30. Aggregate results
    

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31. Beware of the flood
    

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32. Summary and details
    

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33. Tools?
    

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34. Running tests
    

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35. Running tests
    

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36. Storing results
    

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37. Storing results
    

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38. Test environment
    

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39. Test environment
    

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40. github.com/bestiejs/platform.js
    Identifying browsers
    

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42. Central System?
    

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43. CSS WG HTML WG
    

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45. 64 %
    24 %
    11 %
    Approved
    In Review
    Unknown
    

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46. Submitted in January
    

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47. No Fun
    

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48. Future?
    

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52. They‘re working on it!
    

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53. Motivation?
    

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54. test suites are run by
    W3C and browser vendors
    

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55. collected data equals
    articles, workshops,
    talks
    

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56. YOU are the web,
    act like it!
    

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57. Recap
    • testharness.js to run tests
    • firebase.io to aggregate data
    • real browsers / devices or BrowserStack
    • don‘t wait for W3C to get their testing
    sorted, have some fun now
    

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59. Thank You!
    Questions?
    

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