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Famous for your mistakes

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We all have heard about the leaning tower of Pisa , mostly known for its unintended tilt. I had the opportunity to visit the tower some years back and was actually surprised by the surrounding site around the tower, the Cathedral, the Baptistry, and the Monumental Cemetery. In my eyes these parts of the " Piazza dei Miracoli " were much more astonishing in beauty than the tower of Pisa, but I have never heard about these parts in Pisa. Having my "tester" hat on, I soon realized that I only had heard about the most famous mistake in construction history, and that the town was mostly known for this mistake, overshadowing the beauty of rest of the site. A quick overview of construction of the tower Construction of the tower occurred in three stages over 199 years, starting in 1173. The tower began to sink after construction had progressed to the second floor in 1178. This was due to a mere three-meter foundation, set in weak, unstable subsoil, a design that was fl

Using browser dev tools to improve testing

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One of the first questions that I usually hear from testers, when talking to other testers is "Which tools do you use <to do something>?". During our local meetups here in Norway, conferences or larger gatherings, or even at work between teams, this questions seems to be quite central and important to many testers, judging by how many times I have heard it. Some tools could improve and broaden your "testing-repertoire" but even though one should not be too dependent on a given tool or be tool-centric, this toolbox can be quite useful, and I seldom hear that someone mentions it when talking about tools used for testing. The toolbox that I'm aiming at here is the Developer Tools toolbox that are bundled with all major browsers. I usually mostly use Chrome, so that is why I will, very shortly, present how and why I use the tools in the Chrome Dev Tools, but you'll find either all or most of the features/functionality in other browsers as wel