Nobody likes technical whinge posts.
So let’s make this a short one.
When.fm doesn’t integrate with Facebook any more. Here’s three reasons why.
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PasswordMaker gets Profiles, more options, probably some bugs
Update 20 May 2020: happily there do not seem to be any big bugs – hooray for unit tests! – and v2 is now live for everyone in the mobile app stores. Downloads and general info here.
I’ve written before about why I think deterministic password making is a good fit for many use cases. And I launched Webful PasswordMaker last year to bring a long-standing hashing approach to a modern mobile app.
Continue readingIonic: navigate from a local notification
Everyone loves alarms! And everyone wants to be going places. So how do you send your loyal app-folk to a specific page from a local notification?
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Following all my geeky posts about working with the latest and greatest Ionic, I thought it was worth mentioning that my latest mobile app has finally landed with a stable release in the app stores.
Continue readingIonic e2e tests – scroll to your goal
Another slightly niche tip on end-to-end testing with the latest Ionic – 4.x stable as of this post. Maybe it’s obvious to more seasoned JS testers, but I struggled to find all the info in one place to successfully implement a test that needs to scroll content in an Ionic app. (I would assume a similar approach will also work when using Protractor with any other modern Angular app.)
The specific scenario? You’ve got a ‘thing’ your test needs to click, but it’s a scroll / drag away. It might technically be in the viewport, but below something else, like Ionic’s tab bar. Seems like a relatively common occurrence, and one that should be simple to deal with in your test.
Continue readingIonic 4 upgrade – Cannot find module ‘webpack’ gotcha
A very quick one, mostly for my future reference, regarding a gotcha with the current process of upgrading to Ionic 4 (now at its first Release Candidate).
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A broken promise; your e2e test is not honest
It’s comforting to believe you can rely on promises. But anonymous JavaScript test functions… yeesh, flaking is literally part of their DNA.
Facebook + Cordova + AngularJS encapsulation is no more?
Just a quick update following my previous post about using this Cordova Facebook plugin neatly with Cordova & AngularJS: unfortunately it seems EasyFB no longer supports the plugin because the plugin’s creators have decided to change the API and drop the previous transparent compatibility with Facebook’s JS SDK.
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