For the past 3 weeks I have been working on designing an automated user interface testing system for Butter.js [http://github.com/mozilla/butter]. In this post, adapted from a recent email I sent, I will describe all the components of the system and how one can go forwards…
In any open or closed source project, there's nothing as important as the review process is to ensure quality control. GitHub [http://www.github.com] provides several tools that are helpful in inspecting branches and commits which are useful. As a lead developer of Popcorn.js I often get asked…
Hello Internet!! It's been some time since I have blogged, but I can explain why. It all began roughly 2 months ago, when myself and several others started a re-write of Butterapp [http://www.butterapp.com/edge/]. It is a tool created to make it easier for non programmers to…
Hey everybody! I just wanted to take a bit of time to write about how things have been progressing recently here at CDOT. Bobby Richter wrote a Communications Module for Butter that is so full of epic win it can't be done justice here. The module basically facilitates communication between…
In recent weeks, I've been working with Scott, Dave, Mohammed and Bobby to create an API for Butter. Bobby has been developing the core API. [https://github.com/secretrobotron/butter] Scott has been working on a Timeline Module [http://scottdowne.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/butter-api/] that will visualize track…
On Friday last week, I took ownership of a ticket that had been in limbo since late march. The ticket asked for a Processing.js plug-in for the Popcorn.js library. This sounded like a cool idea, so I was pretty excited to get the plug-in ready for review. From…