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Comment · 8 years ago
\o/ Really glad to hear that! Reach out if we can ever help with anything.
Comment · 8 years ago
If you're looking beyond uptime + certs, we do functional + visual browser testing at https://ghostinspector.com/. Lots of folks use it for monitoring their website or application (in additional to their CI process). We have a free tier that includes scheduling. [Disclosure: I'm the founder]
Comment · 11 years ago
Nice work! We have a similar feature built into Ghost Inspector: https://ghostinspector.com/#visual-regressions -- It includes a tolerance setting so you can basically say "I only want to hear about it if the screenshot changes by xx% or more." Effective visual regression testing at scale is tough though and is really more of a secondary feature for us.

If anyone is interested in other solutions, ImageMagick has a nice "compare" tool built-in. There are also plenty of open source projects like Huxley, PhantomCSS, etc. I recently saw a demo of Applitools Eyes (https://applitools.com/) and it's quite powerful (though it's a paid service).

Lastly, I did a presentation that involved visual regression testing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK0l__jmpTA (starts around 12:25)

Comment · 11 years ago
The author initially sets up this piece to be a criticism of quantum mysticism. However, as the post goes on, it seems to become a dismissal of quantum mechanics all together -- based on an obvious bias for determinacy.
Comment · 11 years ago
Comment · 11 years ago
Very nice! I've been using PhantomJS 2.0 for a while now at my automated browser testing startup: https://ghostinspector.com/ (It's been available to build from source for a couple months.)

It has a few lingering bugs (for instance, some issues with file uploads), but overall, it's a nice improvement over 1.9.x. The JavaScript engine is much newer and the rendering is improved.

Comment · 12 years ago
Looks nice! I created a service called Ghost Inspector last spring that runs PhantomJS under the hood: https://ghostinspector.com/

It's not open source, but there's a free tier and lots of nice features built in like video recording, screenshot comparison and a GUI editor.

If anyone is planning to write PhantomJS scripts directly, I strongly recommend checking out CasperJS: http://casperjs.org/ -- It gives you a really nice layer on top that makes Phantom much more wieldy.

Comment · 12 years ago
Really useful library and great visualizations. I'm having flashbacks to my CS algorithm analysis class.
Comment · 13 years ago
The author has posted a follow up here -- http://drew.roon.io/responsive-retinas-strike-back -- that offers some alternatives for getting around the extra download issue (which a number of people brought up, including @ricardobeat in the comments).

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