Review: Apache JMeter

• July 24, 2008
• James Skemp

The following is a book review of Apache JMeter, written by Emily H. Halili. First off, my experience with automated software/application testing is extremely limited. For the most part any testing I've done has been manual testing. Recently, however, I was introduced to, and began using, Microsoft's Web Application Stress Tool. Because of this level of experience, Emily Halili's Apache JMeter was the perfect book for me, as it contains an analysis of automated testing (including when best to do it, versus manual testing), in addition to the introduction to Apache JMeter.

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The WordPress calendar is a table

• January 15, 2007
• James Skemp

There's a number of problems with WordPress, as far as accessibility goes. However, the easiest one to fix is the problem with the calendar, which displays in the default theme, as well as many custom ones (I'm sure). It lacks a summary tag.

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Code cleanup and commenting - done right

• June 18, 2006
• James Skemp

For the past hour, I've been looking at current ways to get my name out there for Web page cleanup and commenting. In other words, I'd like to work with existing code to bring it closer to the standards, and comment it, if necessary. I would think it would be of great benefit to those individuals who bought a solution from a vendor, and are looking at changes to that code, or cleanup so that there pages act alike in most browsers. Unfortunately, I haven't found a site to offer my wares. I've also looked at open source projects that may need some free help, but, alas, nothing there either.

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Don't use ul when you should use blockquote

• January 2, 2006
• James Skemp

I'm sorry, but I hate it when people use <ul> instead of <blockquote>. <ul> is for list items, and should therefore be composed of list items (<li>s). If you're not going to put <li>s for each item within a <ul> block, don't use <ul>

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