Benjamin Bischoff: Old Tools, New Tricks: Unleashing the Power of Time-Tested Testing Tools

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Argues that decades-old tools remain practical by demoing a real browser test: a Selenium script clicks a book link and asserts the H2 text, run with Selenium automates browsers inside Maven via mvnw dependency management, selected browser passed by shell script passes browser and executed through a Makefile using Make test target. Claims old tools give known failure modes, lower unknowns, faster proofs of concept, easier tracing and cheaper maintenance, and notes AI models often know more about these mature tools so they hallucinate less.

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1. 0:00Old tools in testing
2. 2:30Reconsider old testing tools
3. 7:54Tool selection dilemmas
4. 11:50Advantages of older tech
5. 13:38Testing demo setup
6. 15:02Selenium automation
7. 17:55Maven dependencies
8. 21:52Bash in test automation
9. 26:08Makefiles for builds
10. 30:25AI tools limitations
11. 33:40Tool selection thoughts
12. 34:26Q&A

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