> Except that I did answer as to specific toolkits - with two answers for two separate kits
You din't, really. On the third attempt you said "I see our testers doing this all the time - but I don't know what libraries they use" and "various people have scripted UI exploits using selenium or appium. I just asked one of the people familiar with those two tools"
This shows that you started this entire argument with very bad faith. You berated me for not knowing something while you yourself:
- don't do frontend testing using frontend testing tools
- you don't know what tools your testers use
- you assume some capability of some tools only because "you talked to people familiar with them" which further shows that you yourself are not familiar with them.
On the other hand, unlike you, I know what I'm talking about. Granted, I haven't used these tools extensively, but I did use them, and I'm well aware of their limitations.
> You din't, really. On the third attempt you said "I see our testers doing this all the time - but I don't know what libraries they use" and "various people have scripted UI exploits using selenium or appium. I just asked one of the people familiar with those two tools"
Because I see this sort of test being done almost daily... I work in security and not specifically in testing. I mentioned what frameworks are used in a security context. You are beating a dead horse, focusing on what doesn't matter. I suggest you get off hacker news, go educate yourself, and stop pontificating.
When I said that I "just asked" I meant that I just now asked, not that just asking was all I have ever done. You're being foolish, projecting in every comment that you know more than everyone else.
PS. Please quote properly. I wrote that the security team uses selenium and appium not whatever it is that you are pretending I wrote.
A person who doesn't do testing himself, doesn't know which libraries testers use, and has to ask other people how to solve the problem in OP (because he himself doesn't know) is telling me to stop pontificating and go educate myself.
Good luck with your holier than though attitude, and god help your security.
What is wrong with you? I never said any of that. You keep cherry picking half-statements and then taking them out of context.
I did not need to ask other people how to solve a problem. That is a silly interpretation of what I wrote. You are willfully pretending ignorance of how to read and have a conversation.
Pontificate: "express one's opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic." Yes, you really do need to stop pontificating.
You used a lot of words to make it seem otherwise. As you yourself wrote, "Ignorance is bliss, isn't it?"