Planning-Inspectorate/appeals-back-office
May 2025 – Jan 2026
9 Months active
Languages Used
JavaScript
Technical Skills
CypressEnd-to-end testingAPI IntegrationAPI integrationEnd-to-End TestingJavaScript
jwillis
PROFILE
Jwillis
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
78%Features
Repository Contributions
55Total
Bugs
4
Commits
55
Features
14
Lines of code
6,502
Activity Months9
Your Network
97 peopleSame Organization
@planninginspectorate.gov.uk48
Work History
January 2026
2 Commits
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 (Month: 2026-01) focused on unblocking and stabilizing end-to-end testing for the Appeals module in Planning-Inspectorate/appeals-back-office. The critical blocker was resolved by updating the test suite to skip linked appeals tests and by correcting the end-to-end verification wording on the appeals case details page, enabling reliable E2E execution and CI validation. This work reduces release risk by ensuring end-to-end validation can run smoothly and provides faster feedback to product and QA teams.
2 Commits
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 (Month: 2026-01) focused on unblocking and stabilizing end-to-end testing for the Appeals module in Planning-Inspectorate/appeals-back-office. The critical blocker was resolved by updating the test suite to skip linked appeals tests and by correcting the end-to-end verification wording on the appeals case details page, enabling reliable E2E execution and CI validation. This work reduces release risk by ensuring end-to-end validation can run smoothly and provides faster feedback to product and QA teams.
January 2026
December 2025
3 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 monthly summary for Planning-Inspectorate/appeals-back-office: Delivered targeted features to streamline the appeals workflow, strengthened the test foundation for faster, safer iteration, and improved UX responsiveness. Key features delivered include Appeals Process Improvements with refined decision issuance logic for cases with and without decision letters, plus clearer cost handling and removal of a fillTextArea delay to speed data entry. A parallel Test Suite Refactor for Efficiency introduced a shared case object, eliminating redundant setup steps and boosting test performance and maintainability. By simplifying test logic—replacing a switch with if-else branches—the codebase gained clarity and predictability. These outcomes translate to faster decision issuance, more reliable deployments, and enhanced developer velocity. Technologies demonstrated include test-driven development, refactoring, and frontend-backend collaboration.
December 2025
3 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 monthly summary for Planning-Inspectorate/appeals-back-office: Delivered targeted features to streamline the appeals workflow, strengthened the test foundation for faster, safer iteration, and improved UX responsiveness. Key features delivered include Appeals Process Improvements with refined decision issuance logic for cases with and without decision letters, plus clearer cost handling and removal of a fillTextArea delay to speed data entry. A parallel Test Suite Refactor for Efficiency introduced a shared case object, eliminating redundant setup steps and boosting test performance and maintainability. By simplifying test logic—replacing a switch with if-else branches—the codebase gained clarity and predictability. These outcomes translate to faster decision issuance, more reliable deployments, and enhanced developer velocity. Technologies demonstrated include test-driven development, refactoring, and frontend-backend collaboration.
November 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2025Month: 2025-11 | Repo: Planning-Inspectorate/appeals-back-office. Focused on strengthening test coverage and stability around Appeals UI visibility and case history timetable changes, with a shift toward API-driven testing for backend integration.
3 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2025Month: 2025-11 | Repo: Planning-Inspectorate/appeals-back-office. Focused on strengthening test coverage and stability around Appeals UI visibility and case history timetable changes, with a shift toward API-driven testing for backend integration.
November 2025
October 2025
14 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025Month 2025-10: The Appeals back-office test suite saw focused uplift in end-to-end coverage and reliability, with substantial enhancements to the Cypress-based testing framework and supporting page objects. These improvements reduced regression risk and accelerated CI feedback for the Appeals workflow. Key outcomes include a consolidated end-to-end testing framework for Appeals, expanded test coverage for withdrawn costs, deletion and linking flows, and automated scenarios for changing appeal type and timetable changes; plus reinforced verification utilities and thorough test file cleanup. The work also established a scalable test architecture with a dedicated all-cases page object, basePage utilities, and readability improvements for test cases. Major bug fix tackled a failing test due to incorrect caseObj assignment in issueDecision.spec.js, ensuring the appeal variable is consistently populated from cy.createCase() across tests. Impact: Higher confidence in end-to-end flows, faster feedback in CI, and reduced manual testing efforts. This underpins more reliable releases and smoother changes to the Appeals backend and user flows. Technologies/skills demonstrated: Cypress end-to-end testing, JavaScript/TypeScript, test architecture (page objects, commands, base utilities), test data management, and test maintenance practices.
October 2025
14 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025Month 2025-10: The Appeals back-office test suite saw focused uplift in end-to-end coverage and reliability, with substantial enhancements to the Cypress-based testing framework and supporting page objects. These improvements reduced regression risk and accelerated CI feedback for the Appeals workflow. Key outcomes include a consolidated end-to-end testing framework for Appeals, expanded test coverage for withdrawn costs, deletion and linking flows, and automated scenarios for changing appeal type and timetable changes; plus reinforced verification utilities and thorough test file cleanup. The work also established a scalable test architecture with a dedicated all-cases page object, basePage utilities, and readability improvements for test cases. Major bug fix tackled a failing test due to incorrect caseObj assignment in issueDecision.spec.js, ensuring the appeal variable is consistently populated from cy.createCase() across tests. Impact: Higher confidence in end-to-end flows, faster feedback in CI, and reduced manual testing efforts. This underpins more reliable releases and smoother changes to the Appeals backend and user flows. Technologies/skills demonstrated: Cypress end-to-end testing, JavaScript/TypeScript, test architecture (page objects, commands, base utilities), test data management, and test maintenance practices.
September 2025
4 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025In September 2025, the Planning-Inspectorate/appeals-back-office project delivered focused test-automation improvements and a critical test-suite bug fix, enhancing reliability for the appeals workflow. The changes reduce regression risk in core flows and speed up feedback cycles for QA and release readiness.
4 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025In September 2025, the Planning-Inspectorate/appeals-back-office project delivered focused test-automation improvements and a critical test-suite bug fix, enhancing reliability for the appeals workflow. The changes reduce regression risk in core flows and speed up feedback cycles for QA and release readiness.
September 2025
August 2025
14 Commits • 4 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 – Planning-Inspectorate/appeals-back-office: Delivered core features for related appeals, decision flows, test reliability, and a reusable file upload component. Achieved stronger business value through streamlined workflows, more robust UI interactions, and a stable test suite.
August 2025
14 Commits • 4 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 – Planning-Inspectorate/appeals-back-office: Delivered core features for related appeals, decision flows, test reliability, and a reusable file upload component. Achieved stronger business value through streamlined workflows, more robust UI interactions, and a stable test suite.
July 2025
8 Commits • 3 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025: Strengthened test coverage and stability for the Planning-Inspectorate appeals-back-office, focusing on critical end-to-end flows, test suite reliability, and targeted cleanup to reflect updated functionality. This work enables faster validation of key user journeys and reduces production risk by catching issues early in automated pipelines.
8 Commits • 3 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025: Strengthened test coverage and stability for the Planning-Inspectorate appeals-back-office, focusing on critical end-to-end flows, test suite reliability, and targeted cleanup to reflect updated functionality. This work enables faster validation of key user journeys and reduces production risk by catching issues early in automated pipelines.
July 2025
June 2025
6 Commits • 2 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 performance summary for Planning-Inspectorate/appeals-back-office focused on reliability, correctness, and maintainability. Implemented end-to-end testing enhancements and notification verification for appeals decision issuance, introduced explicit appellant-cost handling in the back-office cost decisions, and expanded test helpers to improve coverage and reduce fragility. These changes reduce risk of missed/misrouted notifications and clarify cost accounting, enabling faster, safer decision issuance and cost reviews.
June 2025
6 Commits • 2 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 performance summary for Planning-Inspectorate/appeals-back-office focused on reliability, correctness, and maintainability. Implemented end-to-end testing enhancements and notification verification for appeals decision issuance, introduced explicit appellant-cost handling in the back-office cost decisions, and expanded test helpers to improve coverage and reduce fragility. These changes reduce risk of missed/misrouted notifications and clarify cost accounting, enabling faster, safer decision issuance and cost reviews.
May 2025
1 Commits
May 1, 2025May 2025: Planning-Inspectorate/appeals-back-office focused on stabilizing Linked Appeals end-to-end tests to support redevelopment without false negatives. Delivered a test refactor and selective skipping to maintain CI reliability during ongoing work. Key commit: 4800b2e4e38defb300e53db00fbf552255401cc1 (test(appeals): refactor smoke test & .skip remaining).
1 Commits
May 1, 2025May 2025: Planning-Inspectorate/appeals-back-office focused on stabilizing Linked Appeals end-to-end tests to support redevelopment without false negatives. Delivered a test refactor and selective skipping to maintain CI reliability during ongoing work. Key commit: 4800b2e4e38defb300e53db00fbf552255401cc1 (test(appeals): refactor smoke test & .skip remaining).
May 2025
Activity
Loading activity data...
Quality Metrics
Correctness89.8%
Maintainability88.0%
Architecture83.4%
Performance86.6%
AI Usage20.8%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
JavaScript
Technical Skills
API IntegrationAPI integrationBack Office SystemsBack-end DevelopmentCypressEnd-to-End TestingEnd-to-end testingJavaScriptJavaScript testingPage Object ModelRefactoringTest AutomationTest RefactoringTest automationUI testing
Repositories Contributed To
Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline