This post originally appeared on TestingInDevops.org, unfortunately the Mabl team has decided to no longer continue to support that site. Rather than lose the content, I re-post it here for your reading enjoyment. As development has shifted from waterfall to agile and now DevOps, at each stage you see developers taking on more responsibility and … [Read more…]
When the topic of what and how to test comes up, there is a really good chance that the Test Pyramid is going to be referenced by someone in that conversation. For something so prevalent how much can we really say we know about what it is the test pyramid is telling us. We know … [Read more…]
Part 4 of a series of Core values for Regression Testing What is Conformity to act in accordance with prevailing standards or customs A second definition brings us closer to showing the holistic value testers can help bring to software bring into harmony or accord As software is released we naturally develop both explicit and … [Read more…]
Part 3 of a series of Core values for Regression Testing What is Behavior? the way in which something functions or operates Behavior is the personality of the software under test. Behavior stretches beyond just what your software does to also include how your software does things. What are Bugs? an unexpected defect, fault, flaw, … [Read more…]
Part 2 of a series of Core values for Regression Testing Part 1: Intent over Implementation What is Common? just satisfying accustomed criteria This definition is related to the concept of “common decency” There’s a secondary definition that colors our view lacking refinement It may give you pause to consider it a good idea to … [Read more…]
Part 1 of a series of Core values for Regression Testing What is Implementation? The process of putting a decision or plan into effect; execution. Implementation is how technology is applied / utilized to help realize the intent behind a software solution. This includes things like: is data stored in relational database like SQL or … [Read more…]
I originally wrote this post for the TestHuddle How To… SoapUI Series. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, have a look at the posts by some of the other authors.. Despite the name, SoapUI can be used for testing Restful as well as SOAP based apis. There are … [Read more…]
I originally wrote this post for the TestHuddle How To… SoapUI Series. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, have a look at the posts by some of the other authors.. Why Dynamic Properties Static test content can cause problems. An easy example of this are dates and times. … [Read more…]
Once you start to have a larger number of tests it can be important to be able to break them down into different categories or groupings. From a functionality perspective this allows you to only run a subset of tests. They can also help to provide clarity or insight to your test code, by replacing … [Read more…]
The most common artifact that testers produce are bug reports. So what do you do when you actually find a bug? You react, here’s a mnemonic that may help your process… R eproduce The cornerstone of proving a bugs existence is if you can track down steps to reproduce it. Like ghosts, bigfoot, or aliens … [Read more…]