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…]
After attending the STAR West 2017 conference this year, I wanted to take a little time to share some of my thoughts, takeaways and inspirations from the conference. STAR West is a pretty large conference and it felt big, lots of people, lots of vendors and lots of sessions. Here are some of my thoughts … [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…]
In software we so often focus on the new, new products, new features, new technology. The thing is we don’t all get to work on the shiny new stuff, many of us spend a good amount of our time maintaining existing, often referred to as legacy products. It might not always be pretty but it … [Read more…]
There’s a term for juggling your work life and personal life, work life balance. It’s hard not to hear about it, companies talk about it all the time, in interviews, in meetings, it’s everywhere and it’s great that it’s being taken seriously. Fantastic, let’s assume then that your job provides a healthy work life balance. … [Read more…]
Imposter syndrome is common in the software industry and it’s not unique to developers. It’s exciting to be in an industry that is evolving and changing so quickly. It’s hard though when you do plug-in and feel the sheer volume of blogs, books, webinars, training, open source projects, the list is never ending. I have … [Read more…]