If you have been testing API endpoints, you may have used tools like cURL, Postman, or DHC as a client for testing them. Those tools definitely have their place, but ever since I started automating tests it generally feels faster to just script them up. Even if I’m not going to be checking these tests … [Read more…]
Mind Maps are diagrams used to visually organize information. You may recognize them from brainstorming activities you have done in school, that was my first exposure. As part of learning to write essays we started out by brainstorming ideas. We’d put a cloud in the center of our page and in it place the topic … [Read more…]
When I started in testing, the test team was completely separate from the development team. It wasn’t that we couldn’t speak to developers, it was more about maintaining a separation from the corrupting influence of the developers and their management. Like West Side Story, it was a relatively jovial relationship so long as everybody stuck … [Read more…]
One of the most important parts of an automated test is a clear intent. Test frameworks like xUnit, MSTest, Nunit, etc. offer some powerful tools for structuring and executing tests. However, their syntax and conventions can be constraining for people writing the tests and more challenging for people reading the tests. Fluent Assertions is an … [Read more…]
This weekend I had the opportunity to attend another session of WeekendTesting. This session was a little different than the last session I attended on Mobile Testing since we weren’t going to focus on testing software but instead on Bug Rehab. Bug Report Rehab The goal of the session was to look at existing bug … [Read more…]
This week is all about the final exam. I talked a little about the exam format and the study hall forum in the last experience report. I had hoped to write answers to all of the questions and take a look the rest of the groups answers and any feedback provided. I didn’t get through … [Read more…]
This is part 3 of my experience through the 4 week BBST Foundations Course. Week 1 In Review Week 2 In Review Week 4 In Review The Last Week Before the Exam This week was different from the previous two weeks. The exam study forum was open and possible test questions were listed, so you … [Read more…]
So here we are at the end of week 2, halfway through BBST Foundations Course. If you want to see the how the rest of this process has been you can check out: Week 1 In Review Week 3 In Review Week 4 In Review I’m still here glad I signed up, but its been … [Read more…]
I remember reading about the Black Box Software Testing(BBST) courses a few years ago, but similar to Weekend Testing I never got around to actually signing up. However, the more I started following the testing community the more the BBST courses popped up. I wasn’t sure what to make of them, so I went looking … [Read more…]
I first heard of Weekend Testing several years ago, I meant to get involved then but just never made the time. Enter the CAST 2015 live stream and the keynote by Ajay Balamurugadas where there was a call to action to engage and contribute to the community. I hadn’t realized there was such a strong … [Read more…]