Despite what the test automation tool vendors are saying, test automation is not about record and playback but about programming. To automate a functional test case, a programming language is… Read More +
This article describes an approach to test automation inspired by a well known development design pattern; that being Model View Controller and describes how it can be adapted to make your automation… Read More +
To understand large legacy systems we need to look beyond code. We need to understand both how the system evolves and how the people building it collaborate. Once we embrace… Read More +
What are the The Principles Of Test Automation? Let's go back to the start. Today’s organisations must adapt faster to keep up with the changing needs of customers. This places… Read More +
Last month I talked about Risk prevention. In my previous column G(r)ood Testing 11- Explosive software – when risks do count, I explained the Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) in the… Read More +
"Learning to code gives you a completely new perspective when you look at a computer. Before, you think of it as an appliance -- like a fridge -- accepting what… Read More +
This eBook contains an extract from 'FiftyQuick Ideas To Improve Your Tests' by Gojko Adzic, David Evans & Tom Roden. The book is part of the series of '50 Quick Ideas' publications which… Read More +
Last month I wrote about a revised approach for obtaining a test strategy. I explained a three-step approach in which we first defined persona’s and then searched for features that… Read More +
A paper System Integration Test (Paper Sit or Simulated SIT) is in fact a role play in a facilitated environment in which the business processes are simulated end-to-end. A paper… Read More +
Last year an English colleague spent a few days in the Netherlands. This was a good opportunity to meet him and exchange some ideas. We met in Café American in… Read More +
As any software developer can attest to, time is a precious commodity, and as much as we may want to put our personal stamp on each step of the development… Read More +
Exploratory testing is way past its introductory phase. I remember when applying it for the first time in 2007. It was a perfect pilot. In that specific project and old… Read More +
A colleague told me that he regularly asks his employees to share the three things are they struggling with the most. His experience: the problem of one colleague is often… Read More +
This month I'll be speaking on the Test Automation Day for the 3rd time. The TA Day is a unique conference since it is has a specialized Topic. A topic… Read More +
Tao Workshop #01: Context My name is Dave Cobbe and my blogs such as The Missing Link or Walking the Testing Talk 2.0, I talk about IT Projects that employ… Read More +
People aspects are the next best thing to focus on when trying to increase the success chance of your IT project. Not surprising that there is an ever-growing interest in… Read More +
The pursuit of shorter release timetables has driven the need for automated test script skills in the quality assurance industry. Many QA managers have felt the pressure to reduce the amount… Read More +
We all know software errors can cause problems but what happens when software causes epic failures. This post looks as some of the most recent epic software failures. 1990 -… Read More +
When doing test analysis I often find that we need to do test some customer feature over and over again for a range of combinations. I recently found myself able… Read More +
Recently we held an session at our office. The Guest of honour was Felienne Hermans of the Technical University of Delft. She has an PHD in testing spreadsheets. Quite a… Read More +
What is the role of test manager in Testing? A colleague said to me: "I've been in the testing profession now for many years. In each of the test management… Read More +
I'm a big fan of the BAT Series from John Sonmez (SimpleProgrammer), a good start for testers doing Web automation. These series of articles show you a clear and simple… Read More +
There is an interesting tension between agile and documentation. I often hear people complain about the lack of documentation in agile projects. "Organizations use scrum as an excuse for… Read More +
According to a research conducted by Pinch Media Data in 2009, the average shelf-life of a mobile application is only 30 days. The number of mobile applications has since exploded… Read More +
As a company having a dedicated Testing unit, our specialisation lies in Test Automation and we use Behaviour Driven Testing heavily in Test Automation projects for both web and mobile based… Read More +
Testing has become a more decisive segment in SDLC. It is the process which consists of the static and dynamic activities of the software life cycle. These activities cover the… Read More +
One of our clients asked us to help them reduce the execution times of their tests. The main execution took about 5 hours. This time included about 30 minutes for… Read More +
There is an interesting tension between agile and documentation. I often hear people complain about the lack of documentation in agile projects. "Organizations use scrum as an excuse for not… Read More +
Jim Holmes talks about a few of the high-level reasons for teams struggling with UI automation, and gives some ideas on avoiding, or moving past those same struggles. Biography Jim… Read More +
Many sales departments use the so-called sales funnel as a tool to measure the effectiveness of their sales process. The top of this funnel is the in-lead for the leads,… Read More +
Functional testing your web applications can be extraordinarily frustrating. Intermittent failures, lots of rework and tinkering, and too little time spent on creating new value for your customers. In this… Read More +
Bj Rollison reveals best practices for crafting automated tests: "Over the past year or so, I have been tasked to clean up the automation stack in our feature area. During… Read More +
In today´s fast moving world, it is a challenge for any company to continuously maintain and improve the quality and efficiency of software systems development. In many software projects, testing… Read More +
In this case study, Seretta first describes how they started with test automation, which strategies we applied, and then how they solved the progressive stagnation by supporting manual testing. "I will… Read More +
Bryan Bakker discusses the automating testing for medical devices, an area with stringent quality requirements and difficulties in accessing the software embedded in devices such as X-ray machines. Bakker and his team’s… Read More +
Software test automation has moved beyond a luxury to become a necessity. Applications and systems have grown ever larger and more complex, and manual testing simply cannot keep up. This… Read More +
We automate specifications to get fast feedback, but our primary goal should be to create executable specifications that are easily accessible and human readable, not just to automate a validation… Read More +
The software testing space is competitive, and by its very nature - dynamic. Trying to be all things to all people at all times is challenging, and so software testing… Read More +
It's a fact of life that end to end tests using Selenium are often flaky. Does it need to be this way? This presentation will cover some of the tactics… Read More +
Many people make mistakes in test automation based on good intentions but flawed knowledge. We will look at some common pitfalls encountered when chartering your testing for session-based exploratory testing.… Read More +
In the Agile community, Acceptance-Test Driven Development (ATDD), Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Specification by Example are gaining greater acceptance as an effective approach to developing systems of… Read More +
Key Takeaways: Richardson describes some of the tools that he uses when testing, not because technical web testing revolves around tools, but because the technical testing thinking process leads to… Read More +
If you want stable automated web tests that don't consume all your time to maintain there are three areas that you need to master: using locators properly, synchronisation and waiting,… Read More +
The idea for this presentation came directly from EuroSTAR 2011. Sitting on the bus back to the conference centre after attending the Gala Dinner, a discussion started, about industry luminaries… Read More +
Test automation used to be a luxury. Since nowadays improving product quality, reducing costs, shortening time-to-market combined with more frequent releases are an irreversible trend, test automation has become a… Read More +
Large-scale testing projects can stress many of the testing practices we have gotten used to over the years. This can result in less than optimal outcomes. A number of ideas… Read More +
Today's consumers have grown up with the expectation that their digital experience is mobile, always-on, and easily enhanced. Consequently, we face a new style of IT that forces everyone involved… Read More +
• How much of your application test effort is really automated? Is your cost of quality reduction for real? • Is test automation truly helping you outpace competition? • How… Read More +
In an 'online' world, everything seems to be going faster and faster. Too often, we forget about 'slower' processes that need to be tested in our information services. Automated end-2-end testing… Read More +
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