An engineering approach to Software Testing and Test Automation

Software Engineering Explained Software Development Waist Line ...

Proverbs and quotes Remember the difference between a boss and a leader; a boss says “Go!” – a leader says “Let’s go!” E.M. Kelly I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. John Locke A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. Arabian Proverb A good manager is a man who isn’t worried about his own [...] ...

You must unlearn what you have learned. Master Yoda to Luke Skywalker Although Unlearning is not a testing heuristic itself, I found it very helpful in many activities – from testing and test automation to problem solving and management. That is why I wrote about Unlearning on quicktestingtips.com. Yet I wanted to share even more about Unlearning, applied [...] ...

Blink testing, as described by James Bach and explained by Michael Bolton, is an oracle heuristic based on “snap judgment” effect. Try catching “bug” (an odd character) in patterns below. I arranged them by difficulty I had. Feel free to put your experience in comments. In full-screen view all characters are 10pt capitals, as in standard Notepad window.  Easy difficulty (click to [...] ...

Participation Based on stats I have, over 70 people navigated to Escapa game page directly from my blog. I hope everyone is enjoyed, and I thank those who took a challenge of testing, found stuff, and posted their findings. I tracked on Software Testing Club and Twitter, in addition to my blog. If I missed someone kindly please [...] ...

Now Closed – Proceed to Results A short intro I wholeheartedly support Matthew Heusser’s call to practice craft of testing, anywhere and anytime, above and beyond work responsibilities. Exploring, experimenting, and learning is always fun. To make a testing challenge even funnier I offer to test a small game. The game The program, or an online game, or an application-under-test, [...] ...

Testing Evolution (mindmapped) After reading A Transpection Session: Inputs and Expected Results by Michael Bolton and James Bach ...

Beware of checking tools! (Inspired by Andy Glover)   (click on the image to see it full-size) ...

A few facts to now Most of cell phones now come with a built-in GPS receiver hardware unit and GPS tracking software module. Basically, you can assume that any smart phone whether it’s Blackberry, iPhone, or Nokia, (or whatever) model has it, and it’s turned ON by default. A GPS tracking equipped cell phone can precisely identify its [...] ...

Do you know enough about your test environment when designing a Load Test plan? What can you do and what would you do to provide stakeholders with the most valuable information in the context and at the moment? How do you use their feedback in your testing work? ...