Exploratory Testing with Bug Magnet

January 13, 2015 0

Bug Magnet is an open source Chrome extension that provides an easy access to common software testing problematic values and edge cases. You will be able to access them easily during exploratory testing sessions so that you can fill the tested fields with a chosen value. A Firefox equivalent has also been developed.

Mobile Testing: How to Maintain Your Devices

December 8, 2014 1

Maintaining the devices that your company provides for testing mobile applications is mandatory for the success of your mobile development projects. It is as important as the human resources of the company. Since modern emulation tools and cloud services don’t assure high quality of mobile applications, all portable devices such as smartphones and tablets should be maintained properly. This article explains how you can extend their lifespan.

Do Not Write Code That You Cannot Quickly Test

December 1, 2014 0

Software developers have often the habit to write code faster than their software testing capabilities. This creates a backlog of untested code. In this blog post, Dennis Stevens proposes some hints about things that programmers can do instead of writing untested code.

Test, Transform and Refactor

November 27, 2014 1

Let’s have a close look into the Red-Green-Refactor cycle and understand the subtleties of each step. When we go down the rabbit hole of Test Driven Design (TDD), we sometimes take too big steps leading us to many failed tests we just can bring back to green without writing a lot of code. We need to take a step back and take the shrinking potion of baby steps again.

How to Be a Better Software Testing Team Lead or Manager

November 25, 2014 2

It is not always easy to have management responsibilities in software development and software testing when you come from a technical position. This is also true in software testing. In this article, Mark Garzone shares some tips on how to be a better software testing team lead or test manager.

Will You Get a Development Job in 2024 Without TDD?

November 24, 2014 0

This presentation looks at the chasm-crossing potential of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and some related technologies. The aim is that you will still be able to get a good software development job in 2024.

Making Unit Testing Mistakes as a Junior Developer

November 17, 2014 0

Writing unit tests is easy in theory but could be more difficult in practice. Usually experience helps in getting better at unit testing. In this blog post, Patroklos Papapetrou shares some of his experience in writing Java unit tests.

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