Diffusion Software Testing
The concept of diffusion testing is that you can automatically generate new test case data from existing test cases that yield a pass result.
Articles by Software Testing Magazine
Measuring Test Effort Progress with EVM
EVM is a simple quantitative technique that can be used to measure the schedule progress of any type of project, including a software-testing effort or some part of the overall effort. This article eplains what EVM is and walks you through an example of using EVM to measure software testing effort progress. It also describes when to use EVM and when not to use it.
Selenium Javascript Issues
Selenium is a great tool for acceptance testing of web applications: it works with real browsers, and drives them to exercise your application of choice in the same way a real user would do. There are however many issues in using Selenium to drive JavaScript-powered applications.
GivWenZen – Behavior Driven Development for FitNesse
This article presents GivWenZen. GivWenZen allows a user to use the BDD Given When Then vocabulary and plain text sentences to help a team get the words right and create a ubiquitous language to describe and test a business domain.
Yes, the Boring Part is Required Too
In this blog posts, Lanette Creamer discusses the basic parts of all software testing activities, being exploratory testing or requirements testing.
Eradicating Non-Determinism in Tests
Martin Fowler discusses the problem of non-deterministic tests – tests that sometimes pass and sometimes fail. Non-deterministic tests can completely destroy the value of an automated regression suite. This article outlines how to deal with them and presents treatments for the common causes for non-determinism: lack of isolation, asynchronous behavior, remote services, time, and resource leaks.
Bugs that Automated Tests Aren’t Good at Finding
This blog post discusses the limits of automated software testing.