Notes on testing, automation, and software craft.
Most of my recent work has been with DevOps teams. While in one sense DevOps is another evolution in software development. It also introduces some new skill requirements and responsibilities into the daily routine of a tester. These diagrams tend to confuse people, hence the… more »
An amused but slightly exasperated developer once turned to me and said "I not only have to get all the features correct, I have to get the errors correct too!". He was referring to the need to implement graceful and useful failure behaviour for his application. Rather than… more »
Consistency, is one thing I test for in software. For example, if software refers to something by a particular name, then [usually] it should always refer to it by that name. Furthermore, when it uses that name e.g. 'London Tube Map' I would expect to see such a map, when I… more »
Have you ever had trouble explaining to a non tester why you appear to be intent on breaking their software? It can be difficult to explain why it's important. So I thought a video might help... <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="https://www.youtube… more »