Simplified Testing
I’ve been struggling with the collision of worlds from the waterfall approach to testing and the agile approach to testing. There really isn’t a good solid statement being made about what “end to end”...
View ArticleDifficult Watij Problem That Wasn’t Really A Watij Problem
Don’t you hate it when you spend a large amount of time dealing with a problem only to find out what you thought was the issue really wasn’t the issue after all? I spent a significant amount of time...
View ArticleAutomated Functional Tests: Record or Program?
Recently, I’ve been devoting some time to building out a framework using Watij with the goal to be able to easily write automated functional tests for backlog items for the application I am working on....
View ArticleWhat to Automate – Developer Tools
Okay, so you’re convinced you need a developer tools team, or at least that development tools are important to build. Now, what kind of tools do you build? There is no answer that works universally,...
View ArticleAgile Testing is Different
I come from a QA background. I started off my career doing testing. I learned about testing the same way I learned about development… reading lots of books and applying what I learned. This is how you...
View ArticleWhy Field Testing Changes Everything
Have you ever tried to put together K-Mart furniture? You know what I mean, the kind of furniture that you put together with a hex wrench? Well, whenever I try to do it, I almost always end up putting...
View ArticleAre You Really Sure You Want to Make a Cancel Button?
Are you really sure you want to create the cancel button for your application? You know, I might click it. Not only might I click it, I might click it at the most inopportune time. I might click it...
View ArticleWhy You Need An Automation Testing Framework
Blackbox automation testing should be part of any successful software development organization. Unit testing is great, but to cover the largest area of your software with the least effort you need to...
View ArticleDoes Manual Testing Have a Future?
In this video, I tackle whether or not manual testing has a future or whether someone who is a manual tester should look to move on to a different role. In this video, I tackle whether or not manual...
View ArticleZephyr for JIRA Cloud Press Release
I normally don’t do press releases on Simple Programmer, but Zephyr—a company that has been a huge supporter of this blog and the software development / QA community—is launching their cloud based...
View ArticleZephyr Mobile App Press Release
I received an email from Zephyr about their new mobile app and I want to share the news to all of you. I’m posting this because this can benefit the software development and QA community. Here are some...
View ArticleSpecification-based Test Design Techniques for Enhancing Unit Tests Part 1
The primary goal of most developers is usually achieving 100% code coverage if they write any unit tests at all. In this test design how-to article, I am going to show you how to use...
View ArticleHow Can You Move From Manual Testing to Test Automation?
Manual testing is not what it was five years ago. The number of pure manual testing jobs is low and when such a job is available, the competition is fierce. It is common these days to meet manual...
View ArticleYour Automation Test Sucks
Ugh, I am so frustrated after today. The very fact that I am sitting here the night before my holiday break writing this blog post should indicate my level of frustration. Basically, one of my managers...
View ArticleProper Black Box Testing Case Design – Equivalence Partitioning
In today’s IT world, the lines between developers and QA Engineers are being blurred. With the emergence of Agile, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, and many other methodologies,...
View ArticleSimplified Testing
I've been struggling with the collision of worlds from the waterfall approach to testing and the agile approach to testing. There really isn't a good solid statement being made about what “end to end”...
View ArticleDifficult Watij Problem That Wasn’t Really A Watij Problem
Don't you hate it when you spend a large amount of time dealing with a problem only to find out what you thought was the issue really wasn't the issue after all? I spent a significant amount of time...
View ArticleAutomated Functional Tests: Record or Program?
Recently, I've been devoting some time to building out a framework using Watij with the goal to be able to easily write automated functional tests for backlog items for the application I am working on....
View ArticleWhat to Automate – Developer Tools
Okay, so you're convinced you need a developer tools team, or at least that development tools are important to build. Now, what kind of tools do you build? There is no answer that works universally,...
View ArticleAgile Testing is Different
I come from a QA background. I started off my career doing testing. I learned about testing the same way I learned about development… reading lots of books and applying what I learned. This is how you...
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