We often limit our test automation projects to internal use only. This restricted use of test automation has contributed the typical sub-standard quality of automated test code. If you think production code is poorly documented you haven’t reviewed very...

What is the difference between a software test engineer (STE) and a software design engineers in test (SDET)? This is a question that is often asked because there is a lot of ambiguity regarding the roles of the STE and the SDET. Is the difference in...

I overheard some test managers discussing problems with their test automation effort, so I couldn't refrain from asking the redundant question, "What is your test automation strategy?" They looked at me as if I had just beamed down from another planet...

It now astounds me that some individuals can spend years in a testing role and never read a single book on the subject. I say 'now' because when I first started in software testing I hadn't read a book on the subject either. In fact, it wasn't until I...