Sara Ford's Weblog

In our test case world, we assume a test case fails, unless we log pass. We changed our way of thinking a while ago, where we used to assume a test case passes, unless we log a failure. I wish I could give an example of a bug I’ve caught because of the...

This Thanksgiving, I went home to the Mississippi Gulf Coast for the first time in three years (since joining Microsoft). Of course, I had to stay a couple of nights in New Orleans to begin the trip. Being back in the Quarter made me think of this list...

DigitalBlasphemy.com is the best website I’ve seen for wallpaper. While working on webtop in college, one of my coworkers had the Fluorescence wallpaper installed on his account. As soon as I saw it, I was hooked. I have a tri-monitor setup in my office...

The problem is with this line: ‘ retval is NULL if API failed to set focus on requested window If retval.Equals(0) Then Remember, the retval for this API is an IntPtr, not an integer. Even if the IntPtr is null, the exception will not get thrown. You...

Really easy one tonight, but something ever tester working with APIs should be aware of. Even if you know better, someone else might not. Here’s a little example I threw together in the past 10 minutes to illustrate tonight’s point. Public Declare Function...

This is my first attempt at a series of “what’s wrong with this test case code” entries. Let me know what you think of this idea and if you’re interested in seeing more examples. A False Positive is defined as a test case that has been logging a passing...

This is my first attempt at a series of “what’s wrong with this test case code” entries. Let me know what you think of this idea and if you’re interested in seeing more examples. A False Positive is defined as a test case that has been logging a passing...

Here’s a collection of bumper stickers for testers written by our own Harry Robinson. My addition to the mix: Passion-driven testing: Making every line of code feel dirty. Software Testing is a second-childhood: You broke it, and I’m telling. Looks like...

Update 12/13/2004:   I won’t know whether i passed or not for another month.  The head sensei wasn’t there, so they videotaped the exam for him.  Not sure if that’s a good thing, since he’ll be able to rewind and watch everyone individually...