April 2008 - Posts

• How to get a free lunch in testing

  How to get a free lunch in testing. I hear people talk about getting testing "for free" quite a bit. The reasoning goes something like this. “If we do a complete functional test of the product, we don’t need to test underlying APIs, stored procedures Read More... Posted Friday, April 25, 2008 7:44 PM by SaintD | 0 Comments

• Why don't we actually focus on the customers for use cases and scenarios for a change?

  Scenarios, also known as use cases, are key to getting people up to speed on what you plan to test and keeping your tests focused on user needs. I have looked at a lot of scenarios lately and they all needed some love. There is a pattern to really good Read More... Posted Friday, April 11, 2008 12:48 AM by SaintD | 0 Comments

• I.M. Testy talks about UI automation and ROI

  http://blogs.msdn.com/imtesty/archive/2008/03/28/gui-automation-and-roi.aspx I.M. Testy says concisely what I have been preaching for a long time. Targeting the GUI for automation doesn't make sense while it's a moving target. Move your tests up the stack. Read More... Posted Friday, April 04, 2008 9:14 PM by SaintD | 0 Comments

• When should (automated) testing be random?

  When should (automated) testing be random? I recently posted a blog post about unit tests. In it I used some random number generation to do some testing. Some people pointed out that randomness might be bad in some circumstances. So when should you use Read More... Posted Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:59 PM by SaintD | 0 Comments