In agile software development, efficient and reliable test automation is essential for maintaining quality and speed. Agile methodologies demand rapid iterations and continuous delivery, making robust testing frameworks a necessity. Test automation streamli...
“Test Everything” is a phrase that seems to keep coming back, at least in some organizations. Even with the adoption of Agile or DevOps, the idea of there being more to test than what can be done in the time available can be kind of scary. How d...
How you report the bugs you find plays a key role in their fate: being understood, resolved, deferred, or rejected. It is imperative for every tester to communicate the defect well. Here are some tips to help you write better bug reportsHow you report the b...
I see it a lot. I bet you do too. People talk about Software Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Testing. Many treat the terms as interchangeable. As if they all mean the same thing. Do they?
As the test lead on our flagship product, I live in the backlog, and I breathe these bugs. A normal release for us fixes roughly 20 bugs that are unrelated to new work. With a backlog of about 200 bugs to choose from, I had to learn how to prioritize bugs a...
Testing data analytics models is different from testing most other types of software. While you are testing the model’s performance, you’re also testing how well it performs on data. Any model’s accuracy depends on the model itself and the...
When it comes to data management in a distributed system, you have a choice of good (consistent), fast (available) or distributed (partitioned) pick two. A well-defined service-level agreement (SLA) helps you match the required state of data to the situa...
Today’s websites tend to be responsive design and adapt to fit the screen. Mobile applications can be responsive as well, scaling up to fit your iPad and down to fit your oldest-smallest-yet-still supported iPhone. With mobile and responsive design,...
The bugs we find during testing can tell us a lot about the application, the state of its quality and its release-readiness. Bugs can also provide insights into our development processes and practices and lapses therein.How can we study bugs to improve t...
We are moving toward a more agile way of working. We have testers in the development team room, and include developers in our exploratory test strategy. Our next team improvement is a move toward DevOps. It’s going to be a long haul.
Collocated teams who work within 30 meters of each other can exploit iterations as a timebox. Distributed teams with enough hours of overlap can also use iterations. But if you can’t tell when a distributed team’s day starts or ends, iterations ...
Kubernetes brings power and control to working with web-scale applications. But Kubernetes also obscures a lot of internal activity, which creates challenges for debugging. Learn 5 tools and techniques that allow developers and testers to go deep when debug...
Agile provides flexibility in processes. Scrum and Kanban make use of the basic agile principles in their own way to empower effective delivery cycles. ScrumBan is a new term coined for a hybrid principle that employs both Scrum and Kanban principles. Let&#...