There’s a lot of fear and mysticism associated with code. As a result some testers treat interacting directly with code like its covered in cooties. Immediately taking evasive action to avoid the potential exposure to that life threatening imaginary playground disease. Seriously though, no matter how readable it may seem to those familiar, it’s easy … [Read more…]
In my last post I took a look at some software testing definitions provided by the ISTQB. In that post I stated I did not think there was such a thing as static testing, which has sparked some debate so let’s dive a little deeper. Static Testing It’s defined by the ISTQB as: Testing of … [Read more…]
It’s really hard to explain to people why testing is a valuable activity if you can’t describe what it is you are doing and why you are doing it. Intuition is a big part of testing, but intuition is fed by understanding. A good detective or doctor might have a hunch, but that hunch is … [Read more…]
From KISS to Occam’s Razor, we’ve all heard sage advice in some form or another about keeping things simple. It could be about the user experience of the software you are working with, it could be about your test approach. Sometimes though, there’s more to simple than meets the eye. Some times it means… Don’t … [Read more…]
I cringe every time I talk to a tester and they equate testing to breaking software. It’s diminutive It’s not unusual for developers or other people outside of the test team to not fully understand what testers do. Tests we perform may seem extreme, unusual or unnecessary to outsiders until the reasoning behind them is … [Read more…]