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After spending more than a decade in the testing industry, we feel software testing can be improved.
By Technological excellence – Testing software from the inside out
By Testing acumen – Creative and practical testing thought processes
By Business value – Tangible results to the bottom line
We learn, research and teach these values and look forward to collaborate with you on them.
Latest from the Blog Book
The ‘not’ so small code changes
I recently made the good old ‘one liner change’ in our automation framework having a 22-hour batch run with one permutation only. We discovered a week before regression my ‘small change’ had caused a [...]
Understanding HTTP messages
In our quest to understand API testing, the first step would be to understand the general protocol used by client and server side of an application to communicate, which in API automation we would [...]
The Magic of Continuous Testing
Have you ever reached release time for your product only to find out major bugs coming out of testing? Does this sound like what you face on a routine basis? Trying to drill [...]
What is API Testing
In the last post we discussed about UI automation and some of its disadvantages. Here we talk about what API level tests are and why to use them. What are APIs Application Programmable Interfaces (APIs) is an Interface to [...]
UI Automation Vs API Automation
Over the past few months our automation team had the feeling we are not covering enough ground in our UI tests compared to the efforts being invested. That’s when we got serious about API testing. [...]
Logging automation results – Best practices learned over time
In developing an automation framework, there are many important aspects to research and designed carefully to get the right results. Logging script execution results is usually taken for granted and the default reporting mechanism [...]
Latest Videos
QnA 03 - Feature Files and User stories - Purpose and usage
QnA 02 - Jira Vs TFS
QnA 01 - Testing Micro Services
AG2018 - Q11 Combining testers and automation engineers
AG2018 - Q10 Automating client server applications
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QnA 03 - Feature Files and User stories - Purpose and usage
- Background and history on requirements - BDD filling the gap to facilitate user stories - Implementation -Feature file and user story's individual importance and linkage -
QnA 02 - Jira Vs TFS
Jira Vs TFS -
QnA 01 - Testing Micro Services
- Going from monolithic to a micro services architecture - How to test them - Where would regression tests fit in the SDLC -
AG2018 - Q11 Combining testers and automation engineers
Automation Guild 2018 conference expert round table Q&A (AutomationGuild.com) Day 01 Q&A was with me (Ali Khalid), Angie Jones and Oren Rubin. Due to lack of time some questions remained unanswered which I am responding to here. Q11 - Combining testers and automation engineers -
AG2018 - Q10 Automating client server applications
Automation Guild 2018 conference expert round table Q&A (AutomationGuild.com) Day 01 Q&A was with me (Ali Khalid), Angie Jones and Oren Rubin. Due to lack of time some questions remained unanswered which I am responding to here. Q10 - Automating client server applications
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Don’t talk to my developers
Everyone feels it is necessary for testers and developers to collaborate,
But then why don’t we see them do it most of the time?
Off course there is no one answer to this.
Over the years I’ve seen many reasons, […]
Java Vs JavaScript
Java Vs JavaScript for automation?
Here are a few factors I would consider:
– Community support: much more for Java
– Ease of coding: JavaScript code will be short and easier. However Java would be more capable to scale for very complex and large […]
Deciding on an automation tool
Automation tool selection can be a big problem,
Here are a few fundamentals I try to stick to:
1. Goals of the project
– Be crystal clear on what you want to accomplish with the project
– While most automation projects might have similar end […]
When can you hand over automation
“How long before you typically ‘hand over’ automation”,
While THE question might be valid in certain circumstance, it completely misses the spirit.
Automation can NEVER be ‘handed over’ and be done with it (unfortunately),
Simply because as your application evolves, so should your testing, […]
Plan what to test before automating
Building a test arsenal is THE MOST important aspect of automation,
Yes, that’s right for automation, because the automated scripts are as good as WHAT they are ‘checking’..
Often the focus shifts from inadequate testing practices to directly building automation,
While investing in automation […]
Employers and employees finding the right fit
A lot of candidates have a hard time finding jobs,
And employers have a hard time finding good employees too, here’s my thought on that..
Employers are looking for a very long (and many times invalid) set of skills, giving what’s really important […]
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