The Test, The Whole Test And Nothing But The Test
Software Testing Clinic Monthly Newsletter
The Test, The Whole Test And Nothing But The Test
There are so many different types of testing, they’re created in different way and they’re dependent on the context for the testing in the first place. So let’s take a look at a few different types of tests, how they are used and consider some of their strengths and weaknesses. Read the article.
What Are User Stories?
Find out in 99 seconds what the benefits of user stories, the benefits of user stories and examples as well as pitfalls of user stories. Watch the video.
Using Selenium For E2E Testing?
What are your thoughts on using Selenium for end-to-end testing? What resources do you find useful? Should you use additional automation to help plug the gaps? Join the discussion.
Oracles and Heuristics
Do you use a lot of heuristics during testing? Do you rely on them heavily for data driven testing? Maybe you have a few that we’ve not heard, or maybe we’ve listed a few you’ve not heard of. Share your Oracles and Heuristics.
Upcoming Sessions
- Identifying Risks — Monday 31st July — Glasgow
- Note Taking — Thursday 10th August — London
- Heuristics and Oracles — Monday 28th August — Glasgow
5 Things We Found Interesting This Month
Each month we will share a few post and articles, both new and old that have caused pause for thought.
- Complimenting BDD with Session Based Exploratory Testing. Mark: Great detail on how BDD is not testing, rather how BDD sits alongside other testing activities such as Exploratory testing.
- 10 Experiments to Improve Your Exploratory Testing Note Taking. Mark: When creating our 99 second video on Note taking I found this to be an excellent source of ideas for generating different styles of test notes.
- The Dunning-Kruger Effect. Dan: The Dunning Kruger effect affects us all. I’ve been interested in this psychological phenomenon for a while, and this blog does well in explaining it.
- Towards a Theory of Ignorance. Dan: Ignorance (and the 5 orders of ignorance) is something that me and Mark have spoken about in the SWTC sessions recently, and I have been diving a bit deeper into the psychology side of having a lack of information. This blog discusses the the theory of ignorance (and shows a cool model showing the growth of ignorance).
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck (book). Dan: Working within the software testing world can be very stressful. We have so many people to deal with and we have so many misconceptions about our industry to contend with. If you find yourself stressing out about dealing with these things, then this book will help!
