Tag: automation
The myth of “unstable” code
The most common reason I get for people delaying test automation is that the code is “unstable”, and automating too soon will result in a lot of re-work of automation. Better to only automate after a feature is “stable”, i.e. development work is all done, they say, so you won’t have to rework any of… Read more
What should the ratio of automated to exploratory testing be?
I popped into an online panel about testing today, and a question along these lines was asked: what is the ratio between automated testing and exploratory testing at your company? I get the gist of what is being asked here of course, and wouldn’t get too pedantic in answering it in the moment, but this… Read more
Respecting the house rules
I just watched Angie Jones’s keynote from this year’s Selenium Conference using elements of game design to talk about test automation. I really like what she said about the rules of the game. Broadly, there are the rules that are part of the game—the best practices and patterns that are well established parts of the… Read more
99 character talk: Unautomated automated tests
Some of the testers over at testersio.slack.com were lamenting that it was quiet online today, probably due to some kind of special event that the rest of us weren’t so lucky to join. Some joked that we should have our own online conference without them, and Daniel Shaw had the idea for “99 character talks”,… Read more
CAST 2018 Debrief
Last week I was lucky enough to attend the Conference of the Association of Software Testing, CAST 2018. I had been to academic conferences with collaborators before, and a local STAR conference here in Toronto, but this was my first time travelling for a professional conference in testing. The actual experience ended up being quite… Read more