When people are tasked with writing an automated test for a web application, they’re going to be writing a tool that interacts with the site just like a human user would. Organizing the software in a way that makes sense can be a chore. When that test clicks buttons for example, it does so by…
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Wow, coronavirus really threw the world for a loop, didn’t it? Everybody’s been touched by it in some way, somehow. Especially recruitment firms. One of the biggest challenges is filling roles for your clients. But the pandemic has scared a lot of people into staying at their jobs when otherwise they’d be looking for greener…
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The competition has never been fiercer Millions of people are out of work. Every other post on LinkedIn is “I’m looking for a job” or “Can you help my friend find a job?” If you’re in that category, you’re not alone (and that’s meant to be encouraging!) But how do you set yourself apart from…
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“Leveling Up” in QA is important to survival. There’s two ways to do that. Read about it here.
Owie đ I’ve been thinking a lot about pain lately. The other day our four year old came in and had a sore finger. “Daddy!” she yelled as she burst into the office. “Karisa (the two year old) slammed my finger in the door it’s really owie!” I inspected it while she danced around. It…
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Awhile back I had the chance to get an amazing deal on Lego bricks. Having 4 daughters, my wife and I notice when there’s a chance to give our girls something educational to play with. I ended up getting 40 pounds of Lego bricks from a lady whose kids were old enough that they weren’t…
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Lessons for both sides of the story. Has this ever happened to you?
It occurred to me that there’s a type of testing which looks like exploratory testing, but there’s a different mental approach to it. Exploratory testing seems to be more like: I suspect there are some bugs in the system, so I’ll strategically try some things that have worked before, to see what I find. And that…
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The longer I do it, the more I realize that testing software is a lot like fishing. Now I’m no expert on fishing, but I do know some things about fish: different species of fish like certain kinds of bait some fish live only in certain areas fish have a lifespan and will only be available at…
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I read this article recently, on making sure that your automation isn’t stale. Tests, like food, work best when they’re fresh. When trying to figure out how to get an automation suite under control–getting rid of staleness–I like to visualize it as a hedge. We generally throw out stale food, but a hedge can be trimmed…
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