Jun 6, 2022QA are able to do exploratory manual testing. Developers usually skip this type of testing. They are just not built that way. Exploratory testing is thinking outside the box and includes use cases that may not be covered in g…No love for QA18015Eric Popivker100% this!100% this!1 min read1 min read
Jul 26, 20215 tricks from 5 years as a software tester🏆 This post was featured on Coding Jag #47, Software Testing Notes #19, Trending in Testing #5 and Testing Bits #403 And how you can use them in your team I’ve worked for seven companies since I became a tester five years ago. Each team is different, the “best practice” is the one that “best fits” the team. …Testing3 min readTesting3 min read
Apr 12, 2021Framework review: RobotRobot Framework is a test automation framework for acceptance testing (…) it utilises the keyword-driven testing approach. Its testing capabilities can be extended by Python test libraries. - Official website Code Example of automation at GitHub. Use cases 🥈 Automate end-to-end tests using the UI. You can also use it quite well for contract…Robot Framework2 min readRobot Framework2 min read
Mar 29, 2021Framework review: PlaywrightPlaywright enables end-to-end testing. Test modern single page apps, across all modern browsers, using in your preferred language (JS, TS, Java, C#, Python). - Official website Code Example of automation at GitHub. Use cases 🥈 Automate end-to-end (E2E) tests using the UI. It also supports mocks. Learning curve 🥈 By now, I know my way around a…Testing2 min readTesting2 min read
Jan 4, 2021Framework review: CypressFast and reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser. It uses Javascript to make setting up, writing, running and debugging tests easy — for QAs and developers. - Official website Code Example of automation at GitHub. Use cases 🥇 Automate end-to-end (E2E) tests using the UI or the client-side Javascript. …Cypress2 min readCypress2 min read
Dec 7, 2020Creating a test strategy using questions🏆 This post was featured in Software Testing Weekly, issue 49 The test strategy is defined at the start of the project and it can be revisited and reviewed during the duration of that project. …Test Strategy3 min readTest Strategy3 min read
Nov 2, 2020Framework review: KarateKarate is the only open-source tool to combine API test-automation, mocks, performance-testing and even UI automation into a single, unified framework. You don’t have to compile (Java) code. Just write tests in a readable syntax. - Official website Code Example of automation at GitHub. Use cases 🥇 Automate API tests. It also supports performance…Karate3 min readKarate3 min read
Sep 7, 2020Infrastructure testing: InSpec + AzureInfra testing is mostly uncharted territory I once worked in a project that was all about DevOps, pipelines and bash scripts. At the time we didn’t find many guides, so we developed our own test strategy. Context The project’s goal was to create a collection of bash scripts that would spin up and environment, configure it, and…Infrastructure As Code2 min readInfrastructure As Code2 min read
