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 Data Object Pattern in Complex Business Objects Testing
Author(s): Dmitri Korolkov
Summary: In automated customer testing scripts can operate with SUT objects indirectly, via some interfaces: graphical user interface (GUI), application programming interface (API), command-line, etc. Business objects may contain a number of data fields. If many of these fields are supposed to be used in some data or behavior verification, the problem of business data storing can appear. This article describes general approach for complex business objects testing.
Date Posted: Jul 3, 2008 |
Write Now
Author(s): Naomi Karten
Summary: Software professionals excel at writing code, test plans, and other types of technically oriented documents. However, many of them struggle when it comes to writing of a non-technical nature. This is unfortunate because the ability to communicate fluently in writing helps to build a reputation as a valued contributor and an expert in your field. In this week’s column, Naomi Karten offers tips for strengthening your ability to write articulately and compellingly.
Programming with GUTs
Author(s): Kevlin Henney
Summary: Since tests are commonly viewed in terms of offering quantitative feedback on the presence or absence of defects in specific situations, Good Unit Tests need both to illustrate and define the behavioral contract of the unit in question. Do you have GUTs?
Date Posted: Jun 24, 2008 |
Two Cheers for Ambiguity
Author(s): Michael Bolton
Summary: Some people dismiss words such as skill, diversity, problems, and mission as being too ambiguous to be useful. But one tester's ambiguity is another tester's gauge for assessing consensus on a project and how to achieve that consensus.
Date Posted: Jun 24, 2008 |
Going on a Picnic with James Watt
Author(s): Clarke Ching
Summary: What if you had a picnic and no one brought potato salad? Find out what picnic planning and steam engines have to do with project success and not just satisfying your customers but delighting them.
Code Ownership Revisited
Author(s): Jurgen Appelo
Summary: Among well-known methodologies for software development one can recognize two philosophies regarding the assignment of responsibilities to team members for the code that they produce: collective code ownership and individual code ownership. In this article, Jurgen explains that there are not two but four ways of assigning responsibilities among team members. He also claim that the choice for either of these models should be made not by methodologies but by project managers, architects or team leaders. Jurgen also presents a number of criteria which might be helpful while selecting the best model.
Date Posted: Jun 20, 2008 |
May I Take Your Temperature?
Author(s): Linda Hayes
Summary: This week's column isn't for you; it's about you. Linda Hayes wants to find out what it takes to be successful in the testing profession these days--if such a thing is really possible. Too many good ideas, such as incentive and recognition plans, have backfired. Linda feels there are a few good practices out there, but she needs your help to find them.
Open Source Tools for Performance Testing
Author(s): Madhu Ramachandran
Summary: This paper contains the comparative study of various open source performance tools like OpenSTA, WebLoad, and Apache JMeter.
Date Posted: Jun 16, 2008 |
Secrets to Automated Acceptance Tests
Author(s): Jeff Patton
Summary: Has your team been on the search for a fully automated acceptance test? Before you set out on that adventure, check out some of the accomplishments and perils behind the quest for complete automation, as explained by Jeff Patton in this week's column. Fully automated acceptance tests may seem like the solution to many problems, but you should know that it comes with a few problems of its own.
Warriors of QA: Part 1
Author(s): Laura Rose
Summary: Let's face it: Software testers are constantly in a state of warfare, figuratively speaking. There's a tug of war between resources and the amount of work that needs to be done. We struggle against time. We juggle between finding defects and validating fixes. In short, we are warriors, and it's the high performing testers who are successful in battle. In this article, I will consider Sun Tsu ancient strategies in his book The Art of War and apply them to the realm of the high performing software test engineer. These same fundamental principles define our best means for success on the battle field, in the board room, or in the development labs.
Date Posted: Jun 9, 2008 |
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