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How Cognitive Biases Affect Our Testing Work

Philipl Lew wowubuntu CEO If we really want to increase our testing capabilities, then we should be analyzing our ways of thinking, and identifying the strengths and weaknesses in our thinking. We all have cognitive biases we’re not consciously aware of. Why do you find certain types of defects and not others? Why are your estimates always low, and therefore forcing you to work overtime? How do our biases take shape in the agile testing process? Is it different from what happens in more traditional processes?

Automation Tools a Must to Keep Pace

Agile demands continuous testing over the spectrum of the development process. Testing by people alone, no matter how skilled they are, doesn’t move quickly enough or kick the tires often enough to produce excellence software. Solving Automation Issues with Selenium

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Agile Testing

7 Habits of Highly Effective Agile Testing audience I read Stephen Covey’s famous book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People when it first came out in 1989, almost 30 years ago. I was just starting my career then and was able to apply many of the principles to not just my work life, but life in general. When I was invited to give the closing keynote at TestIstanbul, in Istanbul, Turkey, on April 25, I knew giving a tailored version of my 7 Habits of Highly Effective Agile Testers talk would work well for this audience.

Avoiding the Pitfalls of Automated Performance and Load Testing

Only when apps and sites run slowly or freeze do we really notice the importance of how well they function. Applications and networks that support these services are under extreme pressure to perform flawlessly.

Software Test Automation with QTP – Programming with VBScript

When we do software test automation, one of the most common tools we use is Quick Test Professional (QTP). VBScript (VBS) is the default programming language for QTP. For a junior tester, recording, modifying and playing a script is enough for a beginner. But such methods have limitations since many test cases need more logic and conditional interaction. Going beyond script recording requires using VBS. VBS not only provides script robustness, but also allows you to build a flexible automation framework. In this blog, I’ll write a brief script to show some basic principles when using VBS for QTP.