My Transition From Test to Dev to Test
Marlena Compton wrote a very interesting blog post on the power structure in tech and how she believes women and minorities are pushed into software testing roles. Marlena advises… “that every tester...
View ArticleWhy Developers Should Not Lead Your Automation Efforts
Developers should not lead your automation efforts. I’ve never seen this succeed. In fact, many times I have been brought on to teams to clean up the mess that is left behind when developers try to...
View ArticleA Guide to Patent Development
The Ministry of Testing recently launched Gem Webinars, a platform for new voices and new stories. Yours truly was the first speaker of the series and I did a talk on patent development from a tester’s...
View ArticleRest-Assured with Cucumber: Using BDD for Web Services Automation
Behavior Driven Development (BDD) has become a popular approach in communicating requirements between stakeholders of agile teams. In fact, it’s so effective that it’s also being adopted in automation...
View ArticleTeaching Testing in College Courses
I’m an Adjunct Instructor who teaches Java programming to college students. I was recently asked by Anna Royzman, President of A Quality Leadership Institute, if I taught my students about testing. For...
View ArticleAdding a Peripheral View to Test Automation
One reason why human testers are far better at finding bugs than automated scenarios is because testers aren’t just validating the expected results. They are also able to recognize unexpected surprises...
View ArticleTest Automation for Machine Learning: An Experience Report
Once upon a time I needed to automate tests for machine learning…here’s what I learned about testing, automation, and the future of both. Be sure to check out the full edition of the April 2017 issue...
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