This article is part of a series on making regression testing useful rather than painful. The most recent article was (as you would guess from the title to this one) about day 2 of our regression testing adventure. So far we have been looking at how to do some testing, and then do some basic… Continue reading Regression testing days 3 to 7
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Regression testing – day 1
Regression testing is the easy part of IT development, not the horrible monster some people think it has to be. But where do you start if you want to do effective regression testing, but you are already busy and don't want it to be huge burden? I hope this article and a couple that follow… Continue reading Regression testing – day 1
An international standard for being stupid? The mistakes users always make
Before I worked in IT and even knew what testing was, I knew people made mistakes. But I didn’t know there was an international standard you should comply with when you want to make a mistake. Then I worked on a project with a mining company and one of the consultants explained human factor analysis… Continue reading An international standard for being stupid? The mistakes users always make
A simple product summary to help requirements
I was speaking to a crew who were struggling with regression testing and after interrogating them they finally admitted that a large part of the reason they were struggling was that they did not really understand what they were testing. I was shocked and horrified so I wandered off. Soon after I spoke to some… Continue reading A simple product summary to help requirements
Manual regression testing may not suck so badly after all
I often work with good developers and one thing I notice about all good developers is that they seem to love the idea of building robots. Bad developers see problems and sit there waiting for someone to come up with a solution in enough detail for the developer to transcribe the solution into code, much… Continue reading Manual regression testing may not suck so badly after all
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