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First steps as a test automation coach

“We want our development teams to take the next step towards adopting Continuous Delivery by giving their test automation efforts a boost.” That was the task I was given a couple of months ago when I started a new project,...

Creating stubs using the Hoverfly Java DSL

One of the things I like best about the option to write stubs for service virtualization in code is that by doing so, you’re able to store them in and access them through the same version control system (Git, for...

On elegance

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been reading up on the works of one of the most famous Dutch computer scientists of all time: Edsger W. Dijkstra. Being from the same country and sharing a last name (we’re not...

Trust automation

By now, most people will be aware that the primary goal of test automation is NOT ‘finding bugs’. Sure, it’s nice if your automated tests catch a bug or two that would otherwise find its way into your production environment,...