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,...
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Managing and publishing test results with Tesults
A very important factor in the success of test automation is making test results readily available for everyone to see. Even the greatest set of automated tests becomes a lot less powerful if the results aren’t visible to anybody interested...
Review: Automation Guild 2017
About half a year ago, in July of 2016 to be exact, I was invited by Joe from the well-known TestTalks podcast to contribute to a new initiative he had come up with: the Automation Guild conference. Joe was looking...
Choose wisely
In a recent article that was published on TechBeacon, I argued that writing tests at the API level often hits the sweet spot between speed of execution, stability (both in terms of execution and maintenance required) and test coverage. What...
Why I don’t call myself a tester, or: defining what I do
Warning: rambling ahead! Recently, I’ve been forced to think about roles in my profession, and what role it is exactly that I fulfill when at work. ‘Forced’ sounds way more negative than it is, by the way.. In fact, I...
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