Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Michael Bolton
Here is your opportunity to ask any questions to Michael Bolton. Michael is a consulting software tester and testing teacher who helps people solve testing problems that they didn’t realize they could solve.
What You Need to Know About Web App Security Testing in 2018
Security testing is a huge topic. In this webinar, Ken will discuss his experience working for small companies where security testing is a requirement, but often gets overlooked. Ken will explore some of the basic things a software development professionals should know about web application security, such as the resources available from OWASP.
Automated Exploratory Testing
In today’s Agile world the time to market is becoming increasingly shorter. There is a constant desire to release new features to keep ahead of the competition. Because of this, we have a shorter amount of time to do exploratory and manual testing. Especially, when you have to account for all the different combinations of OS’s, languages, orientations, and resolutions your mobile app supports.
Testing Problems that have Remained Unsolved
Testing as a practice has evolved over many years. We have had many experts who are popular today. We have many styles, schools and approaches to testing. A lot of complex problems have been solved. Yet – there remains a bunch of problems that are fundamental that have remained unsolved.
STP Radio: James Bach on Systems Thinking
Directly from his home on the West Coast of the USA James Bach, the original self-proclaimed Buchaneer-Scholar himself joins us for “test” of his thinking about the recent STPCON keynote on the schools of software testing and how he might juxtapose his own...
How many testers does it take to install a doorbell? Isolating a defect in real-life
As testers, we tend to be analytical thinkers by nature. This is a valuable quality in our work, but how often do we take note of how we exercise those skills in other areas of our life? The following is a true story of three software testers attempting to install a...
Exploring Exploratory Testing
Exploratory testing can be termed: the freedom of the tester’s passion to appreciate the software. Most of the script-based testing is observed to work under some commonly followed work procedures. But under some of the varying demands of the customer...
Ask the Tester: James Bach
He’s worked at some of the most innovative companies in Silicon Valley, co-authored a best-selling test textbook, keynoted at every international test conference, and, yes, has primary credit for popularizing the term “exploratory testing.” Did I...
Exploratory Testing As a Creative Process
“Just back a little… bit… more…” Jenny struggled with her words, so much of her energy being consumed in processing the image in her viewfinder. Her assistant Martin drew the disc-shaped diffuser back an amount so small that the model...
Exploratory Testing – An Agile Approach?
Developers can help with the testing bottleneck, by executing scripts predefined by the tester. However, this does come with a risk because one test approach that is difficult to handover is the exploratory side of things. Let me explain… Since moving into agile...
Don’t Underestimate “Exploratory Testing”
My current team has been integrating exploratory testing techniques for a while now along with the traditional testing methods of manual testing as well as automation. Most of the testing communities that I have known seem to brush this testing technique off simply as...