Software Testing Magazine

Coding and Testing: Testers and Programmers Working Together

June 21, 2010 0

The idea of driving development with tests has been popularized by the agile development movement. The fact is that testing and coding are inseparable components of software development. We get the best results with testers and programmers work closely together. How can we deliver real value to the business frequently? How can we know how much testing is enough? Let’s look at how testers and programmers collaborate to produce high-quality software.

gasq – Global Association for Software Quality

June 14, 2010 0

gasq (Global Association for Software Quality) is an international, member-based, non-profit association, a so-called “AISBL” (international association without financial interest). It is officially registered with the Belgian and European authorities. It is a non-governmental organization and has not received any government subsidies to be set up. Founding members of gasq come from all of Europe, but also from The Americas and Asia. The main goal of gasq is to support software quality in research, teachings and industry. http://www.gasq.org/

Agile Testing

June 4, 2010 0

Some authors are good at presenting theories but unable to connect them to practice. Other are good at telling stories from the trenches, but without being able to produce an analysis of the situation and propose some solutions. On the less examined domain of agile testing, Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory are, luckily for us, presenting a book that covers both the personal experience of being a tester in agile projects and a conceptual vision of the place of quality assurance in software projects. Thus you will find in this book “stories” that comes from past projects and “mind maps” that helps to have a high-level vision of the material of each chapter.

OpenSourceTesting.org

May 25, 2010 0

Opensourcetesting.org aims to boost the profile of open source testing tools within the testing industry, principally by providing users with an easy to use gateway to information on the wide range of open source testing tools available.

What is an Agile Tester?

May 23, 2010 0

“We define an agile tester this way: a professional tester who embraces change, collaborates well with both technical and business people, and understands the concept of using tests to document requirements and drive development. Agile testers tend to have good technical skills, know how to collaborate with others to automate tests, and are also experienced exploratory testers. They’re willing to learn what customers do so that they can better understand the customers’ software requirements.” Source: “Agile Testing”, Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory, Addison-Wesley, 2009

Testing Methodologies Using Google Web Toolkit

May 16, 2010 0

Testing a GWT application seems daunting at first, since GWT application code runs as Java instead of JavaScript. However, using these testing components to thoroughly test application is actually quite simple, and what’s more is that you can apply strong design patterns to your code that will keep test cases concise, effective and maintainable. This article describes testing methodologies and design patterns we can use to test GWT applications.

Selenium + FitNesse – A QA Multiplier Effect

May 5, 2010 0

This video shows how Selenium, integrated into a FitNesse framework can extend an organization’s ability to create more automated test cases without the need for Selenium programming while expanding the ability to test across all popular browsers.