Software Testing Articles, Blog Posts, Books, Podcasts and Quotes

Planning Agile Tests With Models

December 8, 2015 0

Performing software testing in an Agile project doesn’t mean that it should be improvised. In this article from their book “More Agile Testing”, Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin looks at some foundations of Agile test planning using the Agile testing quadrants.

Backbone.js Testing

November 23, 2015 0

Backbone.js is an open source JavaScript framework that aims to structure web applications by providing models with key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of functions, views with declarative event handling and a RESTful JSON interface. The book “Backbone.js Testing” offers a nice overview on how to test JavaScript code in general, and more specifically Backbone.js applications.

Unit Testing a Require.JS App

November 9, 2015 0

Require.JS is an open source JavaScript file and module loader. In this blog post, Ben Wilhelm explains how to add unit tests to a Require.JS application without spending a large effort in refactoring the apps.

Testing in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment

Software Testing in Continuous Integration

October 26, 2015 0

As DevOps is now a new important approach for rapid software delivery, how do you perform software testing in this context of reduced cycle times. In his article, Gopinath C H explains how to perform testing in continuous integration and continuous deployment workflows, providing examples based on the Visual Studio 2015 and Team Foundation Server tools.

Benefits and Limitations of Test Monkeys

October 19, 2015 0

A test monkey is an automated tool uses for random application testing. Unlike automated regression tests, test monkeys explore the system in a new way each time the test is run. In the book ” Experiences of Test Automation”, there is an interesting chapter that explains the benefits and limitations of test monkeys.

Tap Into Mobile Application Testing

September 8, 2015 0

As a major part of the software usage activity is gradually shifting to mobile devices, knowing how to test mobile applications is now a very valuable skill for software testers. The book “Tap Into Mobile Application Testing” written by Jonathan Kohl provides an extensive coverage of the mobile software testing domain written by an experience practitioner.

Starting with Mockito

August 10, 2015 0

Mockito is a popular open source mocking framework for Java code. In this article, Marcin Grzejszczak explains how you can use Mockito by adding it to different paths. You will also learn how to implement new tests by using Mockito hints and warnings.