Making Test Driven Development Work: Test Readability
This article provides 3 tips to create readable unit tests.
Knowledge
Software Testing Articles, Blog Posts, Books, Podcasts and Quotes
How to Write Testable Code
This post tries to summarize the high level basics of writing testable code.
A Set of Unit Testing Rules
A test is not a unit test if: * It talks to the database * It communicates across the network * It touches the file system * It can’t run at the same time as any of your other unit tests * You have to do special things to your environment (such as editing config files) to run it.
Your automated acceptance tests needn’t be written in the same language as your system being tested
In this blog post, Alister Scott explains why it might be better to write acceptance tests in a different language than your code.
Finding Usability Bugs with Automated Tests
This article covers several ways in which automated tests can help identify usability problems and limitations in Web-based applications, where fixing them makes the software more usable and/or accessible.
Creating a Test Environment in Microsoft Test Manager 2010
This blog post shows how to create test environment for the test plan in Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) 2010.
It is Hard To Find a QA Rock Star
This blog post provides interesting trends on the number of professional software testers that might be looking for another job.