Postman Vs CUrl API Testing

Requests Under The Hood: CUrl vs Postman – (Part 3)

What happens when we send API requests? What’s being really passed there? Today we’ll see a lot more difference between CUrl and Postman.

“10 Expert Postman Testing Tips” Webinar Recording

Postman is awesome. And so is this webinar. I’m going through all kinds of useful information on Postman, and how to use it effectively for testing REST APIs. But it’s not just about features. It’s also about methodical testing, and… Continue Reading…

The Truth About Fragile Tests

We call fragile tests like that because that’s what we see when they break. Instead, we should probably focus on the production code that breaks them.

“Fractal Test Planning” Slides from #NTD2017

Great discussion and great fun! Here are the slides. [slideshare id=76765067&doc=fractaltestplanning-170608123218]

Unit testing is part of the job

In one of my unit testing courses we had a disucssion I’ve been part of what feels like a million times. The question the team asked was: “How do you convince the client to pay for unit testing?” Because it adds… Continue Reading…

“TDD Patterns” Slides from Agile Prague

It was the last talk of the day, but some people actually listened. That’s good. Here are the slides. [slideshare id=41506179&doc=tddpatterns-141113064130-conversion-gate01]  

“Creating A Unit Testing Strategy” Slides from Agile Prague

At Agile Prague 2016, we’ve discussed unit testing as a process, not tools. As such, we need to think about the process and how we’re going to attack. Here are slides. [slideshare id=65927397&doc=creatingaunittestingstrategy-160912093850]

Testing is not a phase!

It used to be. Somewhere, squeezed between the end of development and release. But then things changed, because they had to. We’re testing product ideas, way before there’s one line of code. We’re testing the code as it’s being written,… Continue Reading…

Unit Testing Error Handling and Exceptions

One of the things that unit tests are best for is checking error conditions. While we want wider coverage of full happy flows, error conditions are sometimes hard to simulate in a big system, and unit tests excel at minimal setup to… Continue Reading…

Testing Strategy Analysis – An Example

Each stage of implementation is hard in its own way. When we start out with a new effort or process, we think of it as: Sure, it will be hard in the beginning, but it’s going to become easier as… Continue Reading…

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