Why do we test? There are many reasons for testing. But let’s look at it from a business perspective: Why are people paying us? Well, as we know from our own experience, the things we build don’t work as well as we expect them to. In many ways For that Read more…
As we all know, because we’ve all gone and read the HTTP specification, when you CREATE a resource, you should get a 201 (Created) response code. It’s an API testing staple. Ok, so not everyone has read it. That’s OK (200). Let’s look at this API, it creates a user Read more…
In API Testing, we think we’re trying to answer a simple question: Does the API work? Let’s look at this API call. It creates a user with the details. Let’s say it returned 200 (OK). Yes, we all wanted a 201 (CREATED), but you get what you pay for. Since Read more…
When we last left our hero, who was becoming tired, it was In Tallinn. But at Nordic Testing Days, the good thing was that after my “Playwright Introduction” tutorial, which was on Wednesday, the first day, I had all the time for myself to enjoy the conference. Well, that and Read more…
Spring tour 2024 is over. I can sit down and relax in the burning heat, instead of the chilly European summer. Testing has never been cooler. Over a period of 2 and a half weeks, I’ve been traveling for 4 countries, giving 5 diffferent sessions. Here’s a recap. I started Read more…
When I say that testing is not just checking something is supposed to work, or doesn’t have a bug, what does it mean? Look at this API: Without even thinking, we already have assumptions on how it works. We assume there’ll be a new user created at the end. We Read more…
Two weeks ago, I was excited to moderate a webinar on LLM-s, where they currently are, and where they going. And before you say, hey, I’ve already seen like 700 of these, this one’s a bit different. We look at the “today” part in a more subjective manner. What does Read more…
A very intensive webinar! I was very happy to show Playwright as it truly is, the good and the annoying. Playwright has a lot of cool features that make it easier to write web tests. And it was really hard to push everything in an hour. In this session I Read more…
Testing gets lots of happy cases. Sometime negative cases.When I hear those terms, my spider-sense starts to tingle. Well, not really, it’s more like Bruce Banner, starts changing into the Hulk. Here’s an example. The method changes the balance, after validation of expiration. Simple. As you can plainly see, there Read more…
Sometime we mix our test planning and test design. So, let’s talk about that. You have a system, or a feature. You need to come up with the test cases. So you schedule a room, invite some friends, get some snacks on the table, and you get in. Five hours Read more…