One of my favorite podcast (about management of all things), is Manager Tools. Feedback is one of MT’s core practices, as you would assume, and feedback according to MT is always about the future. Think about it – You want to give someone feedback over the awful, or awesome thing Read more…
Black box, white box. Does our choice of perspective matter? We’ve landed this function declaration: public int add(int a, int b); We’re told that it adds two integer numbers. How should we test it? Let’s see, we can check that sending 2 and 3 returns 5. We can also send Read more…
Bugs. Unless you’re a bunny, you’re not invited. But if those bugs still show up, hit’em hard. In this webinar, I take a look at where bugs come from and how to counter-strike them. From how to make sure they don’t return, to how to not break working features as Read more…
Are you ready for some space exploration? Ok, we’re going on some sort of API trek, where we’ll talk about exploratory testing and how it relates to APIs. What APIs? Star Trek APIs! I love how these things come together. I’m talking about charters, session based, how automation relates to Read more…
Yass, the tests are still dirty, and someone needs to clean them! They won’t clean themselves, would they? No, it’s up to us. I know the dog means well, but it’s not enough. So what is this session about? It’s about how to take test code, filthy and ugly, and Read more…
Hey folks, come help yourselves to a mockumentary! Well, not really, the webinar is real, completely. In fact, it answers all kinds of questions about mocking techniques, how Spring helps, and sometimes doesn’t, when you use mocking to get to your goal – isolation of the tested code from those Read more…
Do you like horror movies? I do. Especially those Japanese horror movies. You know, when you have that creepy ghost kid, making your life miserable. Pops up behind, moves things around unexpectedly. And on occasion, kill the protagonist. Mocks can be like that. Well, they probably won’t kill you, but Read more…
Once upon a time, I had an API, and I wanted to test if it works. All great fairy tales begin like that. Here it is. GET http://www.starshop.com/used/buy?item=1701 But listen up. I actually knew it worked. I got a 200 back! Yes, the mother of all HTTP statuses. The status Read more…
So this one’s a bit depressing. Not because of the bad jokes, but it does make you think about the world, how big and complex it is, and how we are so small, and we can’t do anything about it. And API testing as well. Well, the great Cat Stevens Read more…
Well, now I’m missing a conference in one more continent and I’m done. Although I don’t think we’ll see an Antarctica Java or C# conf anytime soon. Anyway, the “TDD with Legacy Code” was in Java, so if you want to know how to fix bugs with TDD, or want Read more…