Let’s talk about knowledge, and where it goes, after you’ve walked away from the code. Sounds confusing, I know, but stay with me. Ok, let’s look at an example. Here’s my demo app. This is a registration app, as you… Continue Reading…

I work with many clients on improving their unit testing skills. Most of them approach me with the starting premise of “we don’t write unit tests at all”, or “not enough”. That may be true, but I usually explain that… Continue Reading…

Let’s talk about our expectations from automation. Specifically, the expectation that our automated tests will find bugs. This expectation leads to some risky decisions, which I’ll get to in the end. You program the code, debug it, it works. You… Continue Reading…

Want some BDD? It’s coming your way. BDD, or Behavior-driven development, usually comes up when a team decides to do end-to-end level automation, and suddenly BDD frameworks join the chat. But BDD is not really a tool. Understanding the methodology,… Continue Reading…