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Abstraction and Testing – The Other Side

Abstraction is one of the founding principles of software. In this post I describe how interfaces are just one side of the problem in testing.

By Gil Zilberfeld, 10 monthsJanuary 16, 2024 ago

Abstraction and Testing – Mocks

Abstraction is one of the founding principles of software. In this post I describe how mocks break abstraction and its effect on testing.

By Gil Zilberfeld, 11 monthsJanuary 9, 2024 ago

Abstraction and Testing – Intro

Abstraction is one of the founding principles of software. It allows us to simplify ideas, code and usage. It also impacts testing directly.

By Gil Zilberfeld, 11 monthsJanuary 2, 2024 ago

TestIL Podcast Interview on API Testing (Hebrew)

I was glad to go on the TestIL podcast a few weeks ago. We talked about testing in general, and API testing in more details.

By Gil Zilberfeld, 11 monthsDecember 26, 2023 ago

“API Exploratory Testing” from TestCon 2023

The “API Exploratory Testing” recording from TestCon 2023. In this I talk about exploration, charters, session based testing, and demo a n exploratory session.

By Gil Zilberfeld, 11 monthsDecember 19, 2023 ago

“Clean Tests” – Webinar Recording

Clean tests are readable, maintainable, and helpful in case of failure- themselves, or their brothers. This webinar describes clean code and tests.

By Gil Zilberfeld, 12 monthsDecember 12, 2023 ago

Tset design - understanding what we are testing

Test Design – What Are We Testing?

When we write tests, we should think about what can impact the results. Test design can derived from code, and architecture, with surprising results..

By Gil Zilberfeld, 12 monthsDecember 5, 2023 ago

“APIs – Refactoring to Patterns” from Conf42 JS

My “APIs – Refactoring to Patterns” talk recording from Conf42 JavaScript 2023. I talk about patterns, refactoring and why you want to use both.

By Gil Zilberfeld, 12 monthsNovember 28, 2023 ago

What’s Shift-Left & How to Really Do It (Part II)

Shift-left can be very effective. In order to get the benefits, we need to change behavior at the org, team and code level.

By Gil Zilberfeld, 1 yearNovember 21, 2023 ago

What’s Shift-Left & How to Really Do It (Part I)

Shift-left is the battle cry of productivity today. Letting the developers be accountable for their quality is not new though. Shift left’s origins is in XP.

By Gil Zilberfeld, 1 yearNovember 14, 2023 ago