“Unit Wars: JUnit vs TestNG” Webinar Recording
Yup, just in time for the holidays! Here’s the recording of the test framework webinar. While I’m going through feature comparison (leaving the basic ones) I’m putting more emphasis on how the features serve us, the meager uses. Oh, and if you’re actually interested in these framework for real use, Read more…
Is Test Automation Worth It?
So here’s a silly question: Why do we need test automation? I’m going somewhere with this, work with me. Testing and test automation are tools to reach a goal. The goal is to have a picture of quality of our system, or our product. There’s a lot going into this Read more…
Stop digging
If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. That’s the law of holes. Really, look it up. There are different sort of holes, shovels and diggers. But this time I’m talking about test automation effort kind-of-a-hole. Adding more test scripts is something inherent into development. We build new features, Read more…
What Is A “Walking Skeleton”?
The older I get, the more metaphors I use stop working over the crowd. Until the recent launch of the new Star Wars series, I lost them at lightsaber. I discovered the same with the walking skeleton. This “walking skeleton” metaphor, which Alistair Cockburn presented a while back, is based Read more…
“Foundations of Automation” Webinar Recording
Everybody wants to automate everything. Indeed, in today’s complex development environment we can automate a lot of things, from coding to building, setting virtual environments and running tests in them. Oh, and there’s the deploying to production without even thinking about it. But if you’re new to automation, this will Read more…