February 18, 2019December 27, 2022Automation Automated test debugging cheat sheet Are you having trouble working out why your automated tests are failing? The next time you find yourself stuck, try my automated […]
September 3, 2018December 27, 2022Automation, Productivity, Test Management Make a technical debt payment plan “Any testing at all would be great for this project but I don’t even know where to start!” I heard someone say […]
August 29, 2018December 27, 2022Automation, News Foundations of Test Automation training course I’m now offering live, interactive, online training in multiple timezones! My first course offering is Foundations of Test Automation. This course teaches […]
July 29, 2018December 27, 2022Automation, Careers What happens when your first coding experience is test automation? Training testers at different skill levels has led me to reflect on different skill backgrounds and how they affect test automation approach. […]
June 6, 2018December 27, 2022Automation, Test approach Adjusting test size for large systems with dependency scope When I am consulted for automated testing projects, I often find that the teams are familiar with unit tests and whole-system tests […]
February 9, 2018December 27, 2022Automation, News, Test Management Podcast and Ask Me Anything Interested in hearing me talk about test automation, test management and more? Well, it’s your lucky week! Listen to me chat about […]
July 14, 2013December 27, 2022Automation, News Testcast is back for a second season After a long hiatus, we’re back! Testcast season 2, episode 1 is up now, with your favourite fast-talking Aussie duo discussing “random” […]
June 24, 2013December 27, 2022Automation How to solve intermittent issues, a.k.a. “Random Failures” Last week I gave a talk at Selenium Conference in Boston called ‘How to solve intermittent issues, a.k.a. “Random Failures”‘. The video […]
September 19, 2012December 27, 2022Automation, Manual testing, Tools Using Ruby and Automator to partially automate your exploratory testing on OSX Some time ago I talked about linking automated scripts to keyboard shortcuts to generate test data on the fly. Since then, I’ve […]
April 23, 2012December 27, 2022Automation, Manual testing, Test approach, Tools Eliminate boring testing: Automating visual comparison Recently I found myself in a familiar testing situation – a developer had made a change to a feature that required testing […]