October 9, 2012December 27, 2022Manual testing, Random musings A lesson in exploratory testing Okay, I think I finally get it. I’ve been looking at exploratory testing all wrong. I was trying to break down exploratory […]
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 […]
December 7, 2010December 27, 2022Automation, Manual testing, Tools Go faster! Linking data generation to hotkeys Sometimes testing is like pouring a bucket of confetti on a snow leopard. Have you ever tried pouring a bucket of confetti […]
October 18, 2010December 27, 2022Automation, Manual testing, Test cases, Test Management, Tools Make your tests agile too: wiki This is a story about my experience in using a wiki to manage test cases. Over the past few years, I have […]
September 5, 2010December 27, 2022Automation, Manual testing Testers and developers – blurring the line I’m a tester who used to be a developer. I find my developer skills to be very useful in my job as […]
August 13, 2010December 27, 2022Automation, Manual testing, Tools Testing with emails Testing a product like Campaign Monitor means dealing with a lot of emails as test data. Here are some things I’ve learned […]
May 27, 2010December 27, 2022Automation, Manual testing Using GUI automation as a blink test I just spent the last 3 days doing the Rapid Software Testing Course run by James Bach. It was an excellent and […]
January 5, 2010December 27, 2022Bugs, Manual testing 5 Tips to Thwart Testers If you’re a web developer who does not enjoy seeing bugs assigned to you, you’re in luck – I’m about to reveal […]
December 23, 2009December 27, 2022Manual testing, Test cases Checklists > scripts Earlier this year, I started work testing a system that had been developed over about 5 years and there were no documented […]