Automating in Gherkin syntax with Specflow
I’m quite a fan of Gherkin’s Given-When-Then syntax for test cases, so I was pleased to discover Specflow. Specflow is a .NET […]
Category: Test cases
The writing and planning of test cases.
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 […]
Checklists > scripts
Earlier this year, I started work testing a system that had been developed over about 5 years and there were no documented […]
Testing vs Checking
I wish I had seen this post – Testing vs Checking by Michael Bolton – about a year ago when I was […]
“Just test everything”
I get a little irritated when I get asked to “just test everything” and developers don’t understand why. So here’s why. Let’s […]
Extreme Testing (XT)
I find that most test methodologies today don’t fit very well with agile development methodologies. Whenever requirements change, the developers adapt fairly […]
Middle ground
You know, I once came in partway through a project with test cases that were a little light on the details, like: […]
Test Cases – the search continues
The search for the perfect test case format I mean. Ideally a test case document should be such that any n00b can […]
Writing test cases in such a way that your brain does not escape
Writing test cases is one of the most exciting parts of being a tester. Honestly, not a day goes by when I […]