Sigma Software
Michael Bolton, Software Testing Coach, author of Rapid Software Testing, consultant and influencer talks about Ukrainian QA specialists and their expertise and shares his ideas on “must-have” knowledge and skills for a good Test Engineer. The interview was taken during his three-day training organized by QA Fest and hosted by Sigma Software in Kiev.
Month: November 2018
What Should I Automate?
I get this question a lot: a tester who has just learned to program, or who has just learned about a new framework or tool set asks “Now that I’ve learned this, what should I automate?” Some people (mostly men, so it seems) go into hardware stores and see some fancy tool like a compound mitre saw. Unable to resist temptation, they imagine themselves building… something. So they buy the … Read more
Exploratory Testing on an API? (Part 4)
As promised, (at last!) here are some follow-up notes on previous installments in the series that starts here. Let’s revisit the original question: Do you perform any exploratory testing on APIs? How do you do it? To review: there’s a problem with the question. Asking about “exploratory testing” is a little like asking about “vegetarian cauliflower”, “carbon-based human beings”, or “metallic copper”. Testing is fundamentally exploratory. Testing is an attempt … Read more