One of the things that really bugs me is when I hear anyone talk or write about writing test automation scripts. You see it on Twitter, in blogs and even on CVs and it always makes me twitch.
The problem for me is that there is an implicit ‘only’ in there that downplays the importance of writing test automation code.
I made it a goal to speak at a conference this year. I did not expect it to be very achievable, but I know that the best way to learn is to try to teach so setting myself a target seemed wise. Having Google Analytics running on my blog also shows me that many people are out there looking to solve the same problems that I write about: Around 1300 people viewed my blog last month making nearly 3100 page…
As I was sitting waiting for the train to work for the first time in 2019 I read an amusing LinkedIn article by Matt Roberts, one of my recruiter contacts, about the difference between unit and integration tests. So this reply is for you Matt….. I would suggest that there are more levels of testing than two, as illustrated by Jason Gorman in the tweet below. What should we test at different levels of our “test pyramid”? pic.twitter.com/fbxqCaEUs1 — jasongorman…
Since changing from teaching into software development on my 45th birthday exactly three years ago today, I fell into test automation entirely by accident. It is something however that I really enjoy and apparently it is a great path for the ambitious software development professional. In just those three short years I am already earning more than I ever achieved in 20 years as a school teacher, and almost certainly more than I would be able to command had I…
I won’t pretend that I knew Gerald Weinberg, and to be honest I am not sure that I had heard of him before his passing last week. However, the tributes paid to him, especially by Joe Colantanio, awakened me to one of those people who any tester really should know more about. I encourage you to go and read some of them, (There is a listing of a few here) but learning a little about him has reminded me of…