Category: Effective And Systematic Software Testing

While the previous description may sound like a sequential/waterfall process, it is more iterative. A developer may be rigorously testing a class and suddenly notice that a coding decision they made a few hours ago was not ideal. They then go back and redesign the code. They may be performing TDD cycles and realize the…

I propose a straightforward flow for developers who apply effective and systematic testing. First, we implement a feature, using tests to facilitate and guide development. Once we are reasonably happy with the feature or small unit we’ve coded, we dive into effective and systematic testing to ensure that it works as expected (that is, we…

I hope the difference is clear between the two developers in the previous section. Eleanor used automated tests and systematically and effectively engineered test cases. She broke down the requirements into small parts and used them to derive test cases, applying a technique called domain testing. When she was done with the specification, she focused on the…

It is late on Friday afternoon, and John is about to implement the last feature of the sprint. He is developing an agile software management system, and this final feature supports developers during planning poker. Planning poker Planning poker is a popular agile estimation technique. In a planning poker session, developers estimate the effort required to…

The developer community no longer needs to argue about the importance of software testing. Every software developer understands that software failures may cause severe damage to businesses, people, or even society as a whole. And although software developers once were primarily responsible for building software systems, today they are also responsible for the quality of…