April 16, 2024
Years ago, I started working with a client, where the developers were doing all the API testing. They had great coverage, and it was easy to measure it, too. They had an Excel sheet with one column containing a list… Continue Reading…
April 9, 2024
APIs are interfaces. It’s in their name. Interfaces in software allow to decouple the “what” from the “how”. The function from the implementation. API testing should reflect that, right? For example, when a user calls a REST request like this,… Continue Reading…
April 2, 2024
You know I like cool names and puns and memes. And then I choose a name like “Intro To Web Testing” which sounds a bit boring. I should have gone with something like: “Madame Web – Better With Tests”. In… Continue Reading…
March 26, 2024
It was my pleasure to present my session “API Exploratory Testing with Postman” on the Continuous Testing Meetup. Good questions, great discussion, and after the meetup I thought – is exploratory testing part of continuous testing? The answer is yes,… Continue Reading…
March 19, 2024
Continuing with API basics, let’s talk about what makes testing APIs, and APIs themselves complex. There are just too many moving parts. The examples are taken with Postman, but the content is tool-agnostic. An API (Really an HTTP request, otherwise… Continue Reading…
March 12, 2024
We haven’t done basics for a while, so let’s start with what an API is and isn’t. It’s important to know what we mean by “testing APIs”. An API is: Application Programming Interface. Fancy words for how to let other… Continue Reading…
March 9, 2024
Spring is in the air! Almost. It’s just starting. But it already looks promising. So here are some of the events where you can see me, meet me, greet me, and of course, give me fruit. Or ask me for… Continue Reading…
February 27, 2024
This webinar has started out with a common topic I discuss in my workshops: Test types. People always want to know about what is a unit test vs. component test. But it goes deeper than that. Everybody knows what an… Continue Reading…
February 20, 2024
Some call them flaky tests. Some call them fragile tests. Or unstable. I say it’s neither, it’s the code. Nobody likes them, regardless. But here’s something interesting I heard in a conversation with one of my clients. He said: “I… Continue Reading…
February 13, 2024
I don’t get tired of hearing that question, because if I did, I’d need to sleep for a couple of years. It usually comes up with unit tests, as developers prepare to test their day-old or year-old code. That question… Continue Reading…