“How To Create An API Test Plan” Webinar Recording
Here’s the recording of the latest webinar. It’s about APIs and test planning. I show examples of SFDIPOT in Postman. I also explain that SFDIPOT is a test heuristic. And I explain what is a heuristic. Lots of explaining. The bulk of the session is examples and test cases, which Read more…
The Serialized Killer
Let’s talk serialization. In APIs and testing context, naturally. Serialization is a technique of taking an object and dumping it into a stream. It could be a stream of bytes, zeros and ones. But in the API world, we usually serialize objects into JSON or XML. Here’s an example of Read more…
How To Write Clean Code Quickly
One of the coolest questions I got at TestMu conference was this: How to write clean code quickly? It sounds like a simple question at first, but it does have a lot of depth, if you start pondering about it. Let’s start with the obvious: Do more of it. Write Read more…
Stop digging
If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. That’s the law of holes. Really, look it up. There are different sort of holes, shovels and diggers. But this time I’m talking about test automation effort kind-of-a-hole. Adding more test scripts is something inherent into development. We build new features, Read more…
Code Reviews Are About The Future
One of my favorite podcast (about management of all things), is Manager Tools. Feedback is one of MT’s core practices, as you would assume, and feedback according to MT is always about the future. Think about it – You want to give someone feedback over the awful, or awesome thing Read more…
Black and White
Black box, white box. Does our choice of perspective matter? We’ve landed this function declaration: public int add(int a, int b); We’re told that it adds two integer numbers. How should we test it? Let’s see, we can check that sending 2 and 3 returns 5. We can also send Read more…
Webinar Recording: How to Fix A Bug (Properly)
Bugs. Unless you’re a bunny, you’re not invited. But if those bugs still show up, hit’em hard. In this webinar, I take a look at where bugs come from and how to counter-strike them. From how to make sure they don’t return, to how to not break working features as Read more…
“API Exploration With Postman” Webinar Recording
Are you ready for some space exploration? Ok, we’re going on some sort of API trek, where we’ll talk about exploratory testing and how it relates to APIs. What APIs? Star Trek APIs! I love how these things come together. I’m talking about charters, session based, how automation relates to Read more…
“Dirty Tests” Recording from JCON 2021
Yass, the tests are still dirty, and someone needs to clean them! They won’t clean themselves, would they? No, it’s up to us. I know the dog means well, but it’s not enough. So what is this session about? It’s about how to take test code, filthy and ugly, and Read more…