What is a software bug? A bug is an issue with software that makes it unusable, unstable and/or leads to faulty (undesired) results while using it. That’s of course within reason and specific context. What’s the cause? There exists one…
Here’s where things get a bit murky and kinky. There are two types of Security testing: Security testing Security testing, more than not, overlaps with any other testing sans UI The goal of a security test is to discover if…
UI Testing UI testing is a subset of Functional testing. It focuses on verifying and validating that the UI is rendered as expected, on different platforms, different browsers and/or devices. It ensures that the UI elements are present and do…
Functional testing is what is usually misrecognized as “manual” testing or another “favourite” bullshit “term” > “exploratory” testing. This type of testing consists of you, as QAE, acting as a user, using the system as a user would, interacting, checking,…
Performance tests are a group of tests and a Performance test is part of that group. Weird, right? Anyway… Performance test The primary goal of a performance test is to establish the maximum stable throughput (baseline) of a system for…
Scalability tests, usually have the following generic goals: Say you have one VM running your software. You have already run a Performance Test and determined that the the maximum, stable, throughput of your software is 100 operations per second. Fortunately…
Sooner than later one’s value system will collide with one’s job. This would lead to yet another ‘tear’, yet another ‘split’. You’ll feel torn. One of the ways to somewhat address this is to know yourself, where you stand, what…
Creating software is not like manufacturing. It is not like building houses or designing engines. It has nothing to do with either. It is closer to craftsmanship, cooking and creating art… yet it is neither. Creating software is something of…
Them factories – a simplistic overview Factories require clean-cut processes. They are vital for an efficient operation and safety. Every production process must be broken down to single steps, say actions or set of actions. No cutting corners. Miss one…
There are no “best” practices. There are sensible, good, very good and great practices but there are no best ones. Best, as a word, implies one thing > can’t get better than this. As it happens, not only it can,…