Testing

Desktop App Testing – All Resources Compiled

Hey, Passionate testers! What was so exciting about the 90s? (just kidding) Well, one thing that was really exciting was that a lot of testers used to test challenging desktop-based applications. While the world and most testers have moved to web and mobile-based applications. There are still use cases for desktop apps, especially when it …

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API Heuristic Checklist – Common Falsehoods

I found yet another wonderful resource by Falsehoods. It’s on GitHub. kdeldycke/awesome-falsehood: 😱 Falsehoods Programmers Believe in (github.com) I have curated a checklist based on common Rest API falsehoods. As these are based on falsehoods, there is a high chance that your team or API also has these issues. Use this as a list to …

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Secret to Success In Testing: Not for Excusers

This is the secret to success. Most people don’t practice testing outside their job. Here are 7 things that’ll help you take your testing game to the next level: 👇🧵  1. Open Source Projects. 🔸Pick any tool.🔸Test It🔸Report bugs | change requests Will help build credibility + real time feedback. One such project: @testsigmainc  2. Testing Hackathons 🔸Follow #testinghackathon on …

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Usability Heuristic Checklist

Hey, Passionate testers! I found a wonderful resource by Michael Kritsch. It’s on usability heuristic frameworks. If you don’t understand what a heuristic is, learn about it here. These heuristics are a curated collection from 10 popular Usability research models and standards. More details on medium blog. This is a collection of heuristics, guidelines, principles, …

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What the hell is my problem with the term, “manual” testing?

My real problem with “manual/automation testing” is not from the use of the word “manual” or “automation” but the confusion and noise that it introduces around testing to be some kind of test execution process, which it is not. It’s a defocusing term that swiftly shifts the focus from testing craft to test execution mode. …

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My top 10 all-time favorite videos on software testing

Originally, posted as a Twitter thread, thought to post it as a blog as this would be a good reference for the future too  I have watched each of these many times in the past years. Here you go!  (1/10) Heuristics and why testers should care about them by @jamesmarcusbach This was a webinar – #TTTribeCast by @the_test_tribe (2/10) The …

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