Agile software testing
What is better than Test-Driven Development? Even more test driven development – this time with deeper tests. Unit tests are useful, but a few examples don’t prove our Ruby code correct. Can we approach mathematical proof without ballooning the lines of test code we maintain?
Since the early days of eXtreme Programming, tests have been touted as “executable documentation”. In practice, however, many tests fail to live up to that ideal and worse become a time sink when trying to decipher test failures. Using examples and focusing specifically on unit or developer tests, this talk …
A software tester and a software developer discuss their experiences working at a medical device company to improve a heart monitor’s software. They share some of their experiences of how they worked together not only to find bugs, but were involved discussions on design, deciphered the complex architecture of the …
What makes an Agile tester ‘Agile’? Is there really that much difference between agile and non-agile software testing? This session takes a look at the experiences of a tester embedded into an Agile team and examines the skills an Agile tester should have in their arsenal.
What are the challenges to build test automation framework and automated regression test suite for Barclays’ Equity trading business? Are a geographically dispersed team in different time zones and a fast moving regulatory environment the only problems? This presentation shares some experience when applying Agile methodology for this type of …
What happens when the company that has engaged you as some kind of process expert has no clue how to test its applications & systems consistently or thoroughly? Where do you start? Where do you lead them, with what software testing best practices, tools, technologies? This will be a little …
