Can Playing Games Improve Tester Skills? Exploring the Science Behind Games
Are gamers predisposed to careers in software testing? The prevalent perception seems to be that testers enjoy playing games more than the general population, and that playing games makes us better testers by honing cognitive [...]
Finding Bugs Under Software Rocks – Exploratory Testing as a Bug Hunt
One aspect of software testing is trying to find as many of the bugs in the software under test as possible and, in that sense, software testing can be viewed as a “Bug Hunt”. As [...]
CASTing a Testing Spell
Standing on the 10th floor, looking out over Manhattan on the first morning of CAST 2014, it was impossible not to be awed by what lay ahead. Three days dedicated to conferring with testers from [...]
Seeing What Isn’t There – The Use of Heuristics
Have you ever been about to document a defect discovered in an application under test and wondered how to best compose your words? You want to make sure the defect is clear to the stakeholders, [...]
Shorter Interval Projects Are Trending, But What Does That Mean For Testers?
I find it interesting that software development projects are generally being planned and executed with shorter time frames than before. Software development projects that were once taken on as a single large project are [...]
It’s Always Risky Business with Web Applications
There is a sign on the front door of our office building. It has been there all winter. It says something like this: “Would the last person leaving the building please make sure the [...]