Home > Archive > Software Testing > September 2007 > Best Practices
You are viewing an archived Text-only version of the thread.
To view this thread in it's original format and/or if you want to reply to
this thread please [click here]
|
|
| abu bakar siddiq 2007-09-26, 4:27 am |
| Hi ALL,
Can you share Best Practices of Testing in your Testing Career.
| |
| H. S. Lahman 2007-09-26, 7:20 pm |
| Responding to Siddiq...
> Can you share Best Practices of Testing in your Testing Career.
It is a big field. There are entire books written and plenty of web
sites about such practices. There is no point in trying to rehash that
here. Google is your friend.
*************
There is nothing wrong with me that could
not be cured by a capful of Drano.
H. S. Lahman
hsl@pathfindermda.com
Pathfinder Solutions
http://www.pathfindermda.com
blog: http://pathfinderpeople.blogs.com/hslahman
"Model-Based Translation: The Next Step in Agile Development". Email
info@pathfindermda.com for your copy.
Pathfinder is hiring:
http://www.pathfindermda.com/about_us/careers_pos3.php.
(888)OOA-PATH
| |
| Michael Bolton 2007-09-27, 7:20 pm |
| On Sep 26, 2:28 am, abu bakar siddiq <sab...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi ALL,
> Can you share Best Practices of Testing in your Testing Career.
Yes: stop thinking about best practices.
http://www.developsense.com/article...%20Speaking.pdf
---Michael B.
| |
| Vladimir Trushkin 2007-09-27, 7:20 pm |
| On Sep 26, 9:28 am, abu bakar siddiq <sab...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi ALL,
> Can you share Best Practices of Testing in your Testing Career.
My best practice is _never stop thinking_.
----
Best Wishes,
Vladimir
| |
| Ernie Englehart 2007-09-27, 7:20 pm |
| On Sep 26, 1:28 am, abu bakar siddiq <sab...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi ALL,
> Can you share Best Practices of Testing in your Testing Career.
I helped write the AT&T Best Practices for Software Testing about 15
years ago. The problem is that documents such as these are living and
need to be kept up-to-date, and most organizations go through the
exercise once and never go back. IMO one of the best things to do is
just keep yourself current in the latest testing concepts, techniques,
and processes. One of the best ways to do that is to get a
certification such as CSQE or CSTE. The certifications expire every
three years, and engineers need to recertify by working, taking
classes, and attending seminars and meetings, continuously learning
more about their profession.
| |
|
|
|
| Though automation can add tremendous value to the testing project, In
my opinion it should be used only wherever applicable and make sense
( After thinking ?? ).. Automated Unit Testing ( May be Acceptance as
well ) will certainly add value, but as a tester, you might or might
not have control over it. So as most people have suggested.. never
stop thinking, learning and questioning your product, do what make
sense to improve quality of the product..
Regards,
G
[url]www.TestingG.com[/url]
On Sep 27, 7:02 pm, Phlip <phlip2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> abu bakar siddiq wrote:
>
> Automate the tests early and often.
>
> --
> Phlip
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510657/
> ^ assert_xpath
| |
|
| G wrote:
> Though automation can add tremendous value to the testing project, In
> my opinion it should be used only wherever applicable and make sense
> ( After thinking ?? )..
Distinguish the cost of automating a test from the value of the test case.
> Automated Unit Testing ( May be Acceptance as
> well ) will certainly add value, but as a tester, you might or might
> not have control over it.
Regardless of the value, if the cost is high, your process has problems. All
code should have a complete unit test rig, and your developers should not
be too busy debugging to write unit tests. Unit tests prevent debugging -
and make it very easy when it's needed.
--
Phlip
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510657/
^ assert_xpath
|
|
|
|
|