Test Automation for Machine Learning: An Experience Report
Once upon a time I needed to automate tests for machine learning...
Once upon a time I needed to a...
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Adding a Peripheral View to Test Automation
One reason why human testers are far better at finding bugs than automated scenarios is because testers aren't just validating the expected results. They are also able to recognize unexpected surprises and anomalies within the application. For example, take a look at this application and assume...
One reason why human testers a...
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Teaching Testing in College Courses
I'm an Adjunct Instructor who teaches Java programming to college students. I was recently asked by Anna Royzman, President of A Quality Leadership Institute, if I taught my students about testing. For a moment, I felt a pang of guilt because I don't have any...
I'm an Adjunct Instructor who ...
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Rest-Assured with Cucumber: Using BDD for Web Services Automation
Behavior Driven Development (BDD) has become a popular approach in communicating requirements between stakeholders of agile teams. In fact, it's so effective that it's also being adopted in automation strategies by using Cucumber to write test scenarios in Gherkin (a non-technical, human readable language) and...
Behavior Driven Development (B...
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A Guide to Patent Development
The Ministry of Testing recently launched Gem Webinars, and I did a talk on patent development from a tester's perspective. Recording of Webinar: Slides: Feedback: I clearly got a challenge for my new job. Identify something patentable. Thanks for inspiration, @techgirl1908 #testgems — Maaret Pyhäjärvi (@maaretp) August 22, 2016 Interesting to...
The Ministry of Testing recent...
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Why Developers Should Not Lead Your Automation Efforts
Developers should not lead your automation efforts. I've never seen this succeed. In fact, many times I have been brought on to teams to clean up the mess that is left behind when developers try to lead this effort. The reason is simple. Developers are not...
Developers should not lead you...
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My Transition From Test to Dev to Test
Marlena Compton wrote a very interesting blog post on the power structure in tech and how she believes women and minorities are pushed into software testing roles. Marlena advises...
Marlena Compton wrote a very i...
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