Upon the red light I do wail, for my test case has reported fail.
Is it a bug or test issue, I do not know.
My log download has been so slow.
I would enter a well written defect,
But tech debt does not get enough respect.
The only choice fills me with an uncertain fear,
However re-running may make my pipeline clear.
When reading into Scrum & LeSS (the scrum-based framework we used), it was clear that we weren’t doing anywhere near as much refinement as was recommended. It was understandable and on the face of it, we didn’t think that we were doing a bad job. However we kept working in spaces that we didn’t understand […]
One of my favourite things from being a quality coach was having 1:1s with people, tapping into their views on quality, what motivates them and their experiences plus of course exploring how to support them. However there was an interesting trend – quality was new to many people. Just like it was new to me […]
As Philippa Jennings articulated in her talk at MoTaCon, quality is the goal. Automation is a means. Unfortunately some people do get that muddled. Even worse is mistaking using a tool with quality. Eek! I love automation for three reasons. First is unit testing. That super fast feedback when I’m writing code is handy and […]
In a previous blog entry I talked about unit testing and how I’ve learnt from my (many) mistakes when writing unit tests and practices that I’ve seen that wind me up. Today I’d like to talk about how I’ve been writing unit tests recently, employing the ideas of TDD (test driven development), and some of […]
When I started working as a developer my mentor taught me to write unit tests with each changeset, so I did. After switching team, my new lead & mentor had us doing the same and I learnt new techniques to write more complex unit tests. When a couple of newer members joined the team, getting […]
Before I begin, I have spent several years as a software engineer and was decent enough at it. As part of this I would write my own automated tests. Since switching to test, I’ve developed a host of handy test tools, developed simulators and even made my own automation tool that used our SDKs to […]