𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 is a software development process in which apps are tested continuously throughout 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎 software development life cycle. Its goal is 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 software quality across this cycle, providing critical early feedback. Continuous testing provides 𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚍 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 on the level of business risk in the latest release of…

Data-driven testing (DDT) is a software testing methodology used in computer software testing. It describes the test performed using an array of conditions as test inputs and verifiable outputs. To simplify the concept, the tester provides inputs to a row of the array and waits for outputs that occur on…

Software developer — Deals with the development of “heavy” client software, software that is installed on the operating system. A software developer knows how to reproduce interfaces, manage the data entered by the user, process this data through different algorithms in order to solve a problem or propose a functionality…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰, by Alan Richardson. This podcast is produced by Alan Richardson, a test expert. He discusses software testing and presents topics from software development to test automation. ➡ The Evil Tester Show ⬅ 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬, by Keith Klain. Produced by Keith Klain, which is a professional with…

Here are some suggestions of interesting blogs, writers, and bloggers from the testing world. We have made a selection of our favorite reads — from well known references, but also little known authors. 👀 𝐉𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞́ 𝐇𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐮, a great blogger. He has a blog on Medium and writes about testing, software…

When it comes to types of tests, we can separate 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 tests and 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚕 tests. Here, we are going to cover both types of tests. 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀. They allow to test each component of an application individually, and validate ✅ the quality of the code and the performance of a…

New work practices have been designed and adapted for test specialists to be better organized for collaborative projects. We asked IT teams to give us their successful working methods. 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞: Communicate regularly. It is important 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 colleagues about the project and your own tasks progress. It is always beneficial…

Canary Release reminds 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲, when miners tested new mines to avoid being poisoned or burned by flammable pockets of gases.

We questioned a few testers about books that helped them in their early days in testing. If they had to choose only ONE book, which one would they choose? 🤔 One of them explained that ‘Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation’ by Jez Humble and David…

Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was born on 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟗, 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟔 in New York. She was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral, and a 𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 of computer programming, who invented one of the first linker. Early in her life, Grace Murray Hopper showed a 𝕓𝕚𝕘 interest in…

In the past, testers were at the end of the chain, after a very complex V-cycle. Cycle times were increased by 𝟐𝟎%, while the acceptance phase tended to be even more shortened. 😰 Today, mentalities have not really changed, but it is more a question of mindset.😎 While Agility is…

At Agilitest, we questioned a few testers about the preconceptions they had about testing before working in this field. 💭 What did you think about testing before? What did you imagine? 🥶 And what’s different, finally? 🤔 Some have mentioned the need for technical and development knowledge to automate tests… 😪 But in reality, with the right tools and the right team organization, it is accessible to functional profiles! 😎 Another prejudice was that tests were done by developers in an “anarchic” way, whereas testing is actually a proper discipline. 🤓

In 1986, Ikujiro Nonaka & Hirotaka Takeuchi, two academics who observed companies such as Toyota, defined 3️⃣ categories of companies: 𝚃𝚢𝚙𝚎 𝙰 companies, such as NASA 🚀, which divide work into well-defined phases and do not move on to the next phase until the previous one has been completed. 𝚃𝚢𝚙𝚎 𝙱 companies…