Ben Weese

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What is Unit Testing? Part 1 of 2

So I have mentioned Unit Test quite a few times but what are unit test? According to a quick google search  “unit testing is a software testing method by which individual units of source code, sets of one or more computer program modules together with associated control data, usage procedures, and operating procedures, are tested […]

5 QA Gifs

When QA is alerted of a new build or project How QA feels about new builds When the Developers say their code is perfect When you finally nail the cause of the bug When you hit a crash you knew would be missed

Test Reactor Online

Joe and I have just released our first podcast of Test Reactor. You can find it at testreactor.com or for iTunes people at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/test-reactor/id990641984 . The first episode does not have much test related stuff but the future podcast will.

The Future of Testing

So I started out and still work today testing desktop software using no coding. There are still jobs out there that require you to be a user and test their desktop apps. With an ever growing and changing industry is this still viable? Currently it is viable but with everything changing into apps and websites […]

Exploratory Testing Misconception

So not to long ago James Bach posted these 2 blogs, Exploratory Testing 3.0 and History Definitions of ET. If you have not read them you should. They tell of the history of Exploratory Testing from the beginning to the now and how the meaning has changed over the years. So the misconception is that most […]

5 GIFs for QA

When you get a new build and it crashes on login Exploratory testing when you hit a new bug When you hit a new bug that was not there before Testing a new feature without unit test When you get a new feature to test

Context Driven Testing

James Bach stated “Obviously, CDT is not the only paradigm. There are others. Obviously, I think CDT is the only reasonable one,” on twitter during UTest’s Tweets from James Bach. He also said “Context-Driven Testing means learning your craft, so that you know how to solve problems that arise in it.” When asked about other schools […]

Nebraska.Code() Day 3

So I have 12 pages of notes I was going to go over and then for Monday I was going to go over ATDD. However a lot is going on so this will be my Monday post and I will not be regaling you with every awesome moment I had. Instead I will cover the […]

Nebraska.Code() Day 1 & 2

This is blog is happening because I have went to Nebraska Code Conference the last couple days and will go again tomorrow. There is just so much to cover that it had to be posted as I was there and while it is all fresh rather then waiting a and posting everything on Monday. Don’t […]