MAST Podcast – Agile testing experiences
October 22, 2007
I feel very ‘tech’ now. I’ve uploaded an edited audio version of the last MAST meeting, where we (Erik Petersen, Kristan Vingrys and me) attempt to answer John Gallagher’s questions about testing in agile projects. Find it at http://www.quinert.com/mp3/mast200709a.mp3 Enjoy! The three beeps protect the innocent. The first is a service provider, the second and […]
More on Tiny MCE and value threats
October 8, 2007
In response to Matt’s comment on the robustness of my Tiny MCE Watir solution, I’d like to point out that the main threat to the solution’s value for me is that I can no longer run the automation in the background. Send_keys seems to need the IE window to be the topmost window. A lot […]
Every tester needs a healthy dose of paranoia
October 3, 2007
I wonder if Google testers think like this? http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2007/09/google_fiction_evil_dangerous_surveillance_control_1.php
Attention, attention…
September 10, 2007
The concept of inattentional blindness has been, if you’ll excuse the unintended pun, brought to the testing world’s attention lately by Cem Kaner and James Bach. Sajjadul Hakim has written recently on an exploratory testing experience in which he attributed failure to observe a bug to inattentional blindness. While this may have been the cause, […]
Watir difficulties, problems and trouble with TinyMCE
September 4, 2007
I’ve spent far too much of the last day and a bit trying to get Watir to identify and manipulate the TinyMCE rich text edit control. Hopefully the title of this post will allow anyone experiencing similar problems to Google my solution! TinyMCE does a lot of javascript nastiness (from Watir’s perspective), turning a text […]
Why is this still happening?
August 27, 2007
You would think that this kind of message would be a thing of the past, but apparently not. Or at least not when buying tickets to major exhibitions in Melbourne.
Personal growth and fertilisers (or fertilizers)
August 22, 2007
Today, I’m translating the Korean children’s story ‘puppy poo’ for my blog. It turns out that somebody has already translated it, so it’s not the world-first I thought it was going to be. Oh well. I needed the Korean practice anyway. It’s a touching children’s story, about a piece of poo who finds meaning and […]
The Egg testing challenge, context and mission
August 17, 2007
Matt Heusser is describing his challenge to test various inanimate objects – An egg, a stapler, a salt shaker and a knife. Read it here, but be sure to come back for the rest of the problem. I’d now like you to spend a few minutes thinking about how you might go about testing an […]
Project Manifestos
August 14, 2007
Having worked on the trial project mentioned in Michael Ruschena’s recent blog entry on Project Manifestos, I can say it’s well worth trying out. And when I say ‘trying out’, I mean having the conversations and going through the thought processes required to figure out how you might work together as a team. I find […]
Back to school…
August 13, 2007
I’m back at university, in an effort to force myself to knuckle down and get through the pain of learning Java. It’s been 16 years since I was last there, and here are a few of the things I’ve learned so far – I’ve learned about the syllabus Despite the move to Java, very little […]