Having joined my first Salesforce project just over six months ago, we’re now ready to consider automating the UI. We previously had one automated UI flow for our old system, which was completely different, and this was created as more of a proof of concept (PoC) for automated system integration tests across different […]
Tag: Automation in Testing

Documentation: Distribution of Tests (Testing Shapes)
When starting on a new project, it’s very common for me to be the first and / or only tester. I find myself frequently wanting to document the same things, rewriting them from scratch. To help with this, I’ve decided to include some of this documentation on my own blog, so I no longer […]

Documentation: General Quality and Testing Concepts
When starting on a new project, it’s very common for me to be the first and / or only tester. I find myself frequently wanting to document the same things, rewriting them from scratch. To help with this, I’ve decided to include some of this documentation on my own blog, so I no longer […]

There Is No “Manual vs Automated Testing” Conflict
I’m a little bit frustrated. Since Twitter died and I decided to start engaging on LinkedIn more, I keep seeing posts that perpetuate this idea of “manual” vs automated testing; us vs them. There is no versus. Your civil war is manufactured. There’s room for everyone and we all want the same thing: […]

The Five “I”s of Great Testing
What makes a great tester? A few discussions I’ve seen lately have gotten me thinking about this: What do testers do? How does an ISTQB-following tester compare to an “Agile” or “modern” tester? Is it a tester’s job to decide the severity and / or priority of a bug? Why do people use […]