Mostly Harmless software testing problem
TL;DR I recently red fifth part of Douglas Adams Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy trilogy, Mostly Harmless. This post is about one section that talks about software testing. And yes, I…
Author: Karlo Smid
Zagreb walking tour of three parks
TL;DR Every professional needs defocus and relaxation time. I am presenting you my favorite Zagreb walking tour. We will start from Britanski Trg. [iframe src=”https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2780.902706624189!2d15.962742915910518!3d45.81320687910675!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x4765d6e17b5cd339%3A0xdb7affb8f137e75!2sBritanski+trg%2C+10000%2C+Zagreb!5e0!3m2!1shr!2shr!4v1528546983554″ width=”400″ height=”300″ frameborder=”0″ style=”border:0″ allowfullscreen></iframe]…
Bug advocacy example in iOS Clock application
TL;DR The most important skill for every software tester is skill to advocate found bugs. This post gives you one example of bug advocacy. Context is iOS Clock application. As…
Testing file system path with rspec
learn testing, rspec, ruby, testing tool
TL;DR Example of test that should be written by DEVELOPERS. This short post is about how ruby Dir class test proved that my heuristic about current folder feature was wrong….
How to test bad language detector
learn testing, ruby, testing tool
TL;DR This post will provide test strategy for bad language detector. Here is the context. You are testing application that has discussion feature. Every discussion has public visibility and only…
What I learned at Testival #38 meetup
learn testing, testival, Zagreb STC
TL;DR Testival is meetup that gathers software testers from Zagreb area. Meetup #38 was hosted and sponsored by Degordian. This post is my learning experience on meetup. Every speaker (not…
How to read email in plain text in gmail
TL;DR This post is about how to open email in plain text mode in Gmail. When I test emails, my client uses two templates, html and txt one. Txt template…
Configure Gvim backup files on Windows
TL;DR This short post is how to move vim editor ~ files on Windows from your working directory. I enjoy using vim because I write code much faster in it….
Time modeling
BBST Test Design, learn testing, ruby, Ruby on Rails
TL;DR When I test feature that involve time, depicted graph helps me to understand that feature. I found features that involve time tricky to test because time is abstract attribute…
Demystified testing pyramid
Writing time: 1 hour. TL;DR You probably have seen testing pyramid as blog post or even worse, at paid testing conference. In this post I will explain why every testing…
