Testing Exercise For A Box
TL;DR This post was influenced by great post from Michael Bolton, A Transpection Session: Inputs and Expected Results, In that post, Michael and James Back discuss in a transpection dialog…
Category: BBST Foundations
What Is Transpective Dialog?
TL;DR I am recapping my software testing foundations by writing posts about software testing foundation topics. Doing that I came across James Bach’s post about transpective dialogs that he uses…
As Software Tester You Need To Do Research
TL;DR As a software tester, you will need to do your own research. It is sporadic that you will get information about how the product works or how it should…
Use Consistency Oracles For Test Reporting
TL;DR In the previous post, we presented consistency heuristics and gave an example of how they could be used as testing ideas on the Mac Disk Utility tool. This is…
Consistency Testing Oracles
TL;DR This post explains and gives examples for consistency testing oracles. This post raises four problems with this approach. The post is aligned with the Black Box Software Testing Foundations…
Four Problems With Testing Oracles
TL;DR In the traditional view of software testing, we see testing as a process where we compare the empirical result with the expected result. This post raises four problems with…
Testing Ideas For Color
TL;DR In our previous post, we provided a comparable heuristic example using fill color in Google Draw application. This post extends testing ideas for color in that program. This post…
Why All Testing Could Not Be Automated?
TL;DR This post will explain why all testing could not be automated. All testing could not be automated not because of technical constraints, but because our ability to create oracles…
What Is False Positive Bug?
BBST Foundations, learn testing
TL;DR This post is about fallible decision rules. Once software testers have oracles, they have to be careful because decisions based on those oracles could be erroneous. This post…
Software Testing Is About Ideas
BBST Foundations, learn testing
TL;DR In the previous post, we talked about oracles and heuristics. This post demonstrates heuristics in action on one plausible problem. The post is aligned with the Black Box…
