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…
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Testival 2019 in Zabok
This post is the announcement for Testival 2019 in Zabok, a software testing conference in unconference format with two keynote speakers. September 13-14. 2019. City Gallery Zabok, Croatia Zivtov Square…
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…
How Testers Try To Find A Bug Using Oracles
BBST Foundations, learn testing
TL;DR What is an oracle? This post gives a definition that is aligned with the Black Box Software Testing Foundations course (BBST) created by Rebecca Fiedler, Cem Kaner, and James…
Tip On How To Invest In Software Testing Career Change
TL;DR In the previous post, we explained the importance of the software testing market. Let’s explain how to make a decision on which software testing domain and technology to invest….
Choosing Your Software Testing Market
TL;DR If you just started your journey towards the passionate software tester, it is time to consider the first problem, how to chose your software testing market. This post is…
Why Testers Miss To Find Bugs?
BBST Foundations, learn testing
TL;DR Every tester in the world misses bugs. What is the reason for that fact? Lack of testing craft is an expected excuse, but why experienced testers miss essential bugs?…
A Model Of System Under Test
BBST Foundations, learn testing
TL;DR When we test a program, we create our model for this program. How much this model differs from the original program under test results in the quality of our…
What Is Software Testability?
TL;DR In the previous post, I explained that the nontestable program is a program with no oracles, or there is a theoretical oracle that is not possible to use in…
What Testers Often Forgot In Test Configuration
BBST Foundations, learn testing
TL;DR This post explains what is test configuration, first part of every test specification. This explanation is aligned with Black Box Software Testing Foundations course (BBST) created by Rebecca Fiedler,…
