Gojko Adzic

Just got this question from a blog reader:

I am evaluating whether to use FitNesse with FitSharp for acceptance testing some web services.

In reading your book and searching online, I could not find a template or recommended approach to doing this. The following is a working idea on the approach. I would like to hear your feedback if there is a better means of doing this!

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I’m currently interviewing lots of teams that have implemented acceptance testing for my new book. A majority of those interviewed so far have at some point shot themselves in the foot with UI test automation. After speaking to several people who are about to do exactly that at the Agile Acceptance Testing Days in Belgium a few weeks ago, I’d like to present what I consider a very good practice for how to do UI test automation efficiently. Continue Reading »

Today at the Oredev conference in Malmo, James Marcus Bach suggested renaming a large part of what is now called tests to checks. Bach said there is a big difference between a conscious process of questioning and evaluating a product and almost mechanical rule-based verifications. These two things are different enough that they should have different names, and bundling them under the name of “test” causes confusion. He suggested calling the former kind of work testing and latter checking. Continue Reading »

At the agile testing user group meeting yesterday in London, Hemal Kuntawala talked about development strategies and process improvements at uSwitch.com over the last year or so. The start of his experience report reminded me very much of several teams I’ve seen over the last few years, with a process that is seemingly agile with lots of good ideas but also a ton of problems. Judging by the reactions from the audience the situation is very common in development shops today, so his success story is sure to be very encouraging to lots of people out there. Continue Reading »

Today at Agile Testing Days conference in Berlin, Mike Scott from SQS announced the immediate availability of Testify, an agile TDD toolset installer and project generator. Continue Reading »