STAREAST Virtual+ 2020 - Testing
Thursday, May 7
Treat Yourself—Tale of Dog Training and Test-Driven Development
Before I started my career in software development, I worked for many years as a dog trainer. The experiences I made at this time are the reason why I immediately fell in love with testing. So, let’s talk about TDD! TDD stands for Test-driven development and it’s not only a technique to write tests but also a design process in software development. I want to give you a new perspective on this process and explain how to TDD with the help of comparing it to train a dog. TDD has so much in common with dog training, so at the end of my talk you should be able to write a piece of c test-driven...
Achieving Intelligent Test Execution
If you ask a business leader which features in a given software release are most critical (and which potential failures keep them up at night), chances are they'll be related to the UI. But with many testing teams spending up to 80% of their time on regression testing, how can you make time for the resource-intensive tests that verify these high business value features? Many testers struggle to understand what questions to ask the business and business leaders related to this topic. Additionally, testers struggle with understanding how to identify risk areas and partner with their...