This article lays out the parameters and options that can be added to the cucumber command when run from the command line. Cucumber is a software tool that helps to bring the disciplines of testing, coding and business analysis together through a Behavior Driven Development approach to software development. It executes... Continue Reading →
How to Write a Good Defect Report
Writing a good defect report or issue report is one of the most important skills required of a software tester. The art of creating a well-written defect report requires a balanced combination of insight, testing and communication skills. The ultimate goal of each defect report is to prevent specific, significant problems within a software... Continue Reading →
“It’s a Bug!” Part 2 : Be The Diplomat – How to drop the news to the development team.
Previously in "It's a bug!" we met Ali - a software tester working on an Agile software project. Ali had just begun testing a new deployment and had found a pretty major bug. Moral was high amongst the project team and Ali knew that dropping the news of a big... Continue Reading →
Automation Tester
As an automation tester your main task is to design and code automated functional test scripts. You’ll be known to the project team as automation test analyst automation test engineer automation test developer developer in test software developer in test test automation developer test automation engineer test automation specialist test... Continue Reading →