Martin Fowler's Test Pyramid has served the industry well for years. It tells you which types of tests to write (unit, integration, end-to-end) and roughly how many of each. The pyramid is intuitive: a wide base of fast unit tests, a narrower middle of integration tests, and a thin top of slow end-to-end tests. To … Continue reading You Climbed the Test Pyramid. Now Eat a Custard Slice.
Category: Modelling
Is it possible to improve the impact of our Testing by simplifying it?
I admire the simplicity of TDD. Red, Green, Refactor. Write a test, see it fail. Write some code, see the test pass. Refactor your code, the test should still be green. It's simple to describe and a simple concept to understand. Except it's not simple. I rarely practice TDD by myself these days, but I … Continue reading Is it possible to improve the impact of our Testing by simplifying it?
Modelling for Testers
If you’ve heard the term modelling before but don’t know how it applies to testing, this post will give you one perspective with an example for you to try.
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