It often amazes me just how lucky you have to be to find some bugs. I've found bugs when you use data that may only affect 1 in 1000 items in your database. I've found bugs that only manifest on certain days, if I'd been testing a few days earlier, or a few days later I never would have seen it.
Once you see these things for the first time, you can add to your list of oracles and that should help you find similar bugs elsewhere. Which goes to prove the old addage, the more you practice, the luckier you get.
20 May 2011
05 May 2011
Where I get grilled by James Bach
During the STC testing meetup in Nottingham, there was a presentation made by James Bach. During the presentation, he issues a testing challenge, and picks on a member of the audience to try it. Guess who he managed to pick out of the crowd?
The video can be viewed Here. My contribution starts at around the 24:30 mark. I warn you, it is cringeworthy.
P.S. Thanks to Mohinder Khosla for recording and uploading the video.
The video can be viewed Here. My contribution starts at around the 24:30 mark. I warn you, it is cringeworthy.
P.S. Thanks to Mohinder Khosla for recording and uploading the video.
04 May 2011
Test Addict
I've had that realisation today that I just can't see something without attempting to test it.
A friend of mine updated a Facebook group he set up to use the new format, with the words ''. This was a red rag to me, so immediately I had to see if I could find this other shoe.
He uses a link from his website to the group and it works fine, if you are already logged into Facebook. If not, you receive a page that says 'Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on getting this fixed as soon as we can.' I'd expect you to be sent to the login page and then when you login successfully it forwards you to the group page. Turns out it was a problem with the link, which has now been fixed.
The point is to show that I just can't resist testing. Pity me.
A friend of mine updated a Facebook group he set up to use the new format, with the words ''. This was a red rag to me, so immediately I had to see if I could find this other shoe.
He uses a link from his website to the group and it works fine, if you are already logged into Facebook. If not, you receive a page that says 'Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on getting this fixed as soon as we can.' I'd expect you to be sent to the login page and then when you login successfully it forwards you to the group page. Turns out it was a problem with the link, which has now been fixed.
The point is to show that I just can't resist testing. Pity me.
28 April 2011
Bristol Test Meetup
For those of you in and around the South West area (or indeed any testers from further afield) there is going to be an STC meetup in Bristol on Wednesday 1st June, the full details of which can be found here:
http://www.meetup.com/SoftwareTestingClub/events/16716411/
I attended the first of these meetups in Nottingham back in February and found it to be both informative and enjoyable, so am very much looking forward to a local gathering.
Hope to see you there.
http://www.meetup.com/SoftwareTestingClub/events/16716411/
I attended the first of these meetups in Nottingham back in February and found it to be both informative and enjoyable, so am very much looking forward to a local gathering.
Hope to see you there.
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