Testing Trends: Testing AI and Testing with AI
Trends in software testing: AI is used most in programming and testing, far less in requirements engineering. Scrum dominates, even in aviation.
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Accessibility Act: Blind Testers Find What Tools Miss
Accessibility testing can't be fully automated. Accessible components can still break once combined, and blind testers catch it with screen readers.
Software Analysis: Assessing an Inherited Ticket Shop
Software analysis of an inherited ticket shop: static analysis gave a first verdict in 1.5 days. Then a third of the code turned out to be a black box.
Impostor Syndrome: How to Stop Feeling Like a Fraud
Impostor syndrome can't be argued away with logic. Knowing the term, talking openly with peers and contradicting your inner critic help break the cycle.
Model-Based Test Case Design: First Abstract, Then Concrete
Model-based test case design often breaks down between model and concrete test. Two phases fix that: high-level tests first, data and scripts later.
Generative AI in Testing: AI-Written Unit Tests Cement Bugs
Generative AI in testing speeds up automation with boilerplate code, test case reviews and edge cases. Unit tests generated from code cement its bugs.
Where Formal Methods Get Used, and What a Proof Costs
Type systems, Windows drivers, payments, the seL4 kernel: where formal methods run in practice, and why a proof can cost ten lines per line of code.
Quality in Software Development Is Now a Team Task
Quality in software development moved from a late test phase to a team task. Now AI forces the question many teams never answered: what is quality?
Shift Left vs Shift Right: You Don't Have to Pick One
Shift left parallelizes testing before go-live, shift right watches production. One insurer runs the same UI tests in both worlds. How that works.
Testing Data Processes: Expected Results from the Specification
Testing data processes works best with expected results generated from the business specification, since production data covers only about 70% of cases.
Software Quality Metrics: Trends Say More Than Single Values
Software quality metrics only help when they fit the context and feed real decisions. Team comparisons mislead, and lead time deserves a closer look.
Business Analysts and Testers: Spotting Edge Cases Early
A business analyst who thinks like a tester spots edge cases before any code exists. A data warehouse project shows why testers should question specs.
From Tester to QA Lead: The Biggest Obstacles Are Human
From tester to QA lead: the human challenges outweigh the technical ones. Leading a small project first shows whether a management role suits you.
How Is Security Testing Integrated into the CI/CD Pipeline?
Automated security testing with OWASP ZAP and Nuclei in CI/CD catches standard flaws early and shrinks a 60-page pentest report to four or five pages.
Embedded Testing: How Far You Get Without the Hardware
Embedded testing starts before the hardware arrives. Why simulators fail at timing and bus protocols, and when real target hardware belongs in CI.
Form Testing: Model-Based Test Data via SMT Solver
Form testing for over 255 tax form variants across 16 states: an SMT solver derives valid test data from the model and exposes contradictory rules.
Cyber Resilience Act: Connected Machines Are Affected Too
The Cyber Resilience Act covers connected machines, with risk assessments and reporting duties. Starting early secures consultants before rates rise.
The Testing Profession: What Skills Does a Tester Need Today?
The testing profession has become a team task, since quality belongs to everyone in an agile team. Experience counts for more than knowledge alone.