Software Quality Assurance and Testing expert, focused entirely on the process of building great quality software.
Boston, MA
Joined January 2012
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Steve Carlson retweeted
Alas, better testing doesn’t *necessarily* lead to better software. But it can lead to better awareness of the state of the software. That in turn can help people to recognize problems in software, whereupon people can figure out how they might make it better.
Two golden #testingtip on Better Testing: "Better testing leads to better software." - Cem Kaner.
"Better testing does not necessarily mean more testing." - @michaelbolton
Steve Carlson retweeted
This is why we must test the system, and not simply its components.
Problems emerge when components that work "perfectly" are imperfectly combined with other components that work "perfectly".
Steve Carlson retweeted
Software testers,
If using the software you're testing frustrates you,
THAT IS A TEST RESULT.
Your frustration may be an indicator of a problem, regardless of what the specifications say.
If something bugs you, it may also bug someone else.
Report what bugs you. 🪲
Steve Carlson retweeted
Sometimes testers say "there's no user interface; just an API". The API IS a user interface, for two classes of users: 1) other programs, and 2) developers who build them. So testing like a user means using the API as a developer might, both programmatically and interactively
Steve Carlson retweeted
Memory leaks and overflow bugs continue to be a major issue in important software.
theregister.co.uk/2019/07/25…
[PODCAST] Advanced Agile with DevOps - How Testers are Important to the Process & Ways to Get Involved with Observability @lisacrispin @jess_ingrass @mkltesthead @mheusser #testing #softwaretesting ow.ly/Gp0w30ok8o7
Steve Carlson retweeted
1) There’s a common misconception about testing: that whatever we’ve tested, we must always test it again, every time, and forever. This misconception creates a bias in favour of fast, cheap, shallow, repeated tests. Yet variation is essential to broader and deeper coverage.
Mobile Testing Techniques Every Tester Should Know @dnlkntt ow.ly/nMJq30m756e #testing #softwaretesting
Steve Carlson retweeted
When a great leader, mentor, and friend dies, it’s like watching a great ship going over the horizon. It may be gone from our sight, but it’s still here in our memories and in the things that it brought to us.
Farewell, @JerryWeinberg. Farewell. Love and hugs to all his friends.
How to Create a Mobile Testing Strategy in Three Steps @dnlkntt ow.ly/P0Yl30lcnQo #testing #softwaretesting
[PODCAST] Understanding #GDPR General Data Protection Regulation & How Software Testing Can Help @mkltesthead @perze @pvarhol @mheusser ow.ly/X6vq30l2A8l #testing #softwaretesting
Steve Carlson retweeted
Automation is not something you DO. Automation is something you USE to get something important done. Thinking of *automation* as the thing that you do risks displacing attention from the quality of that important something that is your actual mission. #STAREAST
[PODCAST] What Does Continuous #Testing Really Mean? @GerieOwen @mkltesthead @mheusser ow.ly/f9uV30jtqYU #softwaretesting
Signing Off - “I’m often given a product to test, but not enough time to test it. How am I supposed to sign off on the release when I haven’t tested enough?” @michaelbolton ow.ly/ieTV30j9Csl