Blog Posts

TLDR; Too many scope and reporting restrictions on testing attenuates both noise and signal.

TLDR; Everyone experiences rejection. We need strategies for how we respond to it.

Have you ever been rejected?

Of course. Everyone has. The problem is not being rejected. The problem is how do we handle being rejected.

TLDR: Spark is static so having it run in an @BeforeClass allows HTTP request testing to begin.

I use Spark as the embedded web server in my applications. I also run simple HTTP tests against this as part of my local maven build. And I start Spark within the JUnit tests themselves. In this post I’ll show how.

TLDR: when I have a small set of HTTP use-cases, and I’m working on fast in-build HTTP integration verification then I’ll probably use HttpURLConnection

TLDR: refactored to isolate XML processing, configured XStream in code, removed all annotations, added XML header, wrote less code

I have a small REST API application which uses Spark and GSON and JAXB. I haven’t released this to Github yet but I did release some of the example externally executed []integration verification code](https://github.com/eviltester/automating-rest-api) for it.

When trying to package this for Java 1.9 I encountered the, now standard, missing JAXB, libraries. So I thought I’d investigate another XML library.

TLDR: Learn Java by taking advantage of code completion and JavaDoc in the IDE to explore classes with JUnit Tests

I my book Java For Testers I encourage the reader to experiment when learning Java by writing small JUnit tests to explore classes. I’m going to expand on that concept in this blog post and the associated video.

TLDR; cURL requires an install on Windows, but it isn’t always easy unless you use a one-click installer or Chocolatey.

I remember cURL being easier to install than it currently seems to be. I’ve had a few questions from people working through my book “Automating and Testing a REST API” on who were experiencing difficulties installing cURL on Windows. I documented a few different approaches.

TLDR; Turnkey linux VM for testing Tracks using network settings Bridged, or Host Only.

I normally use VM Ware, but I create a video showing Turnkey Linux and Virtual Box to help people with the network settings.

TLDR; The Tester in me was not satisfied by the TDD of FizzBuzz so I expanded the coverage with some simple acceptance testing modeled by automated @Test methods.

Previously on “Testers TDD” I created a version of FizzBuzz using TDD we now move on to the Acceptance Testing of FizzBuzz, but do we need to?

Title: Mapping Cognition to Software Modelling & Testing

• https://ukstar.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/

UKStar is in march I helped organise it as part of the programme committee But I’m also doing a workshop with Gustav Khun which we have been planning.

I’m not sure I’ve looked forward to a workshop quite as much as this one.

Gustav is a Cognitive Psychologist and practicing Magician (he’s been on TV!) and we are going to explain some of the psychological principles of magic and I’ll map them on to Software Testing. Why? Because my MORIM model was built during the time that I talked my way into the Magic Circle in London for a year and I learned to study Magic and apply what I learned directly to testing. This is something I’ve wanted to cover for years but felt I lacked the credibility for the ‘Magic’ part. So I teamed up with Gustav to make sure we have a solid basis in Magic, Cognitive Psychology and Software Testing.