Exploratory Testing

A Deep Dive investigation of a live bug in Github

9 minute read - Technical Testing Exploratory Testing

When we find a bug in a system we have to make sure we can isolate it and also reduce the risk that our approach caused the bug, rather than the system having a bug.

Click bots for social media and beyond

3 minute read - Exploratory Testing JavaScript

TLDR: simple click bots from the JavaScript console can make social media and other sites easier to use

I have been using click from the JavaScript console more to: fill in forms, remove ads, remove popups, etc. In this post I explain the general principles.

Exploratory Testing Clean Recon Live Example

2 minute read - Exploratory Testing

TLDR: clean recon - using the app to provide knowledge about the app

Using The Pulper v 1.2 I recorded a live recon session to try and create an example of note taking, model building, risk identification and next action identification.

You can repeat the exercise for yourself and see how you get on.

A practice exploratory testing session - javascript button game

3 minute read - Exploratory Testing JavaScript

TLDR; Do you practice your testing? One way involves picking a random game and exploiting it.

A retrospective critique of an exploratory testing session

16 minute read - Exploratory Testing

A retrospective of an Exploratory Testing Session with detailed notes and critiques.

A live exploratory testing session recorded

2 minute read - Exploratory Testing

TLDR; Because we don’t see many videos showing exploratory testing in action, where people test, and explain why they are testing. I created an up to date video. I encourage you to critique the testing.

Lessons learned from Black Ops Testing - Testing a JavaScript library

13 minute read - Exploratory Testing Technical Testing

Lessons learned from Black Ops Testing - Testing a JavaScript library

Lessons Learned Testing QA Mail for Black Ops Testing

7 minute read - Exploratory Testing Technical Testing

On the Black Ops Testing Webinar of 11th May 2015 we tested QA Mail. You can find a write up and watch the webinar replay over on BlackOpsTesting.com

An exploratory testing example explored: Taskwarrior

12 minute read - Exploratory Testing

In this post, I’ll discuss the ‘actual testing’ that I performed on Taskwarrior, and why I think I performed it the way I did. At the end of the post I have summarised some ‘principles’ that I have drawn from my notes.