testing challenges within agile teams
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Janet Gregory, DragonFire Inc.Copyright 2013
Star Canada April 2013, Toronto
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First agile team – 2000Currently – coaching, testingBook – Agile Testing; January 2009Writing Book 2 - 2013
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1. mixed messages by thought leaders 2. new technologies3. distributed teams4. organization culture 5. tester role / testing activities / automation
Are there others you can think of ???
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Testing activitiesTesting activities
Common automation modelCommon automation model
Automation through the
GUI
Unit Tests
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push the tests lower
Automate at the feature
level
Automate at the story
level
Automate at the task
level
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Tests / Examples
Test Method / Fixture
Developer Code
passes to
calls
API test structure Test
Framework
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boolean TestLogIn (userName, password, expected result)call LogIn (userName, password)compare (actual result, expected result)if true, return passelse return fail
end
User Name Password Expected result commentsJanetGregory Password Access system as JanetGregory Valid combo savedJanet Gregory Password Error Space in user name
TestLogIn
boolean LogIn (name,pwd)code stuff ……….. if logged in, return true
elsereturn false
end
test / examples
test method / fixture
Developer code
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• different model for your application• old technologies (ex. Cobol)• less abstraction between layers◦ presentation vs. business layer
• new technologies◦ more logic in the GUI layer
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• JavaScript• Flash• Flex• Ajax• Cross-browser
compatibility• Mobile (type,
carrier, networks)
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• ATDD (acceptance test driven dev) through the GUI◦ Jasmine: BDD framework to test JavaScript◦ Sebium: Fit and Selenium combined (Cirilo Wortel)◦ Selenium: possible, but harder◦ Ruby / Watir: possible, but harder
• Unit tests◦ jQuery
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• enables testers / business to define tests
• test code can be in programming language
• programmers can run tests as they code
• testers can ask programmers for help
• takes time from ‘coding’ production code
• tests are usually through the UI
• programmers aren’t usually willing to help
• tests are implemented after the code is written
• testers create and implement all tests
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So, if we can’t test all (most) functionality at the API layer ...
Any stories to share?
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two big questions ....two big questions ....
Do testers need to know how to code?
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Can programmers
do all the testing?
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• system architecture◦ high level (context)◦ component level
19Thx to Lynn McKee for the term technical awareness
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for example, • in JavaScript, there is a small, but important
issue with the parseInt function, used to transform strings to integers. • the issue arises when we create a Date object
from a 'yyyy-mm-dd' string.
Could your testers and programmers have a conversation about this?
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Brian Marick
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• slicing stories• ATDD (acceptance test driven development)• sharing technical details• teaching testing skills• learning test patterns• learning / teaching design techniques• creating test harnesses, mocks, stubs
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Instead of saying NO, or being the gatekeeper
Be the information provider so business can make the decisions
Questions?
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• agile-testing@yahoogroups.com• www.lisacrispin.com• http://gojko.net/2010/10/05/rethinking-user-interface-test-
automation/• http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/testing-your-
javascript-with-jasmine• http://www.software-testing.com.au/blog/2011/01/25/test-
automation-styles-and-alternatives-to-the-page-object-pattern/
• www.qualityperspectives.ca
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Contact Information
janet@agiletester.cawww.janetgregory.ca
twitter: @janetgregoryca
lisa@agiletester.cawww.lisacrispin.comtwitter: @lisacrispin
www.agiletester.ca
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