24 Feb
Life before and after unit test automation
Unit testing can be great in theory – but is actually quite burdensome in practice. Writing the same code over and over again instead of creating new functionality. Making sure to adapt a whole bunch of unit tests after each
10 Feb
The Ultimate Checklist for Better Unit Testing
In this article, you get one single checklist that guides you through the whole unit testing process. By going through all the individual steps of this checklist, you can ensure that you don’t waste any more time on creating unit
27 Jan
5 steps to bring your unit testing projects into the 21st century
Software testing has become an essential activity in modern software projects. Unit testing promises automation and thus increased efficiency and reusability when it comes to software testing. In practice, however, unit tests are rather a burden than an efficiency booster.
13 Jan
3 reasons why we shouldn’t write code for unit tests any more
Unit testing is a crucial activity for every modern software project. However, writing and maintaining code for unit tests is one of the most annoying activities in software engineering. So, why are you still doing it? Actually, modern unit testing
30 Dec
Putting AI into the right Place
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized many areas over the last years, from autonomous driving, cancer detection, to recommending video series to binchwatchers. However, advantages of AI also come with tradeoffs that are often not talked about. Speed VS Correctness One
16 Dec
Overcoming the Reliability Problem of AI with Recommender Systems
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized many areas over the last years. However, for the big advantage of fast automation that was not possible before, comes the tradeoff of reduced reliability. In this article, I describe why this is an issue
02 Dec
How AI will influence unit testing
Unit Testing is a tedious, often monotonous, but crucial activitiy in every software development project. In this article, I show you how the intrusion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques into current unit testing practices will change the way we are
18 Nov
Recent developments in research on AI for testing
Artificial Intelligence is an upcoming trend in software engineering, and software testing in particular. In this article, I summarise recent developments on research in this area. The role of unit testing in AI for software engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
04 Nov
To become a better developer, you need to be a better tester
There are several ways to improve your skills as a developer (e.g. “Try This For a Week And Speed Up Your Coding Productivity 10x” ). In this article, I describe why one of the best ways to do this is to
22 Oct
What Testers can learn from Developers – and vice versa
When creating software, there is a constant iteration between development and testing. The below figure visualizes this phenomenon. During development, new increments of the produced software are created, which are verified via testing. Defects found in this testing phase are
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