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How to Solve Software Bugs with the Scientific Method

Following a process like the Scientific Method can help maintain your sanity during those seemingly hopeless searches for software bugs and broken code.

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Exploratory Testing: Take a Walk with the Data

Taking a tour of the data as it moves through the system can be useful and can highlight other areas that might be worth an exploratory testing tour.

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Test Timers and Reduce the Wait with Cypress’ Cy.Clock

Testing timers reliably is difficult in manual tests. To avoid waiting, Cypress has a built-in method cy.clock() that turns coders into Time Lords.

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Testing Nested Components Reliably with Cypress

Testing nested components in Cypress can result in some flakey tests. Merging selector statements to use built-in retries will improve test accuracy.

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Lessons Learned from Customer Usage

Getting your app into the hands of customers as soon as possible is highly recommended. Here are a few stories that illustrate the utility of user testing.

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How to Make the Most of Your Software Beta Trial: Post Beta Trial Edition

I recently wrote about making the most of a software beta trial. Next, I’ll talk about what to do after the beta is over and the data is in.

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Creating a “Testing is Fun” Mindset and Learning from Bugs

We strive to create quality software and learning from mistakes can help us avoid similar issues.This also helps encourage a 'testing can be fun' mindset.

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4 Steps to Get the Most Out of Your Software Beta Trial

There are many ways to approach a beta trial. By thinking first about what outcomes you want, you can work backward to think about how.

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What I Learned About Myself & My Software Testing Habits from Presenting to New Hires

During Q&A time, I got some good questions about how and why I test that I continued to think about afterward. Here are my answers.

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Exploratory Testing a Long-Running Project? Switch it Up

When I'm testing a long project, I find myself following the same paths to get to the new features and functionality. Here are six ways I switch it up.

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More Ways to Test – 9 Situations to Test the Strength of Your Mobile App

What else is there to test on a phone app when you've tested the functionality? Put it in these nine situations, and see how it responds.

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A Very, Very Lightweight Test Plan

Even on an Agile project, think through your testing at the start can help you be prepared, focused on the right areas, and testing for the right risks.

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