Today, I like to mention about testing a service in SOA world.I don't think I need to explain what is SOA or what are the benefits of Service Oriented Architecture. You can find good articles and papers online.So let's talk about service testing. I think there are several different kinds of service in SOA world. One of them would be bottom layer service which is normally a wrapper for database. Another one would be sort of middle layer service which consumes other bottom layer services.In my…See More

Today, I like to write about over re-factoring in test automation code.This is not true for every tester who writes test automation code. I've seen this from last two companies that I worked for. But there are interesting view to it.First, I like to mention about redundant code. What is redundant code? I think one example would be piece of code that contains the same logic spreading around the system or framework. Yes, when some logic change required we need to find all the occurrence of that…See More

Today, I like to write about misconception and purpose of test automation.Now days, test engineers' programming capability is crucial in the software industry. I guess there is already an occupation like a Test Architect. And considering scale of the project, we cannot test applications without test automation. I guess I can safely say that test engineers' programming skill are better than like 5-6 years ago.What is concerning to me is that as test engineers writing more codes, some of them are…See More

1. Keep the linear dependencies.This is not only for test framework but also development code as well. Code changes are inevitable, linear dependencies help minimize the side effect of codechanges. Loop dependencies cause development hell. Here is a goodlecture about why loop dependencies lead slow down the project. Link2. Make robust and simple backbone of test framework strategy.This is pretty obvious statement I guess. The…See More