Join our Software Test Automation Webinar Series
Original Software will be holding a number of webinars from April to June. No more than an hour in length, these informative sessions will attempt to cut through some of the myths and hype that currently surround the software testing industry.
Register today at: http://www.origsoft.com/webinars/
Listen in and learn how:
* You can jumpstart your test automation strategy without the need for complex scripting.
* You can automate agile testing quickly and easily.
* Your entire testing process can be underpinned by good quality, legal test data.
* Your application quality can be managed with complete visibility.
John Miner, Tim Bower and George Wilson, plus a few special guests will be your presenters on these great educational tracks. I am sure that these sessions will help you think about how effectively you can manage, secure and improve your software quality throughout the software testing lifecycle.
If you would like to register and attend our webinar simply visit the url below.
http://www.origsoft.com/webinars/
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Disposable test controversy
Search Software Quality has published an article this week by our very own George Wilson.
In his article he talks about the need for more disposable test assets. “In the last decade the rate of business change has risen beyond anything we could have expected. With increasing software development complexity and more and more IT departments taking on an agile approach, traditional test automation has become too cumbersome for most to sustain.”
He argues that “Test automation has failed to date simply because we could not afford to throw it away. Creating any form of automation takes effort and time, when the application under test changes and the automation ceases to work you are faced with a stark choice – either maintain it at additional effort and time or abandon it. If you abandon it you are also writing off the effort and time you invested in creating it, thus bringing the whole concept into question.” (you can read the whole article here)
It’s an interesting angle and certainly a problem that the technology we build at Original Software has been at pains to rectify, however it seems George has touched on a controversial topic. Discussions about the article have sprung up all over the internet and one commenter on a Linked In Group even went as far as saying “There is absolutely no need for ‘throwaway test automation’. Where on EARTH would he get that diagnosis or term?? The whole point of automation is that it doesn’t need to be throwaway.”
We think that the whole point of automation is that it should be flexible enough to adapt so that all your efforts don’t go to waste when applications change, but what about you? Which camp are you in? We’d love to hear your views….
