The Evil Tester Show - Software Testing and Development with Attitude
The Evil Tester Show - Software Testing and Development with Attitude
Alan Richardson - Software Testing and Development Consultant
Test Automation Biases
24 minutes Posted Feb 11, 2022 at 12:08 pm.
What is an Automation Bias?
Treat all opinions as biased
Automating a GUI is Slow and Flaky
Automate through the API
Code Free Automating is Bad
Tool X is Better than Y
Postman is Better than Insomnia
Python is Better than Java
Seeing Through Biases
Try it, then decide
Page Objects vs Screenplay
Take Responsibility
External Experience
Start Small, Make Progress
Do not ignore issues
Be Real rather than Believe
Keep Options Open
Be Aware of your biases
It takes time
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Software Testing is highly contextual and requires flexibility in our approach and thinking. But we are only human and sometimes we have beliefs and biases that limit our approach.
In episode 16 of The Eviltester Show we are looking at Test Automation Biases, what they are, how to avoid them, and how to evaluate your own biases.