Category Archives: software testing

Linguistic heuristics

Searching. I’m currently testing a product that has a search feature. I’ve tested search functionality before but not a multilingual search engine that utilizes two different search engines based on the language selected. Nor have I previously worked with a … Continue reading

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A case of falsely-generated email

This week amidst all the crazy airline flight cancellations and my own pending flight to the Software Test & Performance Conference, I received an erroneous email from a large airline carrier. I had already booked a flight with a major … Continue reading

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Storytelling & Software Testing

Sometime about a year ago I became interested in storytelling. I’m not sure how it started; perhaps I stumbled across a book. I know I started explicitly seeking books on the subject last summer and by the end of the … Continue reading

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Chars, strings, and injections

As a follow-up to testing with numbers, there are special chars, strings, and injections I use in testing alpha fields. Name fields are a good example of testing alpha fields because first and last name fields are common. And name … Continue reading

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