Category: QA

Here at Caplin we use and are constantly evaluating Agile practices and techniques that make software development and maintenance as efficient as possible. In particular to the practice of BDD, which ‘utilises stories ...Read More

For many applications, when you call a method the effect is immediate. For example calling a method like showErrorMessage("Error") will instantly update the page to give feedback to the user. However, not all applications are this simple. Caplin ...Read More

Design Driven Testing TDD is a great methodology that I would expect most developers to have a good knowledge of. That said, I can count on one hand the number of developers I have ...Read More

Test Automation is an essential part of software testing. Especially these days where everything is about agile development and agile processes. Short iterations and flexibility make it crucial to have an efficient Test Automation strategy in place. Test ...Read More

The issue of quality is key to the success of any software product; and there are essentially two main aspects of quality that can be looked at. The first is external quality, which is the quality that is perceived by the ...Read More

Testing Java servlets reliably can often be difficult. Generally the main business logic is contained in a different class which can be tested in isolation, but in some cases it is necessary to have some logic in the servlet itself. It's also nice ...Read More

Summary of all talks There were 7 talks with 15 minute intervals between each.  The event was sold out, so around 125 attendees.  In general the first five talks seemed the most relevant for us, and in particular ...Read More

When testing features of your product it is often necessary to test state changing methods. For example, consider a method which adds an string to a hashmap. The first time you call it you will get an "OK" ...Read More

Jasmine BDD is a test automation framework to test JavaScript code. It is designed for Behaviour Driven Development by using specifications to describe the aim of a test in plain English language. Example of a Jasmine ...Read More

James Betteley has been a Build & Release Manager since 2004. He joined Caplin this past year and now works closely with Caplin’s engineering and quality assurance teams to manage the continuous delivery of our software. ...Read More