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This article discusses a continuous verification and validation of complex and safety-critical software systems

Test’em ‘Scripts is a terminal-based test runner that makes cross browser Javascript unit testing easy.

If you want to introduce ATDD to a project or client, common sense says to begin by choosing the tool you want to use. This article quash that common-sense notion, because it doesn’t work.

One of the biggest problems on many agile teams is forgetting the real business value of the feature they are developing. Even with all the testing done for each story, the team may deliver a feature that has outstanding issues, or does not meet the customer�s expectations. This article covers how to balance the fast feedback of working in small increments and iterations with ensuring that the overall feature delivers adequate business value.

Many software testing problems involve sequences of events. Using combinatorial methods makes it possible to test sequences of events using significantly fewer tests than previous procedures.

Today, software plays an increasingly important role in the infrastructure of government agencies. These entities outsource and use open-source software within their critical infrastructure; however, the origins and security characteristics of this code are rarely certified.

The most advantageous features of Global Software Development (GSD) are its cost saving benefits and the easily availability of resources. Also the technological advancement especially in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) makes GSD a common practice in software industry. But GSD is also facing a lot of challenges. Maintaining quality in software development processes and products in GSD environments is one of the major challenges. This paper presents a survey on the challenges and factors which impact on the quality of the products in GSD environments. This report identifies that most of the factors which affect the quality of software product appear as part of two major challenges: requirements and coordination. We further demonstrate that how these two challenges are affected by several factors. Finally, we present the possible solution to reduce the complexity of those various factors.

PyInq is a Python unit testing framework created in the tradition of the xUnit family. Specifically, it draws its influence from JUnit and PyUnit (unittest).

In this article, I introduce the acronym PURIFF as a concept containing all test categories to be conducted during the sprint. The Scrum team can use the PURIFF acronym as a checklist to determine which categories of tests are relevant in the given context.

Sometimes, when testing user stories in Scrum, there’s a final Waterfall interaction to deal with. The scenario I present here is based on this situation: a Scrum process with an interaction of sequential phases at the end of the process to (re)test the whole developed functionality. These sequential phases are mandatory for our organization, which follows a Waterfall process for the releases of the product. So, for the moment at least, we have to deal with this and my experience is that we aren’t alone.