Software Testing Techie

In this post I am going to share my experience and preparation for ISTQB Agile Foundation Level exam. The pre-requisite for this exam is ISTQB Foundation Level Certificate. This is an extension exam since it deals with only Agile development. Who is eligible for this exam? Every Tester who has ISTQB foundation level certificate is eligible. If you are planning to work in an agile environment or your current job demands so then you must go for this certificate since it will give you a basic idea of how Agile development works. What you will learn from the certification? After completing the certification, you will be able to understand how testing is a crucial part in agile. Role of a tester, how as a tester you can make a difference. Difference between Agile and Traditional methods. You will also learn about agile values and principles, continuous integration, planning, Kanban, XP and scrum methods. What is the exam structure? Exam consists of total 40 questions with multiple...

In my last post,  Benefits of Early and Frequent Feedback in Agile development  I mentioned how Continuous Integration helps in early and frequent feedback. In this post, we are going to go deeper into the concept and see what exactly it does, how it does and its benefits and challenges. Continuous Integration is an automated system which wraps configuration management, software build, deployment and testing into one repeatable process. The best practice is to run the whole set of set into the new build (with all the new code check ins) at least once a day. This gives a feedback on the  build quality. If all the automated tests passed then the build can be used to perform deeper testing. Below are some of the activities carried out by CI: Code analysis Compilation of code and generating an executable file Perform Unit testing Deploying the build onto the testing environment Performing integration testing Generating reports In our project, nightly build and...