Comments on: “Just test everything” http://ubertest.hogfish.net/?p=103 Trish Khoo's testing blog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:02:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Scary Tester http://ubertest.hogfish.net/?p=103&cpage=1#comment-96 Scary Tester Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:30:37 +0000 http://ubertest.hogfish.net/?p=103#comment-96 Hi Rhys, wow you're right. Looks like you found a bug with Wordpress. :) Yes, I agree with your value:time ratio. I'm hoping a developer may read this post and realise that there are more scenarios that need testing beyond the immediately obvious. Hopefully that may lead to better instructions than "just test everything". Hi Rhys, wow you’re right. Looks like you found a bug with WordPress. :)

Yes, I agree with your value:time ratio. I’m hoping a developer may read this post and realise that there are more scenarios that need testing beyond the immediately obvious. Hopefully that may lead to better instructions than “just test everything”.

]]> By: Rhys http://ubertest.hogfish.net/?p=103&cpage=1#comment-95 Rhys Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:48:11 +0000 http://ubertest.hogfish.net/?p=103#comment-95 I guess that's why it's all about balancing risk. Testing enough that you can imply with a reasonable degree of certainty that the other scenarios are likely to work. As you keep going with all the possible combinations, the value of testing those new combinations is lessened. Scope is a good thing, but so is observing that Value : Time ratio for test cases. How likely is it that your project has infinite time for testing? Oh, and it looks like there is an image in your post that is actually linked to a local file on your computer (moz-screenshot.png). Perhaps you found a combination the tool you used to write this post didn't test! I guess that’s why it’s all about balancing risk. Testing enough that you can imply with a reasonable degree of certainty that the other scenarios are likely to work. As you keep going with all the possible combinations, the value of testing those new combinations is lessened. Scope is a good thing, but so is observing that Value : Time ratio for test cases. How likely is it that your project has infinite time for testing?

Oh, and it looks like there is an image in your post that is actually linked to a local file on your computer (moz-screenshot.png). Perhaps you found a combination the tool you used to write this post didn’t test!

]]> By: Justin Hunter http://ubertest.hogfish.net/?p=103&cpage=1#comment-94 Justin Hunter Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:42:10 +0000 http://ubertest.hogfish.net/?p=103#comment-94 Good points. Funny thing: I read an inspired suggestion recently by a brilliant blogger about a new test design tool designed to efficiently address exactly these kinds of combinatorial explosions.... :) http://ubertest.hogfish.net/?p=93 - Justin Good points. Funny thing: I read an inspired suggestion recently by a brilliant blogger about a new test design tool designed to efficiently address exactly these kinds of combinatorial explosions…. :)

http://ubertest.hogfish.net/?p=93

- Justin

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