A feel-good memory from TestBash 2024. Simon Tomes, Sergio Freire and Gwen Diagram pose for a happy selfie.

In this episode of QA Therapy, we sit down with Richard Adams, a seasoned expert in security testing, to dive deep into the critical role security plays in modern software development.

Smoke tests are used to find out if your build is stable enough to be tested exhaustively in a proper environment. Does your software start and keeps running? Is the web server and all remaining services up as expected? If it does reach the minimums, then it can’t be further tested, and development needs to look at immediately.Smoke tests should be the ones you or the machine will perform for you. Having a good set of smoke tests can evaluate the stability of it. As more you may find in the advance about the stability of the SUT, better, as it will avoid unnecessary works afterwards. If smoke tests passed, then you can perform sanity tests and all the regression tests (start with the automated "ones” - i.e. automated scripts/checks). Probably you have to decide which regression tests to perform…and here comes risk assessment: if you have to choose, start with by addressing the higher risks in the context of your build/release.

Learn the main concepts of exploratory testing and how it differentiates from other established approaches

Will the next Indiana Jones uncover the Holy Grail of Testing?

Watch Sérgio Freire's Experience Report on Web UI Automation from Test.bash('Online'): 2020

Discover how Xray Reporting to make decisions

Boost your exploratory testing with Xray's Exploratory Testing App

Understand how you can get a clearer understanding of your coverage.

Understand more about Xray's tools with this Ask Me Anything with Sergio Freire from Xra!

Using and contributing to open-source testing related projects

Kristof talks to Sergio about how making tutorials can be a great way to share knowledge, by giving concrete examples that teams can use as a booster to get started