In its simplest definition, contract testing is used to test that two systems have a shared understanding of expectations. For example, when a web application sends a GET request to a data service, the web application has expectations regarding how the data service should respond. Contract testing captures the interactions between these two systems, which are then stored in a contract that both systems must adhere to.

A lovely memory of the one and only Diana with my daughter, Gabby, at the MoT Athens Meetup 2023.

This is the activity card for the TestBash Liverpool 2023 activity, Let's Play the Waiting Game, in which we learned about the psychology behind waiting and performance.

Taking selfies with Beth Marshall and Russell Craxford at TestBash Liverpool 2023.

Meaningful conversations with Marie Cruz and Christine Pinto. Grateful for the London meetup experience.

03/04/2025. Another milestone for Eamon Droko. His first time speaking at a meetup and what a wonderfully kind and inspirational talk it was. Eamon shared gratitude for the Ministry of Testing comm...

We talk about pact nirvana and how to achieve it, celebrating small wins, benefits of contract testing, enabling developers to test with modern tools and managing contracts at scale with Pactflow.

User stories are short and simple descriptions of a feature or functionality that are told from your user's perspective

In software testing, heuristics are like mental models or shortcuts that we as testers use to guide our work. I like to think of heuristics as strategies that help me generate new ideas on what to test and how to test it especially when I run out of ideas myself. Heuristics are particularly useful when it comes to doing exploratory testing because they give us a guideline on what to explore next. 

A test idea is more about the general thought of what to test in a software. They are often generic and it involves looking at the wider picture.

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