Teatime: A/B Testing

Welcome back to Teatime! This is a weekly feature in which we sip tea and discuss some topic related to quality. Feel free to bring your tea and join in with questions in the comments section. Tea of the week: All the Lemon! by The Tea Dude. I know I usually recommend black teas, but I’ve got a sore throat this week, and lemon tisane hits the spot perfectly. Today’s Topic: Improving websites, with science! Continue reading

Teatime: Testing Large Domains

Welcome back to Teatime! This is a (semi-)weekly feature in which we sip tea and discuss some topic related to quality. Feel free to bring your tea and join in with questions in the comments section. Tea of the week: Dragon Pearls by Teavana. My grandmother gave me some of this for my birthday a few years back, and it’s become one of my favorite (and most expensive!) teas since. Continue reading

Cucumber is Magic, Right?

Everywhere I go, I see talk about BDD and Cucumber. Cucumber is the promised messiah, the single technology that bridges the world of the business and the world of the programmer, allowing your BA to write executable test cases so you don’t have to spend time automating once you have a solid framework. It’s the future, the new order, and it’s here, now, ready for prime time. Who wouldn’t want to learn it, right? Continue reading

Teatime: The Three Ways of Devops

Welcome back to Teatime! This is a weekly feature in which we sip tea and discuss some topic related to quality. Feel free to bring your tea and join in with questions in the comments section. Tea of the week: I’m feeling herbal today, chilling out with a refreshing cup of mint tea. I grow my own mint, but you can find good varieties at your local grocery store in all probability. Continue reading

Teatime: Performance Testing Basics with jMeter

Welcome back to Teatime! This is a weekly feature in which we sip tea and discuss some topic related to quality. Feel free to bring your tea and join in with questions in the comments section. Tea of the week: Black Cinnamon by Sub Rosa tea. It’s a nice spicy black tea, very like a chai, but with a focus on cinnamon specifically; perfect for warming up on a cold day. Continue reading

Teatime: Testing Application Performance

Welcome back to Teatime! This is a weekly feature in which we sip tea and discuss some topic related to quality. Feel free to bring your tea and join in with questions in the comments section. Tea of the week: Still on a chai kick from last week, today I’m sipping on Firebird’s Child Chai from Dryad Teas. I first was introduced to Dryad Tea at a booth at a convention; I always love being able to pick out teas in person, and once I’d found some good ones I started ordering online regularly. Continue reading

Teatime: SQL Testing

Welcome back to Teatime! This is a weekly feature in which we sip tea and discuss some topic related to quality. Feel free to bring your tea and join in with questions in the comments section. Tea of the week: I like a nice, spicy chai in the winter to warm me up, especially when I’m grappling with rough questions like today’s topic. Rather than subject myself to excessive caffeine on a cold afternoon, I’m sipping on Rooibos Chai from Sub Rosa Tea. Continue reading