Difference between revisions of "DATA CREEP"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m (Topic titles in capital letters) |
|||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
<span style="font-size: 16px">There are countless data files with different names but identical or almost identical content</span> | <span style="font-size: 16px">There are countless data files with different names but identical or almost identical content</span> | ||
=<span style="font-size: 16px">'''Category'''</span>= | =<span style="font-size: 16px">'''Category'''</span>= | ||
| − | span style="font-size: 16px">Process</span> | + | <span style="font-size: 16px">Process</span> |
=<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">'''Examples'''</span>= | =<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">'''Examples'''</span>= | ||
# <span style="font-size: 16px">Nobody knows what is being used and where, so nobody wants to be responsible for deleting eventually needed data</span> | # <span style="font-size: 16px">Nobody knows what is being used and where, so nobody wants to be responsible for deleting eventually needed data</span> | ||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
=<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">'''Resolving Patterns'''</span>= | =<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">'''Resolving Patterns'''</span>= | ||
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px"> Most recommended:</span><br /> | <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px"> Most recommended:</span><br /> | ||
| − | + | * <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">[[ GOOD PROGRAMMING PRACTICES]]: Use the same good programming practices as in software development</span> | |
| − | * <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">[[ GOOD PROGRAMMING PRACTICES]]</span> | + | * <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ MAINTAINABLE TESTWARE]]: Design your testware so that it does not have to be updated for every little change in the Software Under Test (SUT)</span> |
| − | * <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ MAINTAINABLE TESTWARE]]</span> | + | * <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ MAINTAIN THE TESTWARE]]: Maintain test automation scripts and test data regularly and from the very beginning</span> |
| − | * <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ MAINTAIN THE TESTWARE]]</span> | ||
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ MANAGEMENT SUPPORT]]: You will need this pattern to be able to change the current bad behaviour</span> | * <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ MANAGEMENT SUPPORT]]: You will need this pattern to be able to change the current bad behaviour</span> | ||
| − | * <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ REFACTOR THE TESTWARE]]</span> | + | * <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ REFACTOR THE TESTWARE]]: Refactor your testware regularly</span> |
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">You should already be applying these patterns. If not, do it!</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: 16px">Other useful Patterns:</span><br /> | <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">You should already be applying these patterns. If not, do it!</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: 16px">Other useful Patterns:</span><br /> | ||
| − | |||
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ GOOD DEVELOPMENT PROCESS]]: apply this pattern if you don't have a process for developing test automation. Apply it also if your process lives only on paper (nobody cares)</span> | * <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ GOOD DEVELOPMENT PROCESS]]: apply this pattern if you don't have a process for developing test automation. Apply it also if your process lives only on paper (nobody cares)</span> | ||
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ LEARN FROM MISTAKES]]: apply this pattern to turn mistakes into useful experiences</span> | * <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ LEARN FROM MISTAKES]]: apply this pattern to turn mistakes into useful experiences</span> | ||
Latest revision as of 16:57, 26 June 2018
.................................................................................................................Main Page / Back to Process Issues / Back to Test Automation Issues
.................................................................................................................Main Page / Back to Process Issues / Back to Test Automation Issues
Issue Summary
There are countless data files with different names but identical or almost identical content
Category
Process
Examples
- Nobody knows what is being used and where, so nobody wants to be responsible for deleting eventually needed data
- To edit or remove the the data files is too much work: one has to look up all the places where they are used and change the referrals. If the files are similar rather than identical, a unified file has to be created.
Questions
Is the data documented?
Are there standards regarding naming and documentation?
Who creates the data? How? Who uses it?
Resolving Patterns
Most recommended:
- GOOD PROGRAMMING PRACTICES: Use the same good programming practices as in software development
- MAINTAINABLE TESTWARE: Design your testware so that it does not have to be updated for every little change in the Software Under Test (SUT)
- MAINTAIN THE TESTWARE: Maintain test automation scripts and test data regularly and from the very beginning
- MANAGEMENT SUPPORT: You will need this pattern to be able to change the current bad behaviour
- REFACTOR THE TESTWARE: Refactor your testware regularly
You should already be applying these patterns. If not, do it!
Other useful Patterns:
- GOOD DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: apply this pattern if you don't have a process for developing test automation. Apply it also if your process lives only on paper (nobody cares)
- LEARN FROM MISTAKES: apply this pattern to turn mistakes into useful experiences
- KILL THE ZOMBIES: Apply this pattern for a start
- DEFAULT DATA: use this pattern if your tests use a lot of common data that is not relevant to the specific test case
- DOCUMENT THE TESTWARE: you should be already applying this pattern. Retrofixing documentation is quite an effort. Do it in the future for all new projects and everytime you have to update something old
- KEEP IT SIMPLE: Always apply this pattern!
.................................................................................................................Main Page / Back to Process Issues / Back to Test Automation Issues