This document discusses exploratory testing and test automation. It provides tips for exploratory testers such as focusing the first test execution on gathering information and the repeating executions on automation. It also notes that testing is important for more than just testers and those who automate tests still need to explore systems. The document is authored by Maaret Pyhäjärvi and provides her contact information.

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Exploratory Testing
by Maaret Pyhäjärvi

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(Exploratory)
Tester
Agency
Learning
Systems
Thinking
Invest  Results

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UNIT
SERVICE
UI
Exploratory
Sprinkle OnTop
ExploratoryTesting
Contemporary
ExploratoryTesting
UNIT
SERVICE
UI

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Algorithm
trap
Bug trap
Test Cases
trap

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Test Automation is Documentation!

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Single line
See it fail
First test
Same test but variables
Same test but templates
Failing test with a bug
Spec to tests
Guess the values that are likely to fail
Multiple browsers
Runs in CI
Throwaway
automation?

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- Some of specified examples not properly recognized
- Text box resize is broken (my bad)
- Browser crashes with 32k+1 chars with spaces (tool)
- n and – and … messes up word count
- More specified examples not properly recognized

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Never Be Bored!
Be AwareWhich Options Expire
Collaboration is a SkillsWildcard

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Know more than one constraint you can use to add
to your information gathering creativity
Work in progress for
https://www.exploratorytestingacademy.com
with Irja Strauss and Parveen Khan

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Exploratory
Tester
Test Automation
Specialist
Focus on the 1st
(always different) test
execution because
repeating narrows
scope!
Focus on the
repeating text
execution to capture
it. Repeating exactly is
valuable!

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You can't automate well
without exploring.You
can't explore well
without automating.

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(Exploratory)
Tester
(Application)
Programmer
Test Automator
/ Programmer
Testing is too important to be left for only testers!

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2020 2016
MIATPP
Most Influential Agile Testing
Professional Person
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Maaret Pyhäjärvi (from Finland)
Email: maaret@iki.fi
Twitter: @maaretp
Web: maaretp.com
Blog: visible-quality.blogspot.fi
(please connect with me through
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