What is meant by Structural (Code) Coverage?
Put simply structural, or code, coverage is the amount of code that is covered in execution by a single test or collection of tests. For a procedural language like C, you can identify a function of interest, run some test cases on this function, and then...
Can requirements-based testing be automated?
Can requirements-based testing be Automated? Very few people love testing, but technology has come a long way since the days when tests needed to be written manually one by one. Requirements-based testing, however, tends to act as a sticking point when teams start to...
Autonomous Cars – Put Your Safety Belt on, the Future is Almost Here!
In 1872, American George Brayton invented the first commercial liquid-fuelled internal combustion engine. In 1876, Nikolaus Otto, working with Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, patented the compressed charge, four-cycle engine. In 1879, Karl Benz patented a...
Continuous Integration is Absurd without Unit Testing
Continuous integration is absurd without unit testing. Imagine this conversation between colleagues: “We are DevOps pioneers,” my colleague says, swinging his arm towards the Dell Inspiron that hums away on the edge of his desk. On the screen, a mass of red...
Safety Critical Software – Out of Sight, Out of Mind
I recently travelled for business to Vietnam. I flew from London to Ho Chi Minh City, then took a few internal flights to and from Hanoi and then finally flew back from Hanoi to London. I travelled 24,633km in 6 days and spent more than 30 hours in the air. I flew on...