Tag : testing

I have three distinct environments: test, QA, and prod. Test and QA share the same database but have different front-ends. This means there can be UI changes in the test environment that are not present in QA. What should be the testing stategy in such scenario? Should a full test be conducted in the test environment when a front-end change is made, and then only a smoke test in QA? Or vice versa? Or should a full test be conducted in both environ..

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Say you are creating some module or service, which is responsible for creating certain ratings, i.e. you’re creating a rating service for e-books and you are trying to judge how romantic a book is. And for that service you create some test, where you use real books, which you have read and know how you would rate them yourself and you try to compare the results from your service to what you would give. And of course the purpose of this test would be to improve the quality of the service later, if it shows up that the service gives ratings which you don’t agree..

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