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Heuristics For Identifying Corner Cases For Testing

T. talks Testing.

Summary

Corners are interesting as they are subtle, invisible really. They could be complex with many things that intersect and therefore display a unique behaviour. They may not necessarily be symmetrical at ends, nor be similar to behaviour in the middle.

As a developer focused on solving a problem for typical or generic cases one may not see the interesting extremities. For example, we do everything right for a system in a normal state but miss out on what happens when it is brought up the first time. This article outlines eight heuristics I discovered when testing a product that we were building, a SaaS platform.

The heuristics outlined are based on these aspects: Time, Lifecycle, Transformation, Position, Space, and Size.

T Ashok

Ashok is a test Professional. Founder & CEO STAG Software.Ultra Cyclist. Ultra Runner. Wordsmith. Passionate about excellence, his mission is to invent technologies to deliver “clean software”. He can be reached at ash@stagsoftware.com

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