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Kristin Jackvony

Kristin Jackvony discovered her passion for software testing after a career as a music educator. She has been a QA engineer, manager, and lead for the last decade and is currently working as a QA Lead at Paylocity. She writes a weekly blog called Think Like a Tester, which helps software testers focus on the fundamentals of testing.

Automation Coding Practices

Automation Coding Practices to Adopt: Code Like a Developer

With all the coding I've done over the years as I write test automation, I've come to really appreciate the work that software developers do. Software is complex stuff, and...

Test Automation
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Recommended Free Tools to Help Your Testing

There are many articles, blog posts, and presentations that discuss automation frameworks and strategies. But even the most robust automation framework won't eliminate the...

Test Automation
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The Positive Outcomes of Negative Testing

As software testers and automation engineers, we often think about the "Happy Path"- the path that the user will most likely take when they are using our application.  When we...

Test Automation
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what to automate

Testing Guidelines on What to Automate

What to automate and what not to automate? That's a pretty big question... When I started my career as a software tester a decade ago, test automation was viewed with some...

Test Automation
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