Streamlining Infrastructure as Code Testing: Harnessing Terratest, Terraform, and AWS Go SDKs for Automation
When cloud infrastructure is created using IaC with Terraform, how can you know it’s working as intended? I can recall many times when I deployed services with Terraform only to find out it didn’t work as intended. I would then sometimes spend hours p...
How to modify your environment using Postman API
Most of the projects we are working on at Monstarlab have frontend and backend parts. Business logic is usually on the backend, and the frontend communicates with the backend using an API. For some projects we have automated UI tests, but automate API tes...
AI in automated UI testing
In 2000s, when I started working as a QA Engineer, there weren't good tools for UI automated testing, I didn't have enough experience and developers didn't think about automation. The first tool I tried was TestComplete. We used Infragistics UI controls f...
Pen Testing The What, Why & When
You've seen news stories of data breaches by mysterious hackers stealing information. That threatens to release sensitive information to the public unless they get paid. But did you know there is a proactive way of testing your security before the bad guy...
TESTERS + DEVELOPERS = LOVE FOREVER
Let’s imagine an IDEAL world where all Developers test their code and the level of coverage is 100%. Why should QA Engineers test when each line in the code (each decision, each condition, each branch) is covered by unit and integration tests? They could ...
How to test a fire extinguisher?
Once I asked my dad how to test a fire extinguisher. He answered: "Very simple! It is necessary to check the expiration date, see that the seal is in place and that there is no visible damage to the case." "Is that all? But how do you know it will work? H...
Exploratory Testing
Exploratory testing (ET) is an important testing method in the agile world. As a research tool, it is an important supplement to user story testing and automated regression sets. It does not have many practical test methods, techniques and tools, but it i...
MBT (Model-based testing)
Model-based testing (MBT) is a technology that is sometimes advertised as "automated test design". You can find the project on Github here. Concept The MBT tool generates test cases from a test model specified by the user. Without the test model, the tool...
Fetching files easily in Vapor when you are writing tests
Vapor has a nifty build-in feature to derive the working directory of a project. This makes it easy for you to fetch files from your project and serve their content; fx if you want to seed some data in your database, if you are building an initial mock ap...
Automate Debugging and Testing Workflows using ADB
While developing and testing we usually come across repetitive tasks involving manual efforts. Navigating to a certain part of the app, filling out sign up forms or simply taking screenshots are all time-consuming tasks. In this blog post we look at how w...
How we debug with Charles
For those who don't know Charles, Charles is an HTTP proxy and monitor that enables testers and developers to view all HTTP and HTTPS traffic between the device and the internet. This includes requests, responses and the HTTP headers. Charles is an incred...
Nodes Wars - My experience as a Vapor intern at Nodes in Copenhagen
Hello! My name is Valen, I am studying in Spain and the last subject of my training consist in an internship in a company. They gave me the chance to do this abroad and it seemed like a good opportunity. So, here I am, in Nodes, a digital agency in Copenh...
