In this episode of Coding QA, Mark and Jim embrace your poll feedback (focus on testing tools and techniques) and take a look at the "Test Techniques" defined in James Bach's Heuristic Test Strategy Model. They walk through the categories of Function, Domain, Stress, Flow and Scenario testing and apply them to a typical household toaster. At the same time, they relate their thought processes and test scenarios back to real world software testing.

 

To help you follow along, here's the toaster they're testing:

 

 

 

Links from the show:

 

• James Bach's Heuristic Test Strategy Model

• James Bach's blog