Automating Gherkin Tests with Hexawise

Hexawise Automate is a tool that makes it easy to write behavior-driven development (BDD) automated acceptance tests in Gherkin format as data-driven scripts. These data-driven test scripts are based on a Hexawise test plan, so they are much more...

Actionable Recommendations for Effective Software Testing

The journey to efficient software testing starts with a mindset & process shift – embracing a model-based combinatorial methodology. Traditional test design approaches often lead to the following problems:

 - Direct duplicate tests due to...

Using Hexawise to Reduce Test Cases by 95% While Increasing Test Coverage

A short presentation by Kathleen Poulsen, Lead Software Engineer in Test at Fidelity Investments, discussing the use of Hexawise at Fidelity Investments and some of the benefits/challenges of implementing Combinatorial Test Design at scale.

Kathleen Poulsen of Fidelity Investments on Using Hexawise to Improve Software Testing Results

The highlights from a presentation by Kathleen Poulsen, Lead Software Engineer in Test at Fidelity Investments, at the StarEAST 2017 testing conference discussing the use of Hexawise at Fidelity Investments and some of the significant benefits of implementing Combinatorial Test Design at scale.

84% of Software Defects Found in Production Could Have Been Found Using Pairwise Testing

Studies show that 84% of defects found in production could have been found by testing every pair of parameter values. Hexawise helps you find these pairwise defects before they reach users.

How bad are normal, business-as-usual software tests?

How to determing how "bad" your existing manually-selected tests are (and how badly you need Hexawise).

Using Hexawise to Export Values for Gherkin (Given, When --> Then)

How to use the Auto-Scripts feature to turn your Hexawise test cases in the Gherkin "Given-When-Then" format.

How to Convince Your Organization to Adopt Pairwise Software Testing

Concrete steps to overcome resistance and convince your team/group/organization to adopt pairwise testing approaches. Outlines in detail how to conduct and document the results of a Hexawise proof of concept pilot project.

Create a Risk-based Testing Plan With Extra Coverage on Higher Priority Areas

Showcases the Hexawise "Mixed-Strength" feature and explains how this feature can be used to perform Risk-Based Testing with Hexawise.

Looking at the Empirical Evidence for Using Pairwise and Combinatorial Software Testing

This post addresses some comments and skeptical (in a good way) questions raised by Phil Kirkham to our recent posts: The Software Testing Community Needs More Empirical Studies.