Yes, I know that sometimes there are times when a test must be very prescriptive and use specific data and follow specific procedures, but I am absolutely amazed how often I see examples of test cases that are so prescriptive in the detail of execution that it completely takes any thought ...
Beyond the ’descriptive vs. procedural’ distinction - Piez - 2001 () Citation Context ...scriptive schemas. The distinction between prescriptive and descriptive languages have been widely studied in the literature [Ren00]. What these approaches change is the role itself of the validation =-=[...
Yes, I know that sometimes there are times when a test must be very prescriptive and use specific data and follow specific procedures, but I am absolutely amazed how often I see examples of test cases that are so prescriptive in the detail of execution that it completely takes any thought ...
I suspect that one reason why many 'scripted' tests are very prescriptive in nature is because they are written from the "watch me" perspective. In other words, the test is crafted from "this is what I did, so that is how I will write my test...word for word." I also suspect tha...
I suspect that one reason why many 'scripted' tests are very prescriptive in nature is because they are written from the "watch me" perspective. In other words, the test is crafted from "this is what I did, so that is how I will write my test...word for word." I also suspect tha...