Comments on: Monkey business value http://dannorth.net/2007/02/monkey-business-value It's all behaviour Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:20:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dan North http://dannorth.net/2007/02/monkey-business-value#comment-17300 Dan North Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:15:13 +0000 http://dannorth.net/2007/02/monkey-business-value#comment-17300 Hi Henrik. You are right of course. Exploratory testing is much more than monkey testing - it's about using the application in different and unexpected ways to see how it behaves outside of the expected use cases. Monkey testing is one tiny subset of this, and the idea behind something like rmonkey is to automate this class of exploratory (meaning out-of-the-ordinary) testing and free up the testers to spend their time exploring other aspects of the application's behaviour. Hi Henrik.

You are right of course. Exploratory testing is much more than monkey testing – it’s about using the application in different and unexpected ways to see how it behaves outside of the expected use cases. Monkey testing is one tiny subset of this, and the idea behind something like rmonkey is to automate this class of exploratory (meaning out-of-the-ordinary) testing and free up the testers to spend their time exploring other aspects of the application’s behaviour.

]]> By: Henrik Andersson http://dannorth.net/2007/02/monkey-business-value#comment-17077 Henrik Andersson Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:19:07 +0000 http://dannorth.net/2007/02/monkey-business-value#comment-17077 I see that you are a developer and to a tester :) Most of the developer says that test automation is solution to everything, but that okej for me to think that. But comparing Exploratory Testing with "monkey testing", is little bit to much. E.T is more the punching the keyboard to get randomly input. So please don't E.T for monkey testing. Best Regards Henrik I see that you are a developer and to a tester :)
Most of the developer says that test automation is solution to everything, but that okej for me to think that.
But comparing Exploratory Testing with “monkey testing”, is little bit to much. E.T is more the punching the keyboard to get randomly input. So please don’t E.T for monkey testing.

Best Regards
Henrik

]]> By: Sai http://dannorth.net/2007/02/monkey-business-value#comment-5469 Sai Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:55:32 +0000 http://dannorth.net/2007/02/monkey-business-value#comment-5469 Stochastic monkey testing is good but it also better to give it a sense of direction using model. I am currently working on the model based testing tool using Ruby. I had tried this with Python. Stochastic monkey testing is good but it also better to give it a sense of direction using model. I am currently working on the model based testing tool using Ruby. I had tried this with Python.

]]> By: Sai http://dannorth.net/2007/02/monkey-business-value#comment-5468 Sai Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:53:19 +0000 http://dannorth.net/2007/02/monkey-business-value#comment-5468 I suppose stochastic monkey testing is good and effective. But giving it a sense of direction is also good with the help of model of the application. I am planning for a model based testing tool using Ruby. I have already tried this with Python and was succesful. I suppose stochastic monkey testing is good and effective. But giving it a sense of direction is also good with the help of model of the application. I am planning for a model based testing tool using Ruby. I have already tried this with Python and was succesful.

]]> By: Steve Campbell http://dannorth.net/2007/02/monkey-business-value#comment-4819 Steve Campbell Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:26:56 +0000 http://dannorth.net/2007/02/monkey-business-value#comment-4819 This looks like some of the work being done on testing at Microsoft, although they have gotten much further than you suggest. http://research.microsoft.com/Pex/ This looks like some of the work being done on testing at Microsoft, although they have gotten much further than you suggest. http://research.microsoft.com/Pex/

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