Method Acting (and other rapid QA processes)

It's no secret that GitHub.com ships fast and often. As do our native clients: GitHub for Windows and GitHub for Mac.

I'll be taking a look at how GitHub for Mac ships quite unlike any other Mac app and how that has a knock-on effect for end-user testing.

Keeping bugs away from users and maintaining a high level of quality – all while shipping fast and often, means that our QA needs to be as rapid, collaborative and adaptable as the entire development process.

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1. @LukeHefson
2. GitHub
3. Method Acting and other rapid QA processes ( )
5. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
6. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS Support loads are lessened
7. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS Support loads are lessened A holistic view of your products
8. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS Support loads are lessened A holistic view of your products Satis-fucking-faction
9. “ Software is eating the world ” Marc An en
10. GitHub for Mac
11. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GitHub dot com ~~~~ ~~ ~~
12. GitHub.com is deployed many times a day
13. GitHub for Mac is updated roughly every 2 weeks
15. Time Constraints testing can cause latency between releases
16. Time Constraints testing can cause latency between releases Code Changes a quickly evolving code base can results in: • a higher number of bugs • harder to find bugs • a greater risk that a fix will cause new bugs
17. Time Constraints Code Changes
19. Checking for updates…
20. a story of woe
24. Exploratory testing
25. “Scientific thinking in real-time” James Ba
26. the Method
28. L Stra erg The Method trains actors to use their imagination, senses and emotions to conceive of characters with unique and original behavior, creating performances grounded in the human truth of the moment ” “
30. SEPARATE Emotional vs. rational
31. Operant conditioning CONSIDER
33. ?
34. Authentic Test Environments create a ‘character profile’ for your testing
35. Dave
42. SIGNIFICANCE is Objective
43. Gerald Weinberg Would you fly on an airplane's maiden flight based on the assurance that all parts were tested prior to assembly? ” “
44. ISSUE SIGNIFICANCE Numbers and Stats
45. ISSUE SIGNIFICANCE Numbers and Stats Holistic Knowledge
46. References
47. Support HUBOT ISSues Pull Requests
48. SIGNIFICANCE
49. Dogfooding
50. M a k e it e a s y
54. File it right
55. Good Bug Reports reduce friction and if necessary provide: • detailed steps • expected behaviors articulate != verbose
56. say it right