agile, STPcon, TDD, test-driven development, testingMany readers will recognize Kent Beck as the co-creator of Extreme Programming, as one of the authors of the Agile Manifesto, or for
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software, STPcon, testingI'm here at the Software Test Professionals Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion on "How to Reduce the Cost of Testing." It was fun. Cutting the costs of testing So here's the problem: American business has a...
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exploratory testing, software, testingLast Friday, I was pleased to have the opportunity to present on testing at my Local Perl Programming group. First off, yes, I think it helps for programmers to learn about testing. No, not just the idea of Test Automation or of Test Driven Development. I mean the actual hard...
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testingSome books say that if our projects are not “properly” controlled, if our written specifications are not always complete and up to date, if our code is not properly organized according to whatever methodology is fashionable, then, well, they should be. These books talk about...
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application visualization, business analyst, Dan Mondello, Daniel J. Mondello, iRise, prototyping, ROI, software explanation, testing, VirtualizationThe age old expression, "we are on two different pages" may no longer apply to analysts discussing application functionality with business stakeholders. It is a common problem in the software industry: an analyst attempts to describe the needs of business executives with documentation, ending...
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testingI attend a variety of software and quality user group meetings in the Denver area. One of my favorites is the monthly SQuAD (Software Quality Association of Denver) meeting. There's always a lot of energy and networking opportunities and great speakers! This...
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agile, Scrum, testingI really enjoy like doing small projects where I get to put hands on a keyboard and execute tests. Ideally for me when I'm doing this, I'm either doing exploratory testing or performance testing. There's a challenge that comes with doing this however. For these small projects to work well for both...
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Open Database Connectivity, Software testing, testingBy day, Matt Heusser is a software tester for Socialtext. By night, he is a mild-mannered information systems instructor at Calvin College. In neither case do I, Matt Heusser, wear a cape, mask or colorful outfit: but I have been...
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Cambidge, Conference, Fall 2009, software, STPcon, testingIt's been an amazing week here in Boston while attending the Software Test&Performance Conference. Friday morning, we ran SpeedGeeking; in the afternoon, I gave my testing Web 2.0 talk, then it was time for dinner and some amazing conversation, and, eventually, sleep. Similar to lightning...
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ALM, Development, development cycles, NAT, network, Rick Vanover, Test systems, testingFor test and development systems, one practice over the years to allow developers to build test systems or applications has been to use network address translation or NAT. NAT basically puts some device in front of other systems. Development teams can use NAT a number of ways. These include running...
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