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5 Tips to Reduce Unit Test Defect Rates

Five quick points about unit tests that will reduce your defect rates. Always stop to add that simple unit test. You will be amazed how often this discovers a...

9 replies - 8138 views - 07/13/11 by Martin Harris in News

Developing and Testing in the Cloud

There’s a lot of hype around “the Cloud” and what it can do.One of the things that I am interested in is Cloud solutions that can help small software...

3 replies - 14648 views - 07/12/11 by Jim Bird in News

Zero Bug Tolerance Intolerance

It sounds good to say that you shall not and will not release code with bugs – that your team has “zero bug tolerance”. It makes for a nice sound...

4 replies - 9371 views - 07/11/11 by Jim Bird in News

TDD adapted for mere mortals

I’ve been teaching and practicing agile for several years and there is definitely a problem with TDD: People find it very difficult to use. I believe...

16 replies - 7454 views - 06/24/11 by kent tong in News

I don't know how to test this

There is a maxim said by Misko Hevery which I share (and probably misquote) here:The only acceptable excuse for lack of tests is that you don't know how to...

5 replies - 7288 views - 06/23/11 by Giorgio Sironi in Articles

Testing right by testing the right thing

Before answering questions about unit testing I usually tend to ask some questions to get the broader picture – especially if the question sound...

0 replies - 3610 views - 06/21/11 by Dror Helper in News

Videos: State vs. Interaction Testing & Learning to Love Your Manual Testers

At the 2010 Norwegian Developer's Conference, Hadi Hariri explained state and interaction testing so that developers could use both to their full advantage...

0 replies - 8443 views - 05/26/11 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

Call to Agile Folks: is There a Need for a Separate QA Team?

Recently I confronted myself (yet again!) with a contradiction between theory and practice. All the Agile books I have read and the courses I've attended...

14 replies - 6013 views - 05/18/11 by Marco Tedone in Articles

Using TDD With Modern JavaScript

Scott Allen is the founder and Principal Consultant with OdeToCode LLC. He is also a member of the Pluralsight technical staff.  This article contains NDC...

1 replies - 9586 views - 03/20/11 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

TDD for algorithms: the state of the art

Uncle Bob's recent formalization of the Transformation Priority Premise may improve the ability to build an algorithm with Test-Driven Development.In his...

7 replies - 10201 views - 01/13/11 by Giorgio Sironi in Articles

Implementation and Testing of Software Projects

Computer Society of India, Hyderabad Chapter had organized a Workshop on Project Development and I was lucky to give a talk on its implementation and...

1 replies - 1039 views - 12/28/10 by Alosh Bennett in News

Executable Specifications: Automating Your Requirements Document

One of the biggest problems in software development is the "DONE" problem. We have in our possession a stack of index cards representing user stories...

2 replies - 12577 views - 12/03/10 by Matt Stine in Articles

Grails Gets Some FitNesse Finesse

Erik Pragt, who also wrote DZone's "Getting Started with FitNesse" Refcard, is the author of a new Grails plugin that brings the power of FitNesse...

1 replies - 13712 views - 11/19/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

New to ASP.NET MVC? Test-Drive Your Way

Short version: Jonathan McCracken has produced a great guided tour of ASP.NET MVC 2, meaning if you’re trying to figure out what everybody’s getting so...

0 replies - 3510 views - 11/18/10 by Ted Neward in News

To Selenese or not to Test? That Seems to be the Question.

We had a very good turnout for the Automated Browser Testing Poll this week. Before I get into my musings about what happened, here's a quick summary of the...

5 replies - 12754 views - 10/22/10 by Matt Stine in Articles