The TDD Apostate
In this post, Mark Seemann discusses the Test-Driven Development or Test-Driven Design meanings of TDD and reaches the conclusion that TDD is not a good design methodology.
Articles by Software Testing Magazine
State versus Interaction Testing
Mocking frameworks allow you to stub out behavior to perform tests of individual pieces of functionality. However, there are times when performing certain actions and assert a result is not sufficient. This video drills deep into unit testing and explains the differences between state and interaction–based testing. We will examine the role of stubs versus mocks and how to correctly write unit tests that are not fragile or counter–productive. Watch this streaming video from the Norwegian Developer Conference 2010
Weekend Testing Community
Weekend Testers is a platform for software testers to collaborate, test various kinds of software, foster hope, gain peer recognition, and be of value to the community.
Hunting .NET Performance Issues
In this blog post, Patrick Weibel shares his experience in detecting performance problems in a .NET environment.
Acceptance Test Driven Development Pattern Workshop Summary
This blog post presents the summary of two workshops that aimed at collaboratively creating the ATDD community of practice pattern language.
Software Testers Should Help Developers on Technical Debt
This blog post proposes ways that software testers can help developers dealing with the issue of technical debt.
The False Dichotomy of Tests
In this blog post, Gojko Adzic discusses the different categories we use to classify tests: unit testing, acceptance testing, etc.