Software Testing Articles, Blog Posts, Books, Podcasts and Quotes

Writing Testable Code

April 2, 2010 0

The article “Writing Testable Code” presents practices to write more testable code with many examples in java, going a step further than just TDD.

Who Perform Functional Testing?

March 15, 2010 0

After the results of a previous poll focused on functional testing automation, I wondered if there was still a great divide between the worlds of development and functional testing. So I did this follow-up question to check who was performing the functional testing.

Load Testing Relational Databases With JMeter

March 14, 2010 0

Apache JMeter is a performance testing tool which is entirely written in Java. Any application that works on request/response model can be load tested with JMeter. A relational database is not an exception: receives sql queries, executes them and returns the results of the execution. This post  shows you how easy it is to set up test scenarios with the graphical user interface of JMeter.

Are tools necessary for acceptance testing, or are they just evil?

March 1, 2010 0

One of the biggest benefits from acceptance testing for me was that the teams finally get a source of information on what goes on in the system as reliable as the code itself. Without acceptance tests, code is the only thing you can really trust and any other documentation gets outdated very quickly. Acceptance tests stay relevant throughout the project because they are automated, and automated tests are kept up to date in order for them to pass. Automation, and consequently a tool, are necessary to get this benefit.

Debug It!

February 20, 2010 0

This book “Debug It!” by Paul Butcher provides a structured approach that will help programmers to identify and remove bugs in code. It is based on a four steps process: Reproduce, Diagnose, Fix, Reflect. For each activity, the author provides practical material on how to perform it.

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