XP Testing Without XP: Taking Advantage of Agile Testing Practices
This article “XP Testing Without XP: Taking Advantage of Agile Testing Practices” describes how to use techniques from extreme programming for teams that have not implemented XP
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Measure Test Coverage with Cobertura
Cobertura is an open source tool that measures test coverage by instrumenting a code base and watching which lines of code are and are not executed as the test suite runs.
How to Misuse Code Coverage
Code coverage tools measure how thoroughly tests exercise programs. They are misused more often than they’re used well. This paper describes common misuses in detail, then argues for a particular cautious approach to the use of coverage.
Test Driven Development using Flash Builder 4 and FlexUnit
This article presents some of the basics for getting started with Test Driven Development (TDD) using Flash Builder 4 and FlexUnit.
Choosing and Managing the Ideal Test Team
The article “Choosing and Managing the Ideal Test Team” presents how to build and manage efficient test team. It also introduces the “tester’s style analysis questionnaire” to discover the 4 types of tester that exist within organizations.
How Do You Refactor Untested Code?
“Bug fixing often uncovers opportunities for refactoring. The very fact that you’re working with code that contains a bug indicates that there is a chance that it could be clearer or better structured.”
About the Existence of Bugs
Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence! Edsger W. Dijkstra Source: Notes On Structured Programming, 1970, at the end of section 3, On The Reliability of Mechanisms.