Category Archives: automated testing

Stack Overflow

Sep 15

I am playing with a new programming question and social answer service called stack overflow.
Here is a question I submitted, and I am going to rely on wisdom of the crowd:
What is the downside of test driven development.
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Creative Application Testing

Jul 30

Be Inconsistent
Application testing can help improve quality. Many types of application testing have been defined such as: unit testing, QA, regression testing. The problem is that they are too structured, and test for known actions, and inputs. To really give an application a work out you either need a large test base, or [...]

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Your mileage may vary: A case against automated testing.

Jun 27

“Your mileage may vary.”
That is what you always hear in the end automotive commercials touting gas consumption numbers, and it’s true it’s all about how you drive. Automated testing is all about how you use it. There are many cases for automated testing, and quite a bit of documentation on how to implement it, [...]

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I am a software developer, mostly web,  in Des Moines, Iowa. I take a very opinionated stand concerning development, you will never regret a simple design or architecture. My education was at Drake University in Biology and Computer Science. Offline I am recently married to my wife Heather. I try my hand at many hobbies currently I am gardening till the snow comes in.



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