Interview with James Bach
James Bach talks about the biggest challenges faced by software testers today.
Category: Software Testing
Software Testing Videos and Tutorials
Embedded Technical Tester
The idea of a tester-developer isn’t new, although they are often hidden in teams as the “automation guruâ€, the “(testing) tool smithâ€, or “Senior Test Engineerâ€. These are testers who have a solid background in QA tools and techniques, but also have a development background and can write automated scripts …
When I finally understood Behaviour-Driven Development
This is a lightning talk about why I, as an experienced TDD:er, at first was convinced that BDD was completely useless and more or less harmful, which faulty assumptions I had and why I’ve completely changed my mind. http://smidig2007.confreaks.com/d1t2p05.html
Testing Merb applications
Testing Ruby web applications has always been the subject of mystery and debate. Yehuda Katz will walk you through the recommended way to test requests and responses using Merb’s built-in testing support. http://video.merbcamp.com/public/katz1.mp4 Merb community
Refactoring Unit Tests Part 2 Using Object Builder Pattern
In this screencast we will demonstrate how to use the Object Builder pattern to create and setup objects for tests. In the first part we discussed how to introduce the base class for the unit tests to improve readability and cleanness of code. http://highoncoding.com/Articles/443_Refactoring_Unit_Tests_Part_2_Using_Object_Builder_Pattern.aspx
Refactoring Unit Tests Part 1
In this screencast we will refactor unit tests to make it more readable. It is very important that you refactor your unit tests. Unit test code is not part of the production but refactoring them can help you in the long run and will provide benefits when maintaining the application. …