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Re: How test-driven development works (and more!)

Justin_Hunter — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:23:14 -0000

J.B.,

Excellent post. It has helped me understand TDD and BDD better. Thanks.

While I still respectfully disagree with you about the value of Integration Testing based on the value of Integration Testing that I've worked on (and perhaps my higher confidence level in pairwise and combinatorial testing methods to identify a manageable subset of effective tests - from the billions of possible tests - that are sufficient to test the SUT reasonably thoroughly), this is the clearest, most thought-provoking TDD/BDD article I've ever seen.

I am a huge proponent of gathering empirical evidence to advance our understanding of what works vs. what doesn't. I believe you when you say "I can’t measure the corresponding improvement in my design, but I look back at projects that took 3 months before I practiced test-driven development that I now feel confident I could complete—truly complete—in one week." Is there any way you could run a small pilot to measure, e.g., time expended and defects in production when waterfall methods vs. TDD/BDD methods are used and gather empirical data that could be shared? No doubt the sample size would be small, the data could be attacked as "not purely apples to apples, etc., but even so, the data would be interesting to see. Are you aware of others who have gathered data about this based on real-word projects?

- Justin

Re: 15+ Open Source Test Management Tools

Justin_Hunter — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:03:34 -0000

Jay,

Excellent list. Thank you for putting the list together and sharing it!

I've created a poll to solicit the software testing community's views on which of these tools is the best test management tool (and what it is about each favorited tool that makes it especially good). To contribute your views (and/or see how others have voted), please see:

http://testing.stackexchang...

Thank you.

- Justin

Re: 100+ Open Source/Free Functional Testing Tools

Justin_Hunter — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:58:11 -0000

Great list.

Also, please don't forget Hexawise. We offer both a free and commercial version. It is a test case generator that helps testers quickly select a set tests that achieve maximum coverage of functions in a minimal number of tests. When there are a huge number of potential use case scenarios, it is particularly helpful; it will automatically identify the highest priority ones for black box and white box testing.

Hexawise features include: pairwise test case generation, more thorough 3-way and 4-way test case generation, graphing of coverage, collaboration between team members, tips for new users, and automated elimination of invalid pairs of combinations. It has a nice, easy-to-use layout, and includes sample test plans as well to make it pretty straightforward for new users to get up to speed and start quickly and start generating their tests. More information and sample screen shots are available here: http://hexawise.com/Hexawis...

Free version available here: http://www.hexawise.com/use...

Thanks!

- Justin

Re: Famous quotes that make just as much sense when you substitute "Power" with "PowerPoint."

Justin_Hunter — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:03:58 -0000

Also worthy of consideration:

"It is said that PowerPoint corrupts, but actually it's more true that PowerPoint attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than PowerPoint." - David Brin

"An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of PowerPoint over his fellow citizens." - Thomas Jefferson

"PowerPoint is not alluring to pure minds." - Jefferson again.

"All men having PowerPoint ought to be distrusted to a certain degree." - James Madison

"I was going to buy a copy of The PowerPoint of Positive Thinking, and then I thought: What the hell good would that do?" - Ronnie Shakes

"PowerPoint tempts even the best of men to take liberties with the truth." - Joseph Sobran

"There can never be a complete confidence in a PowerPoint which is excessive." - Cornelius Tacitus

"Crime, money, PowerPoint, drugs - are all linked." - Matthew Vaughn

- Justin Hunter

(With a shout out to http://www.management-quote...