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Write Now
Author(s): Naomi Karten
Summary: Software professionals excel at writing code, test plans, and other types of technically oriented documents. However, many of them struggle when it comes to writing of a non-technical nature. This is unfortunate because the ability to communicate fluently in writing helps to build a reputation as a valued contributor and an expert in your field. In this week’s column, Naomi Karten offers tips for strengthening your ability to write articulately and compellingly.
Programming with GUTs
Author(s): Kevlin Henney
Summary: Since tests are commonly viewed in terms of offering quantitative feedback on the presence or absence of defects in specific situations, Good Unit Tests need both to illustrate and define the behavioral contract of the unit in question. Do you have GUTs?
Date Posted: Jun 24, 2008 |
Two Cheers for Ambiguity
Author(s): Michael Bolton
Summary: Some people dismiss words such as skill, diversity, problems, and mission as being too ambiguous to be useful. But one tester's ambiguity is another tester's gauge for assessing consensus on a project and how to achieve that consensus.
Date Posted: Jun 24, 2008 |
Going on a Picnic with James Watt
Author(s): Clarke Ching
Summary: What if you had a picnic and no one brought potato salad? Find out what picnic planning and steam engines have to do with project success and not just satisfying your customers but delighting them.
May I Take Your Temperature?
Author(s): Linda Hayes
Summary: This week's column isn't for you; it's about you. Linda Hayes wants to find out what it takes to be successful in the testing profession these days--if such a thing is really possible. Too many good ideas, such as incentive and recognition plans, have backfired. Linda feels there are a few good practices out there, but she needs your help to find them.
Secrets to Automated Acceptance Tests
Author(s): Jeff Patton
Summary: Has your team been on the search for a fully automated acceptance test? Before you set out on that adventure, check out some of the accomplishments and perils behind the quest for complete automation, as explained by Jeff Patton in this week's column. Fully automated acceptance tests may seem like the solution to many problems, but you should know that it comes with a few problems of its own.
Show Some Respect to Cross-Site Scripting
Author(s): Bryan Sullivan
Summary: James Bond, Mr. Creosote, and Don Corleone are just some of the personas Bryan Sullivan uses for security vulnerabilities. In this week's column, Bryan pays homage to the one vulnerability that gets the least respect, cross-site scripting (XSS), and calls it the Rodney Dangerfield of vulnerabilities. The problem is that XSS vulnerabilities are nothing to laugh at, and, as Bryan explains, you should start showing this vulnerability some respect before you get slapped by an XSS threat.
Date Posted: Jun 5, 2008 |
Savvy Shopping for COTS Software
Author(s): Mary Gorman
Summary: Remember the last time you went grocery shopping without a list and you had your toddler, your mother, or spousal unit with you? Or when you stopped by the beer store and found yourself standing in the chip aisle, dazed and confused by the choices? Did you get what you needed? Did you spend as much money as you expected to? In this week's column, Mary Gorman discusses the value of starting out with clear requirements when shopping for commercial off-the-shelf software.
Date Posted: May 30, 2008 |
A ''D'' in Programming, Part 2
Author(s): Chuck Allison
Summary: In his final pitch for the D programming language, Chuck brings to "closure" (pun intended) a running example from previous Code Craft articles while exploring some powerful features of the D language.
Date Posted: May 27, 2008 |
Know Where Your Wheels Are
Author(s): Michael Bolton
Summary: Drawing from his experiences while learning to drive, Michael applies lessons he learned from written rules, experiential learning, and the advice of mentors to teaching new testers some valuable skills.
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