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(via the Braidy Tester) This is very cool.  I wonder why I didn't hear about it internally?

I guess if I have to identify myself as belonging to some group, it would have to be the Context-Driven School.  The ideas behind this group resonate with me because they avoid the dogmatic, the prescribed, the unthinking adherence to a set of predefined rules.  The seven basic principles talk to the value of practices in context; there ...

(via James Bach's Blog) Initial (potentially muddy) thoughts on this: After reading Kohl's original post on post-Agile and his FAQ I have to say that I totally agree with what I think he's saying - consider all practices and use what makes sense for you.  The term "post-Agile" doesn't resonate with me, however, ...

I spent about 3 hours today with a couple of other guys trying to figure out what was messing things up with our test automation.  There were no visible problems that we could see but after setup was done a bunch of files were missing from the computer.  We're not sure we totally solved the problem but one thing we did find was an ...

Well, I seem to be falling into a pattern of missing a post, waking up with that on my mind, and taking time to post before heading in to work. Recently, there was an interesting thread on the Software Testing Yahoo Group titled "Mostly me just ranting about scripted testing" where a lot of group members were weighing in on scripted ...

I really like reading Michael Hunter's Blog.  His posts are frequently thought-provoking and his latest is no exception. As I mentioned in my previous post though, I'm wary of relying 100% on automation.  I'm also wary of relying 100% on manual testing.  I'm a big believer in focusing on the results you ...

Via Cem Kaner's blog, I just found out about CAST 2007.  This looks like an interesting testing conference and it's local for me.  I'll probably attend. Normally, I attend one conference per year and for the past few years it's been the AYE conference.  Looks like this year I may attend two.

Wow, only the third day of my attempt to post every day and I missed already.  Well, aside from the fact of the dog eating my homework, a lot of stuff happened last night (I planned to post in the evenings).  Things like: fixing my wife's friend's computer (a bad update to the computer's video driver control panel applet ...

I thought today that I'd use today's post to describe my idea of what great testing is.  As I was sitting here thinking about how to begin, it seemed like Pirsig's writing students in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance - there's so much there that I don't know where to begin.  In the aforementioned book, the ...

The subtitle of Binder's book is "Models, Patterns, and Tools."  Part 2 focuses on the "Models" part. Chapter 5 introduces part 2.  In it, Binder argues that testing must be model-based.  The space that must be examined (tested) for even the smallest useful application is huge.  Applying ...