Software Testing Magazine

State versus Interaction Testing

January 18, 2011 0

Mocking frameworks allow you to stub out behavior to perform tests of individual pieces of functionality. However, there are times when performing certain actions and assert a result is not sufficient. This video drills deep into unit testing and explains the differences between state and interaction–based testing. We will examine the role of stubs versus mocks and how to correctly write unit tests that are not fragile or counter–productive. Watch this streaming video from the Norwegian Developer Conference 2010

Weekend Testing Community

January 18, 2011 0

Weekend Testers is a platform for software testers to collaborate, test various kinds of software, foster hope, gain peer recognition, and be of value to the community.

Hunting .NET Performance Issues

January 18, 2011 0

In this blog post, Patrick Weibel shares his experience in detecting performance problems in a .NET environment.

Acceptance Test Driven Development Pattern Workshop Summary

January 17, 2011 0

This blog post presents the summary of two workshops that aimed at collaboratively creating the ATDD community of practice pattern language.

Software Testers Should Help Developers on Technical Debt

January 14, 2011 0

This blog post proposes ways that software testers can help developers dealing with the issue of technical debt.

The False Dichotomy of Tests

January 13, 2011 0

In this blog post, Gojko Adzic discusses the different categories we use to classify tests: unit testing, acceptance testing, etc.

Managing Branches in Static Analysis

January 11, 2011 0

This blog post discuss the options of running static analysis when you use a branches strategy for configuration management. The conclusion is that doing some analysis on the development branches enables developers to fix problems sooner which pays off in higher quality software earlier and better productivity.