Month: October 2007
The essence of testing on agile projects
October 24, 2007
‘Capturing the essence’, or ‘core’, has been a key theme in some of my work recently, and in several of the books I’ve been reading. So over a drink with Michael Ruschena tonight a couple of these came out as we linked ‘the core’, ‘agile’, and haiku – poetry that captures the essence. I’ve been […]
MAST Podcast – Agile testing experiences
October 22, 2007
I feel very ‘tech’ now. I’ve uploaded an edited audio version of the last MAST meeting, where we (Erik Petersen, Kristan Vingrys and me) attempt to answer John Gallagher’s questions about testing in agile projects. Find it at http://www.quinert.com/mp3/mast200709a.mp3 Enjoy! The three beeps protect the innocent. The first is a service provider, the second and […]
More on Tiny MCE and value threats
October 8, 2007
In response to Matt’s comment on the robustness of my Tiny MCE Watir solution, I’d like to point out that the main threat to the solution’s value for me is that I can no longer run the automation in the background. Send_keys seems to need the IE window to be the topmost window. A lot […]
Every tester needs a healthy dose of paranoia
October 3, 2007
I wonder if Google testers think like this? http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2007/09/google_fiction_evil_dangerous_surveillance_control_1.php