Presentation by Gerard Meszaros that describes a number of common problems encountered when writing and running automated unit and functional tests. He describes these problems as “test smells”, and talks about their root causes. He also suggests possible solutions which he expresses as design patterns for testing. While many of …
Unit Testing Java & SOA, In-the-Brain of Frank Cohen at Skills Matter, London. Java developers have widely adopted test first software development strategies. Unit test frameworks for Java, Web services, Ajax, REST, Service Oriented Architecture, and Flash/Action Script show the diversity of adoption among Java developers. In this session, Frank …
Adwords introduced a Scrum implementation at Google in small steps with remarkable success. As presented at the Agile 2006 conference this exemplifies a great way to start up Scrum teams. The inventor and Co-Creator of Scrum will use this approach in building the Google Scrum implementation to describe some of …
Duvall and Glover discuss their Jolt Award winning book, Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk and illustrates how to transform integration from a necessary evil into an everyday part of the development process. http://www.informit.com/podcasts/episode.aspx?e=15b157da-8f9e-4613-a75d-03d2e6d0bbde Related material: Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk (Book Review) Continuous Integration: …
James Bach presents the skills involved in the Exploratory Testing approach. [google 7894844001159492923] Related material: Exploratory Testing: Finding the Music of Software Investigation
Data is clearly an important aspect of software-based systems, a fact that the information technology (IT) industry has understood for decades, yet many agile development teams are struggling to involve data professionals within their projects. The Agile Data (AD) methodology defines a philosophical framework for data-oriented activities within agile projects, …
