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Schools of Software Testing (Pettichord)
Schools of Software Testing. Continue reading
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Extreme Test Makeover – Agile ’06
Lessons for Fit. Continue reading
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Semantics of Fit: A Path Toward New Tools
Fit’s standard interpretation tells us how well a program does against a set of test cases. We can design new semantics for reporters (that give us interesting information) and for rewriters (that make interesting transformations of our tests). Continue reading
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Fit Spreadsheet – Output
Starting Fit To use fit, you create a web page that has tables in it; the tables specify tests. (There are other options but that is easiest.) In this case, I'm using Microsoft Word™ and saving the file in HTML … Continue reading
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Fit Spreadsheet
Ward Cunningham has created an acceptance testing framework known as fit. (See http://fit.c2.com for more details.) In this brief experiment, we’ll use tests to help specify a simple spreadsheet for strings. Continue reading
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Review – The Art of Software Testing
The Art of Software Testing, Glenford Myers. Wiley, 1979. Dated? Yes, but I still like it. (Reviewed Nov., '02)
Acceptance Tests for a Query System
Tests for a(n imaginary) library query system. Continue reading
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Acceptance Test Mechanisms
An acceptance test is a test that the user defines, to tell whether the system as a whole works the way the user expects. Ideally, the acceptance tests are defined before the code that implements the feature. Acceptance tests are … Continue reading
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Introduction to XP (.PPT)
PPT presentation
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