Notes, Bugs, and Issues
Note: Although this is a one way post right now, please comment to Jon Bach via e-mail: jonb(at)quardev(dot)com. He will post some responses in future entries. Thank you!
Entries from 2008
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My name is Nat Burnett and I am a Software Test Engineer
What does it mean to be a Software Test Engineer? -
Acceptance Testing Guidance
I've been working on a project at Microsoft that I'm actually allowed (and enouraged) to publicly disclose. My mission is to work with the Patterns and Practices team to produce useful information (guidance) around the idea of acceptance testing. -
CAST 2008
The Conference of the Association for Software Testing is hosting its annual conference - this year in Toronto, July 14 - 16. -
If you want to practice testing skill, play chess
Chess and Software Projects -
Bug Investigation
I've been to many testing conferences and workshops in my testing career (maybe you have, too), and I've noticed an interesting pattern. Speakers talk about all kinds of methods, techniques, approaches, technologies, tools, heuristics, mindsets, skill sets and even theories that will help you find bugs, but rarely what to do when you succeed in finding one! -
Plenty Questions
Here's a little game to help you think of context when testing. It's called "Plenty Questions." -
Can vs. Will
Whenever I run a test that passes, I never stop wondering if it will pass when the customer does the same thing.