This manual covers the Beautiful Testing: Leading Professionals Reveal How They Improve Software, a publication authored by Tim Riley and Adam Goucher, and published by O'Reilly Media. This work explores the art of software testing, drawing on the experiences of 27 leading testers and developers. It delves into personal anecdotes and valuable techniques applicable to various projects, aiming to enhance the quality and effectiveness of software development through meticulous examination.
The scope of this manual is to provide insights and practical methods for improving software testing practices. It details contributions from professionals at companies like Microsoft, discussing topics such as large-scale test automation, collaborative performance testing, and the intersection of personal and professional experience in testing sensitive software. The book's purpose is to share innovative approaches and foster a deeper understanding of testing as a critical component of successful software development.
Successful software depends as much on scrupulous testing as it does on solid architecture or elegant code. But testing is not a routine process, it's a constant exploration of methods and an evolution of good ideas.
Beautiful Testing offers 23 essays from 27 leading testers and developers that illustrate the qualities and techniques that make testing an art. Through personal anecdotes, you'll learn how each of these professionals developed beautiful ways of testing a wide range of products -- valuable knowledge that you can apply to your own projects.
Here's a sample of what you'll find inside:
- Microsoft's Alan Page knows a lot about large-scale test automation, and shares some of his secrets on how to make it beautiful
- Scott Barber explains why performance testing needs to be a collaborative process, rather than simply an exercise in measuring speed
- Karen Johnson describes how her professional experience intersected her personal life while testing medical software
- Rex Black reveals how satisfying stakeholders for 25 years is a beautiful thing
- Mathematician John D. Cook applies a classic definition of beauty, based on complexity and unity, to testing random number generators
All author royalties will be donated to the Nothing But Nets campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a disease that kills millions of children in Africa each year.
This book includes contributions from:
- Adam Goucher
- Linda Wilkinson
- Rex Black
- Martin Schröder
- Clint Talbert
- Scott Barber
- Kamran Khan
- Emily Chen
- Brian Nitz
- Remko Tronçon
- Alan Page
- Neal Norwitz
- Michelle Levesque
- Jeffrey Yasskin
- John D. Cook
- Murali Nandigama
- Karen N. Johnson
- Chris McMahon
- Jennitta Andrea
- Lisa Crispin
- Matt Heusser
- Andreas Zeller
- David Schuler
- Tomasz Kojm
- Adam Christian
- Tim Riley
- Isaac Clerencia
Author: Riley, Tim
Author: Goucher, Adam
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Beautiful Testing: Leading Professionals Reveal How They Improve Software
Pages: 00352 (Unencrypted EPUB)
On Sale: 2009-10-14
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780596159818
Category: Computers : Web - Search Engines
Successful software depends as much on scrupulous testing as it does on solid architecture or elegant code. But testing is not a routine process, it's a constant exploration of methods and an evolution of good ideas.
Beautiful Testing offers 23 essays from 27 leading testers and developers that illustrate the qualities and techniques that make testing an art. Through personal anecdotes, you'll learn how each of these professionals developed beautiful ways of testing a wide range of products -- valuable knowledge that you can apply to your own projects.
Here's a sample of what you'll find inside:
- Microsoft's Alan Page knows a lot about large-scale test automation, and shares some of his secrets on how to make it beautiful
- Scott Barber explains why performance testing needs to be a collaborative process, rather than simply an exercise in measuring speed
- Karen Johnson describes how her professional experience intersected her personal life while testing medical software
- Rex Black reveals how satisfying stakeholders for 25 years is a beautiful thing
- Mathematician John D. Cook applies a classic definition of beauty, based on complexity and unity, to testing random number generators
All author royalties will be donated to the Nothing But Nets campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a disease that kills millions of children in Africa each year.
This book includes contributions from:
- Adam Goucher
- Linda Wilkinson
- Rex Black
- Martin Schröder
- Clint Talbert
- Scott Barber
- Kamran Khan
- Emily Chen
- Brian Nitz
- Remko Tronçon
- Alan Page
- Neal Norwitz
- Michelle Levesque
- Jeffrey Yasskin
- John D. Cook
- Murali Nandigama
- Karen N. Johnson
- Chris McMahon
- Jennitta Andrea
- Lisa Crispin
- Matt Heusser
- Andreas Zeller
- David Schuler
- Tomasz Kojm
- Adam Christian
- Tim Riley
- Isaac Clerencia
Author: Riley, Tim
Author: Goucher, Adam
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Beautiful Testing: Leading Professionals Reveal How They Improve Software
Pages: 00352 (Unencrypted EPUB)
On Sale: 2009-10-14
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780596159818
Category: Computers : Web - Search Engines
