Black box, white box. Does our choice of perspective matter? We’ve landed this function declaration: public int add(int a, int b); We’re told that it adds two integer numbers. How should we test it? Let’s see, we can check that Read more…
A lot of people use the term “Edge Case”. I find it offensive. Ok, not really, but there’s a misuse of the term. While we’re at it, let’s throw in negative cases, happy and unhappy paths, etc. We tie in Read more…
Bugs. Unless you’re a bunny, you’re not invited. But if those bugs still show up, hit’em hard. In this webinar, I take a look at where bugs come from and how to counter-strike them. From how to make sure they Read more…
People ask me: Are we ever going to get rid of bugs? And I tell people: No. And then they pull out their machine guns and things get messy. But why is that? Are we really doomed for fighting bugs Read more…
The older I get, the more metaphors I use stop working over the crowd. Until the recent launch of the new Star Wars series, I lost them at lightsaber. I discovered the same with the walking skeleton. This “walking skeleton” Read more…
I do a lot of clean code workshops these days; it seems that, finally, clean code gets the respect it deserves. Clean tests too. There’s one point I make (a few times even) during the workshop: While I give a Read more…
Everybody wants to automate everything. Indeed, in today’s complex development environment we can automate a lot of things, from coding to building, setting virtual environments and running tests in them. Oh, and there’s the deploying to production without even thinking Read more…
Ok, I’m not sure if “reportability” is a real dictionary word. But it is a word. That I may or may not invented. Anyway, here’s the thing: You tested your app, or feature, or an API, and you found something Read more…
