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Test Run: Group Determination in Software Testing
Choosing the best alternative is a common task in software development and testing. A group of beta users may need to choose the best user interface from a set of prototypes. Or imagine the members of... more
Test Run: WCF Testing
Whether you are new to Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) or have worked with it a bit, there are some testing techniques and principles that will make your WCF work easier. In the July 2008 is... more
Test Run: Request/Response Testing with Windows PowerShell
The most fundamental form of Web testing is HTTP request/response testing. This involves programmatically sending an HTTP request to the Web application, fetching the HTTP response, and examining th... more

    Whiteboard Videos

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    Managing a Code ReviewManaging a Code Review

    In this video, Alan Page gives some overall insights into code review approaches and objectives.

    Using Managed Code To Test Native Code ImageUsing Managed Code To Test Native Code

    In this video, Ihab Abdelhalim describes an approach for using managed code to test native code.

    Starting out in Security TestingStarting out in Security Testing

    Alan Myrvold gives a general overview of the mindset and approaches taken by security testers.

    Book Bytes

    The Practical Guide to Defect Prevention

    By Marc McDonald, Robert Musson, Ross Smith

    The book and it’s site (www.defectprevention.org) strive to harness the collective wisdom of the community and find new ways to prevent defects, moving the detection of defects closer to their introduction. Written by experts with over a century of software development experience among them, this book distills hard-won lessons into a set of actionable lessons that will help deliver better-quality software.

    A Practitioner’s Guide to Software Test Design

    By Lee Copeland

    If you want a good overview of an armful of effective test techniques, Lee Copeland's Practitioner's Guide is a great place to start. In addition to covering equivalence classes, combinatoric testing and state transition (model-based) testing, Lee gives an objective view of exploratory testing that explains the benefits and drawbacks. Reviewed by Alan Page

    Testing Object-Oriented Systems: Models, Patterns, and Tools

    By Robert Binder

    Despite the title, this book isn't really just for testing OO software - Binder's patterns of software test are as important for testers to know as design patterns are for developers. Binder also covers a lot of the theory behind model-based testing. The drawback with this book is the size - over 1200 pages. Reviewed by Alan Page

    Book Reviews

    Software Testing Techniques: Finding the Defects that Matter

    The book defines industrial-strength software as software consisting of, at a minimum, one hundred thousand lines of code, built by large teams of developers (often made up of sub-teams), typically multithreaded, running on large servers with multiple CPUs, and with a lifespan of multiple releases.

    Risk-Based E-Business Testing

    This hands-on guide for business, project and test managers and test practitioners presents an effective approach for using risk to construct test strategies for e-business systems.

    Just Enough Software Test Automation

    This is a practical, hands-on guide to software test automation from the perspective of test developers and users.

     
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