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How much test coverage do you need? - The Testivus Answer
Referring to "The Way of Testivus" entry: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=203994 Morgan Conrad asked: "What is Testivus' wisdom concerning the proper percentage of test coverage?" Here you go Morgan: Testivus On Test Coverage
The Way of Testivus
The Way of Testivus Less unit testing dogma. More unit testing karma. Translated by Alberto Savoia Translator’s Introduction In May 2006, an ill-prepared international expedition to the Himalayas lost its way. After two weeks of wondering around,
Testing Genes, Test Infection, and the Future of Developer Testing
Some developers are easily test-infected - they take to unit testing like a duck to water. Others need some time and encouragement, but eventually "get it". A third group appears to have immunity to test infection. I invent a test-gene model to categ
InfoWorld's Jon Udell Interviewed Alberto Savoia
On Thursday May 26 Jon Udell interviewed Alberto Savoia. Alberto had just been selected by InfoWorld as one of the 25 Top CTO's in the US in 2005. Jon asks Alberto about his vision for Agitator and Alberto demos Agitator extensively. You can see the
The Developer Testing Paradox
Most software development organizations have compelling reasons to improve their quality, reduce their costs, and accelerate their schedules. Time after time, and year after year, the majority of software projects are of lower quality than desired, c
eXtreme Feedback for Software Development
“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom ... for we never know what is enough until we know what is more than enough.” — William Blake One of the main themes of eXtreme Programming (XP) is that if an activity is
Eating Our Own Dog Food — Using Agitator™ on Itself
In start-up companies, especially in the area of software, the expression "eat your own dog food" means that you should use in-house the products or service that you are planning to sell to other people. At Agitar we take eating our own dog food very
Selecting Developer Testing Metrics
The first step in deciding what metrics to use is to specify clearly what results we want to achieve and what behaviors we want to encourage. In the context of developer testing, the results and behaviors that most organizations should target are the
Managed Developer Testing
This Developer Testing Note introduces the concept of Managed Developer Testing, a set of management practices supported by automated tools which I believe are essential to make a developer testing effort successful.
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