notes and rants

We just posted a few more videos on TesterCenter (also of note is updated content on the overall site - check it out!). The videos are: Testing in incubation mode ( Video && Discussion ) Diagramming the XBox platform ( Video && Discussion Read More...

I’ve seen a few posts recently on bad software metrics. What I find interesting is that the points made in the posts are the same points that I’ve been reading (and teaching) for years. I guess the old saying about history, learning and doom is spot on. Read More...

In a previous post , I mentioned that when writing automated tests, the grey area between pass and fail can be confusing. A point I didn't mention is that often, just determining pass or fail can be hard. Take the Win32 API CreateFile, for example. The Read More...

I'm returning home from India. I talked, I taught, and I discussed software testing with a lot of the testers at the India Development Center (IDC) in Hyderabad. The trip had its ups (great people and great sights) and downs (a bit of food poisoning on Read More...

In a perfect world, tests either pass or fail (ok - in a really perfect world, they would all pass). The problem is, that there's a gray area in between pass and fail that has a lot of potential confusion. If a test fails during setup (e.g. configuration Read More...

Almost every time somebody changes groups at Microsoft, there's some sort of "send-off" email. 98% of the time, these emails contain the phrase "It is with mixed emotions that ..." Mixed emotions ? The only thing I want mixed are my drinks! I've mentioned Read More...