One of my favorite programming books is “the pragmatic programmer”.  I’ve toyed for a long time with writing articles or giving presentations on “the pragmatic tester” – and show how Andrew Hunt’s concepts of broken windows, tracer bullets, stone soup...

What is the Role of Test?  The answer, of course, is “it depends”.  Those that know me know that this is the answer to almost any question I ask (I guess I need to ask more specific questions…).  The role of the software test team depends on many things...

This isn’t technically a testing topic, but it is a topic close to tester’s hearts.  Software requirements are one of my passions (boy is that an embarrassing statement).  While I am definitely not one of “those testers” who say testing can’t be done...

I can't say I didn't enjoy the conversations around this question - it's just that I only got two comments on my actual question. People that want history can read the previous post - for all others (including any who want to "re-comment"), the question...

I absolutely don't want to get into a debate over whether it is better to put curly braces on their own line or not, but I do have a question on indentation I'd like to throw at the masses (ok - all 7 of you). Generally, the curly brace debate boils down...

Not Automatic, but Automobile. I'm babysitting this morning (and now afternoon). I had some errands to run (i.e go get coffee from a drive through stand), so I loaded up my son in his car seat and took off. As usual, he fell asleep within minutes. I have...

How many tests are enough?  How much code coverage is enough?  How relevant are the number of tests, code coverage numbers and bug counts in knowing when testing is done? Let’s say, for example, that I’m testing a 5000 line component and I’ve written...

The next Embedded Developers Conference is May 10-12 in Vegas.  I haven’t submitted any proposals yet, but plan to submit presentations on developing TUX based tests (mostly the same as I’ve presented before with some additions / improvements), and possibly...