http://blogs.msdn.com/steverowe/archive/2007/09/19/do-we-still-need-test-developers.aspxIn my post, Test Developers Shouldn't Execute Tests , Antony Marcano asked if we actually need test developers or if developers would do. If the more traditional testing tasks are being done by one group and the automation by another, does it even makeen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/steverowe/archive/2007/09/19/do-we-still-need-test-developers.aspx#4997541Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:41:03 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:4997541MSDN Blog Postings » Do We Still Need Test Developers?<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://msdnrss.thecoderblogs.com/2007/09/19/do-we-still-need-test-developers/">http://msdnrss.thecoderblogs.com/2007/09/19/do-we-still-need-test-developers/</a></p>http://blogs.msdn.com/steverowe/archive/2007/09/19/do-we-still-need-test-developers.aspx#5003380Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:20:33 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:5003380Chris Boyne<p>I shall henceforth call myself a Test Developer, I also used to call myself a Software Test Engineer which more or less means the same thing to me. A developer/software engineer who specialises in writing test harnesses and test cases.</p> <p>I cut my teeth testing smartcards, both the hex commands that are exchanged on the smartcard/reader serial bus and the Java APIs inside the card that applets can use.</p> <p>I agree 100% that it is a distinct niche and certainly in the smartcard OS space an essential one.</p>