Free Download Beautiful Testing: Leading Professionals Reveal How They Improve Software (Theory in Practice) by Tim Riley, Adam Goucher
English | December 1, 2009 | ISBN: 0596159811 | True EPUB/PDF | 347 pages | 4.8/3 MB
Successful software depends as much on scrupulous testing as it does on solid architecture or elegant code. But testing is not a routine process, it’s a constant exploration of methods and an evolution of good ideas.
Beautiful Testing offers 23 essays from 27 leading testers and developers that illustrate the qualities and techniques that make testing an art. Through personal anecdotes, you’ll learn how each of these professionals developed beautiful ways of testing a wide range of products – valuable knowledge that you can apply to your own projects.
Here’s a sample of what you’ll find inside:
Microsoft’s Alan Page knows a lot about large-scale test automation, and shares some of his secrets on how to make it beautifulScott Barber explains why performance testing needs to be a collaborative process, rather than simply an exercise in measuring speedKaren Johnson describes how her professional experience intersected her personal life while testing medical softwareRex Black reveals how satisfying stakeholders for 25 years is a beautiful thingMathematician John D. Cook applies a classic definition of beauty, based on complexity and unity, to testing random number generators
This book includes contributions from:
Adam Goucher
Linda Wilkinson
Rex Black
Martin Schröder
Clint Talbert
Scott Barber
Kamran Khan
Emily Chen
Brian Nitz
Remko Tronçon
Alan Page
Neal Norwitz
Michelle Levesque
Jeffrey Yasskin
John D. Cook
Murali Nandigama
Karen N. Johnson
Chris McMahon
Jennitta Andrea
Lisa Crispin
Matt Heusser
Andreas Zeller
David Schuler
Tomasz Kojm
Adam Christian
Tim Riley
Isaac Clerencia
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