September 3rd, 2010 | by James Whittaker | published in Google Testing
By James WhittakerPossessing a bill of materials means that we understand the overall size of the testing problem. Unfortunately, the size of most testing problems far outstrips any reasonable level of effort to solve them. And not all of the testing s…
August 27th, 2010 | by James Whittaker | published in Google Testing
By James WhittakerWhen are you finished testing? It’s the age old quality question and one that has never been adequately answered (other than the unhelpful answer of never). I argue it never will be answered until we have a definition of the size of…
August 20th, 2010 | by James Whittaker | published in Google Testing
By James WhittakerEach year, about this time, we say goodbye to our summer interns and bid them success in the upcoming school year. Every year they come knowing very little about testing and leave, hopefully, knowing much more. This is not yet-another…
August 2nd, 2010 | by Philip Zembrod | published in Google Testing
By Philip ZembrodIn my quest to explore TDD I recently found another propery of TDD-written code that I hadn’t expected: When reviewing or just reading such code, it’s often best to first read the tests.When I look at new code or a code change, I ask: …
July 20th, 2010 | by Alberto Savoia | published in Google Testing
by Alberto SavoiaI first posted this article a few years ago on the Artima Developer website; but the question of what’s adequate code coverage keeps coming up, so I thought it was time for a repost of Testivus wisdom on the subject.Testivus on Test Co…
July 17th, 2010 | by James Whittaker | published in Google Testing
By James A. WhittakerI’ve had more than a few emails about “antenna-gate” asking me to comment and suggesting clever, stabbing rebukes to a fallen competitor. I might aim a few of those at my own team in the future, some were genuinely funny, but none …
July 1st, 2010 | by Alberto Savoia | published in Google Testing
by Alberto SavoiaNote: Apparently, there were lots of downloads of the Testivus booklet and I hit some kind of quota on my personal account. If you have problems with reaching the original link below, please try this new download link or this one.A ma…
June 29th, 2010 | by Patrick Copeland | published in Google Testing
We are thrilled to announce that GTAC 2010 keynotes are finalized. We are very fortunate to have three world-renowned software testing icons: Robert Binder, Dr. Jeff Offutt and Dr. James Whittaker. Robert, Jeff and James bring to GTAC a powerful combi…
June 22nd, 2010 | by Philip Zembrod | published in Google Testing
By Philip ZembrodIn an earlier post on trying out TDD I wrote how my mindset while coding changed from fear of bugs in the new code to eager anticipation to see the new code run through and eventually pass the already written tests. Today I want to tel…
May 17th, 2010 | by Patrick Copeland | published in Google Testing
Google Test Automation Conference (GTAC) 2010Call for Attendance & ProposalsWe are happy to announce that the application process is now open for Attendance and Proposals for the Fifth Google Test Automation Conference (GTAC), to be held in Hyderab…
May 6th, 2010 | by Christopher Semturs | published in Google Testing
Web Application Exploits and Defenses by Bruce Leban in Google Kirkland http://google-gruyere.appspot.com/ If you want your application to be as secure as possible, you need to learn how Evil People think. And you’ll want to use that knowledge to do…
April 30th, 2010 | by James Whittaker | published in Google Testing
By James A. WhittakerYes I know, I’ve been quiet. Seriously heads down shipping products and developing what I think are some pretty cool new testing ideas and tools. Perhaps GTAC will be the chance for you to judge that for yourselves. Perhaps it will…
April 22nd, 2010 | by Patrick Copeland | published in Google Testing
Thanks for all the enquiries about this year’s GTAC event. We have been busy planning and are now ready to share the details. GTAC 2010 will be hosted by Google office in Hyderabad, India on October 28th & 29th, 2010.As in previous years, the focus…
April 19th, 2010 | by Patrick Copeland | published in Google Testing
Now that ICST 2010 has concluded, I’m going ahead and posting the keynote paper and the slides. Enjoy! Patrick CopelandLet me know if you have comments or questions.Here’s a link to the paper. They are semi-complementary.
March 13th, 2010 | by Patrick Copeland | published in Google Testing
Drop me a resume and a brief note if you’re interested in joining Google as an SET. email: test.eng.hiring@gmail.com. Thanks — Patrick CopelandWhen we hire people we look for folks with a “testing DNA.” These are people who are great computer scientis…
