New Test Automation book
March 13th, 2009
Some colleagues of mine have recently published a book Implementing Automated Software Testing.
Elfriede and Thom were key organizers of VERIFY 2007, a software testing conference.
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Archive for the ‘Software Testing’ Category
Case sensitive filesystems: The bane of Mac OS X
February 26th, 2009
I now have a variety of applications that are incompatible with Mac OS X because I chose to install a case-sensitive filesystem 3 years ago when I got my Mac. Yes. THREE YEARS AGO. It has been possible to have a case sensitive filesystem (i.e., where files named READme, ReAdMe, and readme are all different files) for many years. Several major software vendors have been completely caught by this and failed to (a) account for it during development, (b) account for it in testing, or (c) provide any kind of solution.
The vendors that give me grief right now are:
- Logitech (Harmony Remote manager)
- Red Marble Games (Democracy 2)
- Adobe (Acrobat 9)
Now what really burns me up is that I just upgraded to Acrobat 9 from Acrobat 7 on Mac OS, and Acrobat 7 WORKED on a case-sensitive filesystem. It’s a regression! Read more…
WordTwist’s scoring
October 12th, 2008
My friends got me playing WordTwist on Facebook, and I started playing it in “ladder” mode. That’s where you sorta compete against your friends and see if you can get the highest score. Well, one of my friends had a score of 181, which seemed pretty amazing. I’d try and try and get nowhere near it. Of course, I’d frequently only get 12 or 15 words out of 30-odd words. Sometimes I’d have a good round, but it was rare for me to break 100 points in a single round.
Finally I decided I had to cheat and see what the maximum score was. It turns out to be really easy, but I’m not going to reveal it all here and now. Read more…
Video interview: What Is Risk Based Security Testing
June 11th, 2008
I gave a video interview on Risk Based Security Testing.
Speaking at STAR East
April 18th, 2008
I’ll be speaking at STAR East in Orlando on May 6, 2008. My talk is Risk Based Security Testing, and it’s a one-day tutorial.