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Comment on test plan numbers by Michael Nachbaur

Michael Nachbaur — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:04:32 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree. Perhaps resolving merge conflicts with test count numbers is a pain, but frankly just suck it up as part of having a test suite. If you don’t want to deal with the hassle of updating test counts, then why are you bothering with test cases? They’re there to catch mistakes, and by being explicit you’re being that much more careful.

And in addition to what Scott says above, I find test counts are especially useful *because* of merging branches of code. Test counts can’t be automatically merged by version control systems, whereas the body of a test can. I have run across many instances where the meaning of a test changes, but the auto-merge between branches of similar code don’t notice that, and instead blindly merge changes together, making the meaning of the test pointless. It’s only the unmergeable test counts that give you any hint that something in that test case has changed.

So when I see test counts that need to be merged, that’s a red flag to me telling me I need to scan through the test to see if it makes sense. Again, in the spirit of having test coverage at all, it covers your ass when something goes wrong.

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Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:37:00 +0000

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Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:36:27 +0000

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Comment on Testing and all things QA by Chris

Chris — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:58:54 +0000

Cool. I just did a 3 day training course on exploratory testing – looking forward to seeing what you have to say.

Comment on Testing and all things QA by Justin Popovic

Justin Popovic — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:53:49 +0000

This caught my eye as I have a deep background in software QA.

I was an automation specialist for a number of years and it is amazing that some of the tools from the 90s are still around today and being used to a huge degree at some bigger companies.

The problem with automated QA is that if you have a poor testing process overall, you are just speeding up a bad process lol. People need to look at quality by design

Comment on earning an easy $100 by Mike Nachbaur

Mike Nachbaur — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:49:43 +0000

that sounds like a great way of applying affiliate marketing to the meatspace. :-) I like it.

Comment on internet meme no. 1 by Relationship Meme « Geek Philosophy

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Comment on internet meme no. 1 by Jen

Jen — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:17:54 +0000

Is it wrong that I’m cracking up over here at your UK-isms that just aren’t common in Canada? “getting into barneys” and “rubbing eachother up” has me lol-ing. I can’t help it.

Comment on ousting the home secretary by Chris

Chris — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:33:46 +0000

Politicians? Ignoring facts on drugs? All to common :( I find it funny that the head of the ACMD compared ecstasy use to horseback riding in terms of danger and risk of death.

Comment on starting a business in british columbia by Michael Nachbaur

Michael Nachbaur — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:36:19 +0000

I’ve followed through the same procedures as you. Some parts of the OneStop site’s navigation were unclear, but compared with other government websites, this one is amazing.

I’m still not clear on how taxes (PST, GST, etc) apply to a web-based service business, but I figure I’ll track that information down soon enough.

Have you found out yet?