Comments on: Ten Best Practices for Effective Testing http://www.techdarkside.com/ten-best-practices-for-effective-testing Struggles of a Self-Taught Coder Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Christiansen http://www.techdarkside.com/ten-best-practices-for-effective-testing/comment-page-1#comment-17434 David Christiansen Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:10:53 +0000 http://www.techdarkside.com/?p=402#comment-17434 Haha. Ten good practices wouldn't bring me the google traffic! I guess the sarcasm about best practices didn't come through in the post... Haha. Ten good practices wouldn’t bring me the google traffic!

I guess the sarcasm about best practices didn’t come through in the post…

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]]> By: Justin Hunter http://www.techdarkside.com/ten-best-practices-for-effective-testing/comment-page-1#comment-17432 Justin Hunter Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:30:19 +0000 http://www.techdarkside.com/?p=402#comment-17432 David, I was expecting you to pull a context-driven nugget out of your hat at the last minute and have # 10 read: "Don't put too much blind faith in any guideline you see described as a 'best practice' because best practices don't actually exist in testing; testing is, after all, a context-driven endeavor. Having said that, keep points 1-9 in mind as helpful tips that apply in most circumstances." :) Nice list. - Justin David,

I was expecting you to pull a context-driven nugget out of your hat at the last minute and have # 10 read: “Don’t put too much blind faith in any guideline you see described as a ‘best practice’ because best practices don’t actually exist in testing; testing is, after all, a context-driven endeavor. Having said that, keep points 1-9 in mind as helpful tips that apply in most circumstances.” :)

Nice list.

- Justin

]]> By: Aaron Hodder http://www.techdarkside.com/ten-best-practices-for-effective-testing/comment-page-1#comment-17431 Aaron Hodder Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:23:58 +0000 http://www.techdarkside.com/?p=402#comment-17431 Simply rename it to "10 good practices for effective testing" and you're covered :D Dave, can you show me where the Context-Driven School has ever been marketed as a "best practice"? Simply rename it to “10 good practices for effective testing” and you’re covered :D

Dave, can you show me where the Context-Driven School has ever been marketed as a “best practice”?

]]> By: Dave Whalen http://www.techdarkside.com/ten-best-practices-for-effective-testing/comment-page-1#comment-16350 Dave Whalen Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:04:07 +0000 http://www.techdarkside.com/?p=402#comment-16350 OK....maybe its just me but.... Is marketing the Context-Driven School as a "best practice" a violation of the Context-Driven School? OK….maybe its just me but….

Is marketing the Context-Driven School as a "best practice" a violation of the Context-Driven School?

]]> By: davidray http://www.techdarkside.com/ten-best-practices-for-effective-testing/comment-page-1#comment-16348 davidray Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:12:03 +0000 http://www.techdarkside.com/?p=402#comment-16348 That's so awesome. I love you true-to-the-faith context guys. I'm not being facetious - I really do. I should have had something in the list about context trumping everything because I totally agree with you, but I didn't really intend anyone to take me seriously. I think everything on the list is a good tip under the right circumstances, but I was really just trying to poke fun at best practices by making ten of them up in less than two minutes. That's so awesome. I love you true-to-the-faith context guys. I'm not being facetious – I really do.

I should have had something in the list about context trumping everything because I totally agree with you, but I didn't really intend anyone to take me seriously. I think everything on the list is a good tip under the right circumstances, but I was really just trying to poke fun at best practices by making ten of them up in less than two minutes.

]]> By: Lee Copeland http://www.techdarkside.com/ten-best-practices-for-effective-testing/comment-page-1#comment-16347 Lee Copeland Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:54:23 +0000 http://www.techdarkside.com/?p=402#comment-16347 Like all (alleged) best practices, I can think of a context in which each of these is a bad idea. Like all (alleged) best practices, I can think of a context in which each of these is a bad idea.

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