Monday, July 29, 2019

Absence of Errors Fallacy

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Though copious errors guarantee worthlessness, zero errors says nothing about the value of software. This is Gerald Weinberg's "Abs...

Shakedown

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Doctor Who: Shakedown by Terrance Dicks My rating: 4 of 5 stars Can you really have a Doctor Who story that is not about D...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

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Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil by Terrance Dicks My rating: 3 of 5 stars The BBC Audio is from the television soundtrack which leaves a fa...
Tuesday, July 02, 2019

When to Rob a Bank

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When to Rob a Bank by Steven D. Levitt My rating: 3 of 5 stars There are a few gems in here that should be revisited and reframed for to...
Sunday, June 30, 2019

Wayne of Gotham

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Wayne of Gotham by Tracy Hickman My rating: 2 of 5 stars While reading this book I felt that there was too much everything. The crazy pe...
Saturday, June 29, 2019

Testing Exposes Presence Of Flaws

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No matter how through, testing simply exposes the presence of flaws in a program; it cannot be used to verify the absence of flaws. It ca...
Friday, June 28, 2019

Don't Write Your Own Test Plans

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Not only should you not be the sole tester of your own software, but you should also not be responsible for generating the test data, tes...
Thursday, June 27, 2019

Don't Test Your Own Software

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Software developers should never be the primary testers of their own software. It is certainly appropriate to do initial debugging and un...
Sunday, June 23, 2019

Plan Tests Long Before It Is Time To Test

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Often software developers create their software product, then scratch their heads and say, "Now, how are we going to test this thing...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

It's Superman

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It's Superman! by Tom De Haven My rating: 3 of 5 stars I enjoyed Tom De Haven's writing style and the story was good. But there ...