Jerry Yoakum:
Cogitation about Computing

Jerry Yoakum's thoughts on software engineering and architecture from experience working with code, computer science, python, java, APIs, NASA, data mining, math, etc.

Thursday, August 22, 2019

A Test Case Includes Expected Results

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Documentation for a test case must include the detailed description of the expected correct results. If these are omitted, there is no way f...
Monday, August 19, 2019

Use Black-box And White-box Testing

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Black-box testing uses the specification of a component's external behavior as its only input. It is mandatory to determine if the so...
Thursday, August 15, 2019

Track Errors To Find More Errors

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Conservative estimates indicate that, in large systems, approximately half of all software errors are found in 15% of the modules, and 80% o...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

A Successful Test Finds An Error

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I have often heard a programmer or tester gleefully declare, "Great news! My test was successful. The program ran correctly." This...
Wednesday, August 07, 2019

The Obstacle Is the Way

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The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday My rating: 5 of 5 stars A perfect book to carry...
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...
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