Evil Tester

Raising Defects can challenge even the best of testers, as the tester at ClicheQuest Offices found out to his peril.
Lessons this cartoon has to teach us about raising, or not raising, defects - ed: ’so we should say “lowering” then?’ (sorry, I couldn’t resist):

“All we want are the facts ma’am” as Joe Friday would […]

A short list of Software Testing PDFs to enjoy and learn from.

The CAST 2008 proceedings
OWASP WebGoat and WebScarab - teach yourself some penetration testing
The FitNesse Fixture Gallery
Getting fit with .Net
Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications

Steve Martin’s Autobiography starts with the following phrase:
“I did stand-up comedy for eighteen years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four were spent in wild success… enjoyment when performing was rare - enjoyment would have been an indulgent loss of focus that comedy cannot afford. After the […]