Five for Friday – February 18, 2022

Last week, Katrina Clokie (@katrina_tester) asked this question on twitter:   Has anyone dynamically ordered automated checks so that those most likely to fail are executed first, then the build can fail fast? — Katrina Clokie (@katrina_tester) February 24, 2017 I gave a few abbreviated answers based on my experience, and promised to write up…

You probably couldn’t tell, but my last post was part of my exploration into careers in test. Which I’m exploring because of my worry that so many of the discussions in test haven’t changed in the last ten years. I better try to come up with a better explanation before everyone thinks I’m crazy. A…

So much cool stuff going on that I’m not even going to talk about the State of the Union speech last night. Instead – slightly less controversial, and more geeky stuff for me to share. That last editorial aside, this week’s FfF is complete. Have a great weekend, enjoy yourselves, and stay safe (and warm).

Some updates and clarification below. And a NEW HINT below too Recently, I was discussing the diagnostic, debugging, and troubleshooting aspects of software testing, and this morning, while playing with Visual Studio 2012, I created a quick little exercise where the solution relies on these skills. This zip file contains an app (theapp.exe), and the…

Happy New Year everyone! It was great to have a break, but I bet you can’t wait to see what bits of the internet I’ve uncovered for you. Or you’re here to see if I’m going to get people on linkedin angry at me again. Either way – here are some links to things I’ve…

Last week I happened to log on to twitter just as some test folks were marveling over the the massive parallels between the video with the gorilla and the basketball players and software testing. I made some cracks about the absurdity of the hype, and more than a few testers freaked out. Somewhere in the…