I’m a big fan of dzone which is more than a great digg-like for the developers community. It’s another great tool to be used as part of your technical-watch toolbox whether you’re a developer or a tester. They also offer a number of very useful cheat sheets on various technical subjects. It’s well-written, filled with [...]
As I was reading this excellent article from Matt Heusser, I couldn’t refrain from chuckling as I could relate a lot from what I was reading as an ex-software engineer, tester and now in a management position. As I’ve experienced most aspect of the spectrum, I can claim some objectivity and wanted to add my [...]
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that I encourage software testers and managers to attend software test conferences and webinars as part of their training toolbox. I myself try to attend as much as I can, trying to synch them with a business trip (I’ve attended SEETEST and SOFTEC this year. [...]
So much to learn, so little time … Between magazines, conferences, books and actual experience, there is plenty out there to learn about software testing and become a better professional. A lot in Software Testing can be self-taught if you have the right mind and the envy. It all goes back to the lifestyle of [...]
Interesting move last week from Apple ! They’ve made the source code of Grand Central Dispatch available under an Apache open source license. This is a new technology introduced in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard trying to help developers deal with growing multi-core requirement. In a nutshell, GCD is an abstraction of threads management [...]
You’ve just started your new job as a QA manager, QA Director, Senior VP of Software Testing etc. Your title doesn’t really matter as long as your responsibility implies some of amount of management and responsibility for one or multiple products. There is no secret recipes to become successful in your new job but the [...]
We’re currently designing and building a new product and there is quite a bit of work around design, usability, accessibility. A colleague just sent me the following picture (from stuffthathappens.com). It’s not only very close to reality but is a very good reminder to invest quite heavily on design. It’s good for your brand and [...]
This article is not about the silver bullet around quality metrics you’ve been looking for ! Whether it exists or not is a vast debate. I’ve been writing about metrics in the past. Especially for important metrics to track when you’re software is out the door. I’m still scratching my head to find key relevant [...]
