CategoryTesting

I have always been a fan of testing and blogged about it in the past. Software testing is a complex discipline. Most developers admit it’s important, but I think we are often mistaken about the true purpose of testing. It already starts with the word ‘test’, which has a wider range of meanings in software than the dictionary definition [to] take measures to check the quality, performance, or reliability of (something), especially before putting it into widespread use or practice. What is this something? The software of course! Ah, so we apply the test to something that’s already there. We test to check the work we have done. That not quite TDD. (more…)