No Such Thing as Manual Testing and Other Confusions
summary
Argues that testing is checks plus experimentation, not a separate “manual” job, and shows a tiny calculator build where the implementation yields 2+2 implemented as 2×2 and intermediate displays sometimes produce a stray 5 or even a hazardous overheating. Claims certifications are rote memorization, cites a Swiss cert fee cert course €4,000, and says automation handles repeatable checks while exploration finds unknown unknowns. Asserts unit tests miss system-level human-driven complexity and standards can dumb testing down.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00The problem with testing
- 3:08Why should testing work
- 5:19Automation in testing
- 17:35Confidence
- 18:53Testing vs Experimentation
- 21:21Who are the developers
- 24:27System classification
- 27:40Quality of a software tester
- 31:27Tricks to speed up testing
- 36:37Giving questions
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