Just how critical is testing to the success of a software project? & how can you make these tests simple yet maintainable flexible & efficient? This unique book offers essays from 25 leading software testers that illustrate the qualities & techniques necessary to make testing an art in itself Through personal anecdotes you'll learn how each of these professionals developed best practices for testing a wide range of software projects involving XMPP GUI tools Open Map applications & more Topics of this book include OLPC project testing
- Mel Chua (The Open Planning Project); Open Maps application testing
- Steve Coast (founder of Open Street Map); Abi Word open source app testing
- Kamran Khan (Abi Word word processor); GNU Compiler Collection tool testing
- Mark Mitchell (GCC); GUI Tools
- Adam Christian & Mikeal Rogers (OSAFMozilla); Python Language testing
- Neal Norwitz; Network testing frameworks
- Jim Walker (Open Solaris); & XMPP Protocol testing
- Remko Troncon (Jabber) Beautiful Testing provides you with knowledge gained from years of experience that you can put to the test on your own projects