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  • The guys from Popular have designed a nice poster illustrating the effects of Specification by Example on software projects. I will give away large copies of this poster (including free shipping) in return for the help in A/B testing Amazon. (click on the image for a larger version) To get...

    Help me A/B Test Amazon and win a poster

    The guys from Popular have designed a nice poster illustrating the effects of Specification by Example on software projects. I will give away large copies of this poster (including free shipping) in return for the help in A/B testing Amazon. (click on the image for a larger version) To get...

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  • Google ad selection algorithms seem to be getting weirder and weirder. Here is what came out today related to a mail thread on agile development.

    Google ads opinion of agile development

    Google ad selection algorithms seem to be getting weirder and weirder. Here is what came out today related to a mail thread on agile development.

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  • Due to high demand, I’ve decided to run another workshop on Winning big with specification by example in London this year. It will be on November 30th. You can get a discount of £150 if you book by 9th October using the promo code earlybird. Click here for more information...

    Winning big with Specification by Example – November 30th

    Due to high demand, I’ve decided to run another workshop on Winning big with specification by example in London this year. It will be on November 30th. You can get a discount of £150 if you book by 9th October using the promo code earlybird. Click here for more information...

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  • My new book Specification by Example is now shipping. This book distills from the experience of leading teams worldwide effective ways to specify, test, and deliver software in short, iterative delivery cycles. Case studies in this book range from small web startups to large financial institutions, working in many processes...

    Specification by Example – now shipping

    My new book Specification by Example is now shipping. This book distills from the experience of leading teams worldwide effective ways to specify, test, and deliver software in short, iterative delivery cycles. Case studies in this book range from small web startups to large financial institutions, working in many processes...

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  • Alister Scott wrote a really nice paper on designing good specifications with examples/bdd scenarios/acceptance tests – focused on Cucumber, but applicable to other tools as well. He captured how to evolve horrible scripts into something quite useful. I strongly recommend reading it, especially if you’re working with UI tests. Now...

    Designing good Cucumber feature files

    Alister Scott wrote a really nice paper on designing good specifications with examples/bdd scenarios/acceptance tests – focused on Cucumber, but applicable to other tools as well. He captured how to evolve horrible scripts into something quite useful. I strongly recommend reading it, especially if you’re working with UI tests. Now...

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