Specification by Example workshops
I’m speaking here:
- Testing and Finance, London, 17 May
- NDC, June 6-8 Oslo
- Agile Testing Days, November 19-22, Potsdam, Germany
citcon Archive
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Beyond basic TDD
Posted on November 9, 2010 | 1 CommentCITCON Europe last weekend proved again to be one of the best conferences for networking and keeping up with the developments in the community. The most important session for me personally was “Beyond Basic TDD”, an openspace discussion on the topics that people with a few years of TDD experience... -
Putting Selenium in the right place
Posted on October 6, 2009 | 3 CommentsAlthough Selenium is an essential trace element, it is toxic if taken in excess. That is what Wikipedia has to say on the chemical element Selenium, but pretty much sums up my feelings about the web testing tool of the same name as well. I like very much how easy... -
Saving the game in enterprise software
Posted on September 28, 2009 | 5 CommentsThe most important take-away idea from CITCON Europe this year for me was probably building ‘save game’ functionality as an integral feature in software systems. Antony Marcano talked about this, not as part of the official programme but over beers which is another example of how informal chatting at conferences... -
Top 10 reasons why teams fail with Acceptance Testing
Posted on September 24, 2009 | 10 CommentsI facilitated an openspace session on acceptance testing and collaboration between business people, developers and testers at CITCON Europe last week. We started with a list of five common reasons why I’ve seen teams fail with acceptance testing but added five more during the discussion, so here’s an expanded top... -
Mocks are not about isolation, but about responsibilities
Posted on September 21, 2009 | 8 CommentsLast week at CITCON Europe Steve Freeman organised a session on mock objects focusing on the original ideas and what mock objects should be used for. Freeman started by disagreeing with the established view of mock objects as isolators for unit testing, advising developers to use mocks for object design...

