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Test Driven Development: By Example (Addison-Wesley Signature Series)

Test Driven Development: By Example (Addison-Wesley Signature Series)

by Kent Beck

Quite simply, test-driven development is meant to eliminate fear in application development. While some fear is healthy (often viewed as a conscience that tells programmers to "be careful!"), the author believes that byproducts of fear include tentative, grumpy, and uncommunicative programmers who are unable to absorb constructive criticism. When programming teams buy into TDD, they immediately see positive... (more)

Agile Java(TM): Crafting Code with Test-Driven Development (Robert C. Martin Series)

Agile Java(TM): Crafting Code with Test-Driven Development (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Jeff Langr

Agile Java is a valuable tutorial and reference. It introduces the Java languagewith no assumptions about a developer's background in Java, object-orienteddevelopment, or TDD. The book will also retain significant value as acookbook that readers will turn to time and again to learn how to approachTDD with respect to various language features.Teh author stresses the importance of TDD by showing coded tests for... (more)

The Art of Software Testing

by Glenford J. Myers, Corey Sandler

Provides a practical rather than theoretical discussion of the purpose and nature of software testing. Emphasizes methodologies for the design of effective test cases. Comprehensively covers psychological and economic principles, managerial aspects of testing, test tools, high-order testing, code inspections, and debugging. Extensive bibliography. Programmers at all levels, and programming students, will find this... (more)

Hellenistic History and Culture (Hellenistic Culture & Society , No 9)

Hellenistic History and Culture (Hellenistic Culture & Society , No 9)

by Peter Green

In a 1988 conference, American and British scholars unexpectedly discovered that their ideas were converging in ways that formed a new picture of the variegated Hellenistic mosaic. That picture emerges in these essays and eloquently displays the breadth of modern interest in the Hellenistic Age. A distrust of all ideologies has altered old views of ancient political structures, and feminism has also changed... (more)

Super Crunchers

How Thinking by Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart

by Ian Ayres

Why would a casino try and stop you from losing? How can a mathematical formula find your future spouse? Would you know if a statistical analysis blackballed you from a job you wanted? Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine. In this lively and groundbreaking new book, economist Ian Ayres shows how today's best and brightest organizations are analyzing massive databases at... (more)

Effective Software Testing: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Testing

Effective Software Testing: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Testing

by Elfriede Dustin

Topics include: Automated Testing, Nonfunctional Testing, and Managing the Test Execution. Softcover.

A Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design

A Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design

by Lee Copeland

Here’s a comprehensive, up-to-date and practical introduction to software test design. This invaluable book presents all the important test design techniques in a single place and in a consistent, and easy-to-digest format. An immediately useful handbook for test engineers, developers, quality assurance professionals, and requirements and systems analysts, it enables you to: choose the best test case design, find... (more)

A Practical Guide to Localization (Language International World Directory)

A Practical Guide to Localization (Language International World Directory)

by Bert Esselink

A Practical Guide to Localization was written for translators, localization engineers, testing engineers, desktop publishers, project managers, and anyone else who may be involved in the release of multilingual products. In this second edition, translators can learn more on localizing software, online help, and documentation files, and on the latest translation technology tools. Localization engineers will... (more)

Der Wüstenplanet.

by Frank Herbert

How We Test Software at Microsoft

by Bj Rollison, Alan Page, Ken Johnston

It may surprise you to learn that Microsoft employs as many software testers as developers. Less surprising is the emphasis the company places on the testing discipline and its role in managing quality across a diverse, 150+ product portfolio. This book written by three of Microsoft s most prominent test professionals shares the best practices, tools, and systems used by the company s 9,000-strong corps of... (more)

The Anatomy of Buzz: How to Create Word of Mouth Marketing

The Anatomy of Buzz: How to Create Word of Mouth Marketing

by Emanuel Rosen

The first guide to creating the word-of-mouth magic that breaks through the skepticism and information overload of today's consumers, and drive sales--and profits--to new heights. As Newsweek recently proclaimed, "Buzz greases the great conveyor belt of culture and commerce, moving everything from movies to fashions of the body and mind faster and faster." Now available in paperback, The Anatomy of Buzz ,... (more)

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