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Luke Francl Explains Why Testing Is Overrated

Topics
Delivering Quality,
Defects,
Agile,
Ruby,
Software Testing

In this interview filmed during RubyFringe 2008, Luke Francl explains his position towards testing. While supporting unit testing, he thinks testing is not going to reveal all application defects. Development teams should also practice code reviews and usability tests which are likely to discover bugs not visible though other methods.

Testing is Overrated

Topics
Delivering Quality,
Defects,
Agile,
Ruby,
Software Testing

Developer-driven testing is probably the most influential software development technique of the last 10-15 years. There's no question that it has improved the practice of building software. And in a dynamic language like Ruby, it's hard to get by without it. But is it really the best way to find defects? Or is the emphasis on testing and test coverage barking up the wrong tree?