Quality Assurance & Testing


A dialog on testing Extreme Programming

Applying the lessons of XP to testing.

Bug-tracking service

Company offers a new way to catch bugs.

CA, Pinkerton take on security cases

Venerable security takes on high-tech crime.

Hype or hyper-active? A review of 'Questioning Extreme Programming'

A review of Pete McBreens’s book “Questioning Extreme Programming”

Preventing programming errors: An interview with Brian Hawkins

Author explains how to avoid some of the pitfalls of programming.

Pervasive buys security software firm

Database maker adds security function to its BI software.

Rule of secure coding: 'See input as evil'

We recently asked security maven Steve Orrin to tell us some of the tenets of secure coding today.

Standards fights slow Web services

Wrangling among vendors seeking competitive advantage is slowing the adoption of protocols to support commercially viable Web services, contends Ray Valdes, research director at Gartner Inc., a Stamford, Conn.-based consulting firm.

Merant, Mercury link PVCS and TestDirector

Two firms integrate their change and test management tools.

SOAP interoperability testing coming along

The Web Services Interoperability Organization is working on interoperability among different SOAP-based applications for Web services.

Parasoft previews SOAPtest 2.0

First look at a new testing product.

Tool aimed at boosting 'untapped' ATM

Mining for gold in underused bandwidth.

Project management tools: A new look

A new generation of tools takes on portfolio management, best practices, collaborative development and other tasks.

XP lessons learned

Extreme Programming veterans share their experiences using the 'lightweight' methodology to build applications for a client.

SEI talks up Team Software Process at Boston event

A discussion of a new way to create and test software.

Why won't it work?

How can one be sure that they have tested everything in their products, when one never knows how people are going to connect them to different devices from different vendors?

Mind of a software tester -- Interview with Louise Tamres

Software testing is a mindset, says author Louise Tamres. In her more than 16 years of consulting work, including stints for the Dept. of Defense and General Motors, she has applied specific techniques to assure the quality of the end product. In "Introducing Software Testing," her recent book for newcomers to software testing, Tamres tells readers how to apply truly critical thinking to this key process. Programmers Report recently spoke with Tamres about the new book.

Modeler Grady Booch in IBM-land

A recent IBM Rational media day afforded the opportunity to check in with Grady Booch.

Tools tip from Boston test conference

Improved software test automation tools and processes can help management get "more for less."

Testing key to component quality

Component-based apps are only as good as the weakest link; testing can ensure the health of components no matter where they end up.