Eating an Elephant
Submitted by Phil Kirkham on Thu, 09/02/2006 - 09:43.
And so it starts - VSTE now installed on my machine and starting to explore what it offers. All the right words seem to be there - unit tests, code coverage, load testing, manual tests. Just the fact that they are there and people are discussing about how to use them is a giant step in the right direction.
So it was with a mixture of excitment and nerves that I went over to a developers desk as he proudly showed me the first unit tests he'd written
Exciting because here it was for real - not theory in a book or web page but an actual living breathing unit test.
Nerves as now the pressure starts - was it a GOOD unit test ? How many unit tests should we be writing ? How and when do we start with the integration testing ?
Fortunately, I'd read an entry in Steve Rowe's Blog, So You Want to Be a Test Developer ?. Another good read and more books for me to think about adding to my ever growing library. My attention though was taken by a comment made
What you describe is (rightly) a huge mountain of knowledge that can be easily discouraging. Patience is the key. Remember that eating an elephant is possible if you just take one bite at a time.
Good advice for us as we start on the process of implementing some proper testing and QA. Dont go giving the developers indigestion and keep feeding them small tasty morsels
So it was with a mixture of excitment and nerves that I went over to a developers desk as he proudly showed me the first unit tests he'd written
Exciting because here it was for real - not theory in a book or web page but an actual living breathing unit test.
Nerves as now the pressure starts - was it a GOOD unit test ? How many unit tests should we be writing ? How and when do we start with the integration testing ?
Fortunately, I'd read an entry in Steve Rowe's Blog, So You Want to Be a Test Developer ?. Another good read and more books for me to think about adding to my ever growing library. My attention though was taken by a comment made
What you describe is (rightly) a huge mountain of knowledge that can be easily discouraging. Patience is the key. Remember that eating an elephant is possible if you just take one bite at a time.
Good advice for us as we start on the process of implementing some proper testing and QA. Dont go giving the developers indigestion and keep feeding them small tasty morsels