[TFUI] comments on my first chapter

TFUIers:

A reputable (and opinionated) test engineer and QA consultant provided
this review of as much as he could stand of /TFUI/

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   I couldn't find a description of what testing means to you, so I'm having
   trouble sorting out some fundamental philosophical basis for what you're
   writing.

   I was also unable to find anything or anyone that I would consider a
   reference to previously existing thought about testing.  Was this
   intentional?  Is there a line of thinking about testing that you're
   following (or challenging, or ignoring)?

   I'm also having some difficulty following the line of reasoning; it seems
   to me disjointed.  That may be a reader issue, rather than a writer issue.

</netiquette>

Okay, guys, is this him or me?

(Or maybe has he read too many of my online posts?)

The answer, in the tiniest nutshell possible, is:

"The root problem is you must think of a test case that can force a
new graphical situation, without writing the graphical situation
itself first, AND without viewing the GUI to see if the situation
works. Your new test should tell you it works. Think of easy GUIs,
like data entry, and then think of hard GUIs, like rotating fractals,
or heat maps."

I say that in the first chapter like so many times, in various
different ways, using both our brainwashed jargon and common industry
jargon.

About "reference to previously existing thought about testing", I list
/Test Driven Development/ on Page 2... Sheesh...

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  Phlip
  http://www.greencheese.org/ZeekLand  <-- NOT a blog!!


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