Google Testing Blog: The 7th Plague?

The 7th Plague?

Monday, August 10, 2009

By James A. Whittaker
Yes, I only posted 6 plagues. Congratulations for catching this purposeful omission! You wouldn't trust a developer who argues "this doesn't need to be tested" or "that function works like so" and you shouldn't trust me when I say there are 7 plagues. In the world of testing all assumptions must be scrutinized and it doesn't work until someone, namely a tester, verifies that it does!
Clearly this is an alert and education readership. But why assume even this statement is true? How about another test? Anyone feel like contributing the 7th plague?
I've actually received a few via email already and I have an idea of my own 7th. So email them to me at docjamesw@gmail.com and I'll post a few of the best, with attribution, on this blog. Maybe I can even scare up some Google SWAG or a copy of my latest book to the best one.
First come, first published.

4 comments :

Jay MumperAugust 10, 2009 at 9:59:00 AM PDT
Maybe you shouldn't number the plagues at all - maybe there are eight or nine or more?
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Steve ArmstrongAugust 10, 2009 at 1:18:00 PM PDT
Found a possible bug: "Clearly this is an alert and education readership" should be "Clearly this is an alert and educated readership"
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Dave KingAugust 14, 2009 at 4:45:00 PM PDT
Plauge 7: Not tagging information so someone else can follow the thread?
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Regi JohnAugust 14, 2009 at 10:17:00 PM PDT
The plague of Coolness

Definition:
An overemphasis on tools, automation etc just because that's what we Computer Science geeks know best.

Rather that the use of tools, automation etc to flushing out bugs.

It's all about ends and means, baby.
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