Google Testing Blog: August 2011

Google Developer Day 2011

Friday, August 19, 2011

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GTAC Speakers and Attendees Finalized

Thursday, August 18, 2011

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Pretotyping: A Different Type of Testing

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Have you ever poured your heart and soul and blood, sweat and tears to help test and perfect a product that, after launch, flopped miserably? Not because it was not working right (you tested the snot out of it), but because it was not the right product.

Are you currently wasting your time testing a new product or feature that, in the end, nobody will use?Pretotyping [pree-tuh-tahy-ping], verb: Testing the initial appeal and actual usage of a potential new product by simulating its core experience with the smallest possible investment of time and money.Pretotyping is a way to test an idea quickly and inexpensively by creating extremely simplified, mocked or virtual versions of that product to help validate the premise that "If we build it, they will use it."Make sure – as quickly and as cheaply as you can – that you are building the right it before you build it right. upstreamGoogle DocsScribdmy pretotyping blogPosted by Alberto Savoia

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Keynote Lineup for GTAC 2011

Monday, August 01, 2011

Test is DeadAlberto SavoiaAlberto Savoia is Director of Engineering and Innovation Agitator at Google. In addition to leading several major product development efforts (including the launch of Google AdWords), Alberto has been a lifelong believer, champion, innovator and entrepreneur in the area of developer testing and test automation tools. He is a frequent keynote speaker and the author of many articles on testing, including the classic booklet “The Way of Testivus” and “Beautiful Tests” in O’Reilly’s Beautiful Code. His work in software development tools has won him several awards including the 2005 Wall Street Journal Technical Innovator Award, InfoWorld’s Technology of the Year award, and no less than four Software Development Magazine Jolt Awards.
Redefining Security Vulnerabilities: How Attackers See BugsHerbert H. ThompsonDr. Herbert H. Thompson is Chief Security Strategist at People Security and a world-renown expert in application security. He has co-authored four books on the topic including, How to Break Software Security: Effective Techniques for Security Testing (with Dr. James Whittaker) and The Software Vulnerability Guide (with Scott Chase). In 2006 he was named one of the “Top 5 Most Influential Thinkers in IT Security” by SC Magazine. Thompson continually lends his perspective and expertise on secure software development and has been interviewed by top news organizations including CNN, MSNBC, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Associated Press, and the Washington Post. He is also Program Committee Chair for RSA Conference, the world’s leading information security gathering. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Florida Institute of Technology, and is an adjunct professor in the Computer Science department at Columbia University in New York.
Engineering Productivity: Accelerating Google Since 2006Patrick CopelandSecrets of World-Class Software OrganizationsSteve McConnellSteve McConnell is CEO and Chief Software Engineer at Construx Software where he consults to a broad range of industries, teaches seminars, and oversees Construx’s software engineering practices. Steve is the author of Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (2006), Code Complete (1993, 2004), Rapid Development (1996), Software Project Survival Guide (1998), and Professional Software Development (2004), as well as numerous technical articles. His books have won numerous awards for "Best Book of the Year," and readers of Software Development magazine named him one of the three most influential people in the software industry along with Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds.

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