Successful software depends as much on scrupulous testing as it does on solid architecture or elegant code. But testing is not a routine process, it's a constant exploration of methods and an evolution of good ideas.

Beautiful Testing offers 23 essays from 27 leading testers and developers that illustrate the qualities and techniques that make testing an art. Through personal anecdotes, you'll learn how each of these professionals developed beautiful ways of testing a wide range of products -- valuable knowledge that you can apply to your own projects.


Here's a sample of what you'll find inside:

Microsoft's Alan Page knows a lot about large-scale test automation, and shares some of his secrets on how to make it beautiful
Scott Barber explains why performance testing needs to be a collaborative process, rather than simply an exercise in measuring speed
Karen Johnson describes how her professional experience intersected her personal life while testing medical software
Rex Black reveals how satisfying stakeholders for 25 years is a beautiful thing
Mathematician John D. Cook applies a classic definition of beauty, based on complexity and unity, to testing random number generators

All author royalties will be donated to the Nothing But Nets campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a disease that kills millions of children in Africa each year.



This book includes contributions from:

Adam Goucher
Linda Wilkinson
Rex Black
Martin Schröder
Clint Talbert
Scott Barber
Kamran Khan
Emily Chen
Brian Nitz
Remko Tronçon
Alan Page
Neal Norwitz
Michelle Levesque
Jeffrey Yasskin
John D. Cook
Murali Nandigama
Karen N. Johnson
Chris McMahon
Jennitta Andrea
Lisa Crispin
Matt Heusser
Andreas Zeller
David Schuler
Tomasz Kojm
Adam Christian
Tim Riley
Isaac Clerencia