Comments on: Ben Simo’s Gift to Testing http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/194 The Consulting Software Tester Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:00:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Joseph Ours http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/194/comment-page-1#comment-176089 Joseph Ours Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:31:12 +0000 http://www.satisfice.com/blog/?p=194#comment-176089 James, I realize this blog entry was posted some time ago; however, I have been toying with the idea of creating a web based application with intentional configurable defects in it for people to find to use as a training aid (I like to do some coding as a hobby). What are your thoughts on such an endeavor? I realize it doesn't stand the chance of covering every type of defect you could have in an enterprise system, but it might be useful as a part of general training. I wonder what the community as a whole might think of such an approach.<em> [James' Reply: Sounds cool.]</em> James,

I realize this blog entry was posted some time ago; however, I have been toying with the idea of creating a web based application with intentional configurable defects in it for people to find to use as a training aid (I like to do some coding as a hobby). What are your thoughts on such an endeavor? I realize it doesn’t stand the chance of covering every type of defect you could have in an enterprise system, but it might be useful as a part of general training. I wonder what the community as a whole might think of such an approach.

[James' Reply: Sounds cool.]

]]> By: Dave Harrison http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/194/comment-page-1#comment-172320 Dave Harrison Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:55:27 +0000 http://www.satisfice.com/blog/?p=194#comment-172320 Hi James, qahatesyou.com provides similar insights. My only formal association with them is that they did feature a bug I discovered recently on a very popular internet job/career site. If I had known about IsThereAProblemHere at the time of my bug discovery I would have forwarded it to Ben as well. DH Hi James, qahatesyou.com provides similar insights. My only formal association with them is that they did feature a bug I discovered recently on a very popular internet job/career site. If I had known about IsThereAProblemHere at the time of my bug discovery I would have forwarded it to Ben as well.

DH

]]> By: Ben Simo http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/194/comment-page-1#comment-172220 Ben Simo Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:24:13 +0000 http://www.satisfice.com/blog/?p=194#comment-172220 Thanks James. It is a gift that I'm happy to give. I'd appreciate feedback from you and others that find things useful for training testers. I'd like to know how problems from IsThereAProblemHere.com are used. And, yes, there is a bias in the types of problems that translate well to the blog. I suspect we (me and the other authors/editors I've recruited) will be posting some videos too. However, some bugs just aren't photogenic. Maybe we can tell stories for those. For example, I don't have a good visual for the software errors that led to my mortgage payment being taken out of my checking account twice. Had a video camera been on me when I discovered a much lower than expected account balance, I'd have a geat visual description of the impact it had on my emotions. Thanks James. It is a gift that I’m happy to give. I’d appreciate feedback from you and others that find things useful for training testers. I’d like to know how problems from IsThereAProblemHere.com are used.

And, yes, there is a bias in the types of problems that translate well to the blog. I suspect we (me and the other authors/editors I’ve recruited) will be posting some videos too. However, some bugs just aren’t photogenic. Maybe we can tell stories for those.

For example, I don’t have a good visual for the software errors that led to my mortgage payment being taken out of my checking account twice. Had a video camera been on me when I discovered a much lower than expected account balance, I’d have a geat visual description of the impact it had on my emotions.

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