01:29 – Elisabeth Hendrickson Introduction
- Pivotal Labs
- Caltech
- Explore It!: Reduce Risk and Increase Confidence with Exploratory Testing by Elisabeth Hendrickson
05:00 – The Role of a Software Tester
08:39 – Exploratory Testing
11:17 – Combatting Disdain for Testing
- Boringness/Tediousness
- Quality Problem
- Blood-thirstiness
- Skillsets
18:25 – Finding Pleasure in Exploratory Testing
22:19 – Implementing Exploratory Testing
32:20 – Personas
- Exploratory Tester/Programmer Pairings
- Empathy
34:58 – Bug Hunting (Anecdotes)
- Mental Pack Rat Syndrome
37:00 – Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) by Richard P. Feynman
39:08 – Fuzz Testing
40:29 – Tools
42:31 – Mocking
44:38 – Setting Triggers on a Database Table
45:57 – Web Applications and Noise
47:20 – “ET”
48:04 – Exploration Testing the Easy Button
48:32 – Exploratory Testing in a Project
- Cues
53:11 – State Tables
54:51 – Timing Sensitive Testing
- Phase of the Moon Error
58:11 – Resources
Book Club
Understanding Computation: From Simple Machines to Impossible Programs by Tom Stuart! He will join us for an episode to discuss the book on August 14th. The episode will air on August 21st. O'Reilly has generously offered our listeners a discount code. Use the code RUBYROGUES to receive 50% off the eBook and 40% off the print version. *Discount does not apply to the ebook + print bundle.
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