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Because we assume that developers are trained professionals, presumably with a CS or software engineering (or both) degrees, and that they've been properly trai
by intrasight 10y ago
Because we assume that developers are trained professionals, presumably with a CS or software engineering (or both) degrees, and that they've been properly trained in software development - which puts testing front and center.
- nxc18 10y agoComputer Science has absolutely nothing to do with software testing. Your software engineering classes will teach students about unit tests, but not much more. If by 'testing' you really mean 'unit testing', as I suspect most junior engineers who claim testing experience do, then hope is already lost. The one saving grace is that there is enough churn in webdev that nothing lasts long enough to reveal how fragile it is.
- intrasight 10y agoNot if they take a good class in Test-driven development (TDD) - which I would recommend to students. The "science" behind it will outlive the practice churn.
- lisivka 10y agoOf course, if the will take a good class in test driven DEVELOPMENT, they will be developers. Development (problem solving with goal to create and support a product) is not same as programming (creating instruction for computer to do something).
- theonething 10y agoAny recommendations for good TDD classes?
- sngz 10y agoyou're part of the problem