Dave Thomas on Testing Past, Present, and Future
Semaphore Uncut · Semaphore CI/CD Weekly
June 8, 202136m 23s
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (api.substack.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, I talk with Dave Thomas, author of The Pragmatic Programmer, and many other well-known software engineering books. We discuss how software engineering has changed over many decades and how Dave's experiences have informed his attitudes to testing.
Key takeaways:
- Software is both abstract and changes the real world
- Computer science undergrads need more industrial experience
- Treat software testing as a tool, not a religion
- Use experience and judgement to choose when not to write tests
- Test maintenance is part of the ebb and flow of development
- Modern software is loosely coupled and ephemeral
- The Internet of Things is transforming software architecture
- The IoT opens a new frontier for integration testing
About Semaphore Uncut
In each episode of Semaphore Uncut, we invite software industry professionals to discuss the impact they are making and what excites them about the emerging technologies.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit semaphoreio.substack.com