tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593097011401765247.post8334190698313209383..comments2024-02-22T03:37:19.559-08:00Comments on The Search for Quality: The Desire to BuildSearchForQualityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18380468388119935237noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593097011401765247.post-20585796624618210332007-02-21T17:47:00.000-08:002007-02-21T17:47:00.000-08:00Depending on what kind of testers you mean, I thin...Depending on what kind of testers you mean, I think I disagree.<BR/><BR/>Seems to me that testers who write automated tests are, by definition, developers. Test automation is programming.<BR/><BR/>Of course, there are testers who would rather write tools than write tests. Just as there are programmers who would rather write programs that write programs than write programs. <BR/><BR/>But that's part of learning to be a good developer: learning when more code is not the answer.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07851992966909168128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593097011401765247.post-40466997429621361552007-02-08T14:32:00.000-08:002007-02-08T14:32:00.000-08:00I think there is more to it than that. What I have...I think there is more to it than that. What I have found is that testers that are able to build things themselves are better able to evaluate other things that they could be using. <BR/><BR/>Testing is so broad that sticking to a tool becuase you're used to it or don't really understand how it works leads to applying it to situations where is doesn't belong which is very dangerous. <BR/><BR/>Yes, as engineers we want to build. What we gain is simply not a tool, but understanding-- which to me is the cornerstone of an effective tester.<BR/><BR/>It is unfortunate that we have not matured enough as a discipline to hand down this understanding in more practical ways, but we're getting there.Amithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14588685512979188143noreply@blogger.com