Software Testing & Quality in Methods & Tools Summer 2010

Published June 21st, 2010 Under Methods & Tools | Leave a Comment

Methods & Tools is a free e-magazine for software developers, testers and project managers. Summer 2010 issue has just been published with the following articles:
* Aspects of Kanban – Lean Worfklow Management
* Test Language – Introduction to Keyword Driven Testing
* A High Volume Software Product Line
* Better Requirements Definition Management is Better for Business
* The Core Protocols, an Experience Report – Tools for High Performance Teams
* Tool: eValid- Functional and Load Web Testing
* Tool: Hudson- Continuous Integration Server
* Tool: FitNesse – Test Cases Management
* Tool: VoodooMock – Mock Objects Framework for C++
* Conference: Jazoon

80 pages of software development knowledge that you can download from http://www.methodsandtools.com/mt/download.php?summer10

New Tools Section in Methods & Tools Web Site

Published April 20th, 2010 Under Methods & Tools | Leave a Comment

The Methods & Tools web site has just opened a new section dedicated to software development tools. This area will propose an html version of the tools presentations articles published in the PDF issues and also links to the other Methods & Tools articles that are focused on software development tools. The first tools to be included in this section are Express, Sonar, JMeter and Squirrel. More software development tools will be included in the future. Hudson and Fitnesse presentation articles are already scheduled for the Summer 2010 issue of Methods & Tools.

Agile + Software Testing & Quality in Methods & Tools Spring 2010

Published March 22nd, 2010 Under Methods & Tools | Leave a Comment

Methods & Tools is a free e-magazine for software developers, testers and project managers. Spring 2010 issue has just been published with the following articles:
* Using WatiN to Leverage Common Elements in Web Testing – structure your Web testing efforts
* Five Symptoms of Mechanical Agile- detect agile adoption issues
* Writing Testable Code – testable code is better code
* Model-Based Testing Adds Value – a quicker way to functional testing plans
* Tool: Sonar – monitor code and project quality
* Tool: Express Agile Project Management – a simple tool for Scrum
* Tool: Apache JMeter – for load and functional testing

60 pages of software development knowledge that you can download from http://www.methodsandtools.com/mt/download.php?spring10

Winter 2009 issue of Methods & Tools

Published December 21st, 2009 Under Methods & Tools | Leave a Comment

Winter 2009 issue has just been published with the following articles:
* Refactoring Large Software Systems
* An Introduction to Domain Driven Design
* Agile Coaching Tips
* Are Enterprise AJAX Applications Doomed…Or Are We?
* Does Process Improvement Really Pay Off?
* SQuirreL SQL Client

60 pages of software development knowledge that you can download from
http://www.methodsandtools.com/mt/download.php?winter09

1500 Tools to Assist Software Developers

Published October 12th, 2009 Under Methods & Tools | Leave a Comment

Created in 2007, the Software Development Tools Directory has now more than 1500 references. It is one of the rare web sites where you can see on the same location both commercial and open source software development tools. Tools are categorized by programming language, license, operating system or software development function (software testing, project management, database, IDE, user interface,  etc.).  The Open Source category is the most important one with 770 tools.

The five most popular open source tools in the directory are:
* IceScrum – agile project management
* ERmodeller – a CASE tool for data modeling
* ArgoUML – UML modeling with Java code generation
* StarUML – UML modeling tool
* Arbiter – requirements gathering and acceptance testing tool

keep looking »