If the objective of testing were to prove that a program is free of bugs, then not only would testing be practically impossible, but it would also be theoretically impossible.
A design remedy that prevents bugs is always preferable to a test method that discovers them. - Boris Beizer
A design remedy that prevents bugs is always preferable to a test method that discovers them.
- Boris Beizer
First law: The pesticide paradox. Every method you use to prevent or find bugs leaves a residue of subtler bugs against which those methods are ineff… - Boris Beizer
First law: The pesticide paradox. Every method you use to prevent or find bugs leaves a residue of subtler bugs against which those methods are ineff…
Second law: The complexity barrier. Software complexity (and therefore that of bugs) grows to the limits of our ability to manage that complexity. - Boris Beizer
Second law: The complexity barrier. Software complexity (and therefore that of bugs) grows to the limits of our ability to manage that complexity.
If you can't test it, don't build it. If you don't test it, rip it out. - Boris Beizer
If you can't test it, don't build it. If you don't test it, rip it out.
Testing proves a programmer’s failure. Debugging is the programmer’s vindication. - Boris Beizer
Testing proves a programmer’s failure. Debugging is the programmer’s vindication.
Software never was perfect and won't get perfect. But is that a license to create garbage? The missing ingredient is our reluctance to quantify quali… - Boris Beizer
Software never was perfect and won't get perfect. But is that a license to create garbage? The missing ingredient is our reluctance to quantify quali…
One of the saddest sights to me has always been a human at a keyboard doing something by hand that could be automated. It's sad but hilarious. - Boris Beizer
One of the saddest sights to me has always been a human at a keyboard doing something by hand that could be automated. It's sad but hilarious.
If the objective of testing were to prove that a program is free of bugs, then not only would testing be practically impossible, but it would also be… - Boris Beizer
If the objective of testing were to prove that a program is free of bugs, then not only would testing be practically impossible, but it would also be…
A test that reveals a bug has succeeded, not failed. - Boris Beizer
A test that reveals a bug has succeeded, not failed.
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