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March-April 2012 (vol. 29 no. 2)
pp. 4-7
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| Forrest Shull, "A Brave New World of Testing? An Interview with Google's James Whittaker," IEEE Software, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 4-7, March-April, 2012. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/MS.2012.23, author = {Forrest Shull}, title = {A Brave New World of Testing? An Interview with Google's James Whittaker}, journal ={IEEE Software}, volume = {29}, number = {2}, issn = {0740-7459}, year = {2012}, pages = {4-7}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2012.23}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Software TI - A Brave New World of Testing? An Interview with Google's James Whittaker IS - 2 SN - 0740-7459 SP4 EP7 EPD - 4-7 A1 - Forrest Shull, PY - 2012 KW - cloud computing KW - software testing KW - quality assurance KW - functional testing KW - software engineering training KW - privacy VL - 29 JA - IEEE Software ER - | |||
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2012.23
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The increasing pervasiveness of cloud computing is changing the state of the practice in software testing. In an interview with James Whittaker, an engineering director at Google, editor in chief Forrest Shull explores some of the important trends in cloud computing and their implications. The conversation covers key technology changes, such as more pervasive access to monitoring frameworks, the ability to aggregate and act on feedback directly from massive user communities (the "crowdsourcing" of quality assurance), and the ability to know the exact machine configuration when bugs are discovered. All of these changes are having concrete impacts on which skills are important—and which no longer so—for software testers. An accompanying audio interview provides a complete recording of the conversation and more details on points such as privacy testing.
Index Terms:
cloud computing, software testing, quality assurance, functional testing, software engineering training, privacy
Citation:
Forrest Shull, "A Brave New World of Testing? An Interview with Google's James Whittaker," IEEE Software, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 4-7, March-April 2012, doi:10.1109/MS.2012.23
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