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These pages are the work of people interested in applying the ideas of patterns to software testing. They also describe the Patterns of Software Testing (PoST) workshops. These workshops are similar to, and attendance overlaps with, the PLoP conferences (PLoP, ChiliPLoP, EuroPLoP, KoalaPLoP).
Learning about patterns and the patterns
community
Testing patterns (from earlier
workshops and elsewhere)
STARWest
Workshop, October 30, 2001
PoST 3, August 26-27, 2001
PoST 2, April 11-13, 2001
PoST 1, January 3-5, 2001
Patterns are a way of helping people who design things. They were formalized by the architect Christopher Alexander. When done well, patterns accomplish at least three things:
We believe that testers lack a useful vocabulary, are hampered by rigid "one size fits all" methodologies, and face many problems whose solutions are underdescribed in the literature. Patterns can help with all of those things.
Moreover, the community of pattern writers is a healthy one that regularly spawns new and useful ideas. We testers should link up with it, and we might find its style of work useful as we look for new ideas.
PoST workshops have been sponsored by Rational and the Florida Institute of Technology.
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