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Patterns are a way of helping designers. They were formalized by the architect Christopher Alexander. He writes that "each pattern is a three-part rule, which expresses a relation between a certain context, a problem, and a solution."1 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.
Unlike previous PoST workshops, this one will focus on test automation patterns.
We will build both deliverables and community. We hope to achieve three goals:
See the schedule for more details.
1. Christopher Alexander, The Timeless Way of Building, p. 247.
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