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// insert in core.js
JS.singleton = function(name, parent, methods) {
	var args = arguments;
	return (function(args) {
		// store instance and class in private variables
		var instance = null;
		var klass = new JS.Class(name, parent, methods);
		return {
			getInstance: function() {
				if (instance) { return instance; }

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my software testing blogs in google reader (by order of first name):

Abby Fichtner
http://www.thehackerchickblog.com/search/label/testing

Adam Goucher
http://adam.goucher.ca/

Aidy Lewis
http://agiletester.blogspot.com/

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no tests

legacy code base
"dirties" design
it doesn't catch bugs
it's slower
it's boring
hard to change
too many interfaces
testing is for qa

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exploratory testing studies

@jamesmarcusbach: I have seen a few studies of exploratory testing that were scientifically respectable, but none of those used the term "exploratory testing"

@Rob_Lambert: Care to share the scientifically respectable studies? Genuinely interested to find out how they studied ET.

@jamesmarcusbach: Study #1: See the book "Exploring Science." It is the chronicle of a group of experiments in figuring out technology.

@jamesmarcusbach: See Jerry Weinberg's 1965 Ph.D. dissertation on exploratory problem-solving: http://bit.ly/KTXML

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8 core agile testing practices

Acceptance Test Driven Development
Automated Functional Testing
Test Driven Development
Automated Unit Testing
Exploratory Testing
Collective Test Ownership
Continuous Integration
Rehearse Release

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customer (business) facing test
technology (code) facing test
whole team approach
power of three
iteration
feedback

edge case
happy/sad paths
refactor

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First, I would like to start out by recommending that anyone who is
serious about software craftsmanship go out and read Pete McBreen's
book "Software Craftsmanship".  I think it's a critical starting place
for these discussions, and on a more personal note, the book had a
huge impact on me.  Probably the biggest reason I am a part of this
group is that I have no where else to go.  :)  I was a later-in-life
self-taught programmer who had a wife and child(ren) to support from
the day I wrote my first for loop, so I have no formal scientific or
engineering education, and I don't have the option of taking time off
to obtain one.  And yet I want to become great at what I do.  In my

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Ruby VMs

YARV
Rubinius
JRuby
IronRuby
MacRuby

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web

Rails, PHP, Python, Java, .NET

rails host

# shared hosting
* HostGator
* HostingRails

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rubyquiz.com
projecteuler.net
gogaruco.com
edgecase.com
pragmaticstudio.com