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The Invisible Art of
Software Testing
Noah Sussman
@noahsussman
AST Meetup
Viacom NYC
June 26 2014
Automated tests areโ€ฆ
โ€ข Part of the software design process.
โ€ข Runnable documentation.
โ€ข NOT useful for debugging releases!
โ€ข NOT useful for catching bugs in code!
Epistemology
โ€ข The elephant in the room.
Metcalfeโ€™s Law
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The Invisible Art Of Software Testing

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