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February 13, 2010 by mensming.
It is that time of year again. My favorite conference, Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC), has opened their call for papers. This years theme is "Achieving Quality in a Complex Environment". A new twist is that there are two calls - one for traditional papers and one for poster papers. The conference will be held October 18-20, 2010.
Look at the Call for Abstracts page for full details.
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January 30, 2010 by mensming.
This is another in a series of posts of my reactions to watching the videos from the Google Test Automation Conference 2008 held in Seattle. The talk The Value of Small Tests (38 minutes long) presented by Christopher Semturs on October 24, 2008 was not what I expected. The slides from the talk can be found here.
I was hoping for a discussion around the broader test case / test suite management and the intersection with test automation. Instead, it discussed the value of creating small tests with limited dependencies and using dependency injection, mocking, etc. Not to say that it is a bad talk - just a quick introduction for these topics. I would say the talk is aimed at getting developers writing and enabling automated testing.
If you are already familiar with dependency injection and mocking, I would not spend the time watching. However, if these concepts are new, it may be valuable.
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January 16, 2010 by mensming.
I am in the process of watching the videos from the GTAC (Google Test Automation Conference) held in Seattle in October 2003. This post contains my notes for the presentation Taming the Beast - How to Test an AJAX Application (1 hour 1 minute) by Markus Clermont & John Thomas held on October 23, 2008.
I am not recommending spending time watching this video. The presentation is not bad. However, it does not translate well to video. There is a lot of interaction with the audience - which is great when you are present at the presentation. However, in the video the audience cannot be heard and the presenters do not repeat many of the questions / responses. In addition, the talk is misnamed. While an AJAX application is used as the example throughout the application, most of the talk is not about how to test an AJAX application. The talk is a good discussion of how to tame automation - automation of any application.
Here are the slide titles:
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September 7, 2009 by mensming.
One of the things I love is being able to see presentations from conferences I was unable to attend. A coworker passed on a link to this video (55 minutes) from the Business of Software conference. In the talk, Jason Fried of 37Signals, makes of Ruby on Rails and Basecamp, speaks on many aspects of running a software company and keeping teams working effectively.
Here are some of the slide titles, topics and items Jason discussed:
An enjoyable video, especially the first half before the Q&A session.
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March 29, 2009 by mensming.
I received an email from the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC) alerting me that a call for paper abstracts is currently active. This year’s conference (the 27th annual) will be held October 26-28, 2009 in Portland, OR. Presenting at a conference is an excellent way to sharpen your ideas and subject them to a rigorous examination by your peers. I have presented twice a PNSQC and found it to be a professional stretching activity. I am thinking about submitting an abstract.
Detailed information on the call can be found here. Abstracts must be submitted by May 1, 2009.
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January 27, 2009 by mensming.
I love it when conference proceedings are available online. The Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC) has offered their proceedings online for some years. The 2008 proceedings are now available. However, on the page with the link to the proceedings, the following message is displayed:
Note: These proceedings will only be available for a short time to the general public. After this time, the proceedings and individual papers will be available for download by PNSQC members only (membership is free and requires registration on the website).
The current link, accessible to the public, can be found here.
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January 21, 2009 by mensming.
I just received notice that the International Conference for Software Quality 2009 in Chicago November 9-11, 2009 has opened their call for papers. Abstracts must be submitted by March 1, 2009. Details about the call for papers (as well as panels and tutorials) can be found here.
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April 22, 2008 by mensming.
In a prior post, I mentioned the call for papers (CFP) for the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC). I received a notice last week that the deadline has been extended to May 1. More details can be found here.
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March 2, 2008 by mensming.
A call for papers (CFP) for the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC) is currently active. This year’s conference (the 26th annual) will be held October 13-15, 2008 in Portland, OR. Presenting at a conference is an excellent way to sharpen your ideas and subject them to a rigorous examination by your peers. I have presented twice a PNSQC and found it to be a professional stretching activity.
Detailed information on the call can be found here. Abstracts must be submitted by April 20, 2008.
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September 16, 2007 by mensming.
I was at VMWorld last week. Unfortunately, my network connectivity was limited so I was unable to post my notes during the conference.
Keynotes - Mendel Rosenblum, Chief Scientist & Co-Founder, VMWare
Demo - Storage VMotion (future)
Demo - Virtual Appliance - streaming download of image "instant on" (future)
Demo - Continuous Availability (future)
VMWorld 2008 - Las Vegas (9/18 - 9/20)
Fault Analysis and Methodology
Mike Valley, Systems Engineer, VMWare
esxcfg-boot -q boot
Currently used ram disk
esxcfg-boot -q vmkmod
List configured modules
service mgmt-vmware restart
will restart service console, hostd
hostname - use FQDN, configure /etc/hosts
vmkping - use vmkernel to ping a device
No eth0 - use vswif
Use esxcfg-vswif for configuring network interface
Collecting log files - export diagnostic data via VI client or from start menu
vm-support -S -i 10 -d 600 - capture performance snapshots
-X shows mapping between internal ID and name of VM
Virtual Center
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vpxd -S - dumps to console to see what is wrong
LM Tools - License manage tools
How to License MS Servers for Your Virtualized Environment
Eric Jewett, Lead Product Manager, Windows Server Marketing, Microsoft
This presentation focused on server products and not desktops. The reaction of the audience was downright hostile.
ISV Licensing in a Virtualized Environment
Amy Kanary, Research Director, Software Pricing & Delivery, IDC
Common Models:
Concerns:
Innovative Approaches:
Navigate Complexity
Panel:
Dr. Stephen Hess, BEA
Roman Bukary, SAP
VProbes: Diagnostics for Production Software
Keith Adams, Sr. Staff Engineer, VMWare
Robert Benson, Engineer, VMWare
Alex Migorodskiy, Technical Staff, VMWare
VProbes allow you to insert probes at various levels of architecture (App, Guest OS, VMM, etc)
Does not require a restart
Are "read only" - cannot change values
OS Independent
Currently pre-alphs
Define a script that ties into an event
Could be used to see root kits since it exists outside of the guest
VAssure: Write Your Own Bug Detectors Under VMWare Record and Playback
Min Xu
Dmitry Grinberg
Currently a research process
Since it uses record and playback (assertions execute during playback) it should not slowdown execution or impact the program
Logically:
if (replay) {
assert(…)
}
VAssert SDK Methods: VAssert, VLog, VWatchPoint
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