Steven is a professional computer/web programmer living in the middle of Amish Country. He has been on the Board of Directors for the Computer Professionals of Central Pennsylvania. His other fields have included acting for three years at the PA Renaissance Faire, being a member of a professional improv troupe, Comedy Olympics, being happily married to his wife Liane and wasting time spoiling his dog, Dandy.

Computers & Technology > Software & Web Development How intuition plays a part in software testing

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Software testing is always a difficult thing. When designing a program, often the focus is on making the program as simple as possible so the end-user will have fewer problems. Unfortunately, the need to deal with complex issues may require more complex solutions and, as much as a programmer can try to simply the task, there are far more ways for a user to make errors as the program covers more situations.

In order to test software, you must be able to think as if you were the most incompetent user ever born. If there is any way for the user to make a mistake, you must be able to imag...

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