tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87435902024-03-13T17:24:29.620+05:30Tech BytesPointers to the latest happenings in the information technology horizon. This blog moved to http://venkatreddy.inVenkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-91639198093140281932009-09-20T01:16:00.003+05:302009-09-20T01:27:25.984+05:30Tech Bytes moved to Venkat's Blog<div style="text-align: justify;">I have started this blog with the objective of sharing the current trends in software development way back in 2005 and been updating with some interesting tools, topics that i have come across. I have been blogging on<a href="http://venkatreddyc.wordpress.com"> Software Testing</a> here. I have been off from blogging for quite some time. I am in the process of coming back to mainstream blogging. All my blogs will be consolidated into one blog here <a href="http://venkatreddy.in/">Venkat's Blog</a> with the objective of exploring the craft of Software Testing & Development.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-21377934997906094452008-07-01T06:22:00.001+05:302008-07-01T06:22:09.984+05:30Testuff - The Test Management Tool for small & medium projects<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div align='justify'><font face='arial'>Almost an year ago, I have evaluated some low cost and open source <a href='http://venkatreddy.in/2007/04/22/open-source-test-management-tools/'>Test Management Tools</a>. Managing the Test Efforts & Test documentation is always an issue for small and medium companies.<br/><br/>The following were my requirements for Test Management Tool <br/></font><ul><li><font face='arial'>Capture the Requirements </font></li><li><font face='arial'>Design & Prepare Test Cases </font></li><li><font face='arial'>Map Test Cases with Requirements </font></li><li><font face='arial'>Link Bug reports with Test Case ID after the test execution </font></li><li><font face='arial'>Test Execution Reports </font></li><li><font face='arial'>Version Management for the Test Cases </font></li><li><font face='arial'>Search Feature </font></li></ul><font face='arial'><br/><br/><a href='http://www.testuff.com/'>Testuff</a> comes with all the above features and some additional capabilities to record the test execution and link them with the issue tracker. It comes free for single user.<br/><br/><b>Testuff Features </b></font><br/><br/><blockquote><font face='arial'><b>Test video recording</b></font><p><font face='arial'> Really good testers don't follow the pre-written testing scenarios to the letter. They explore the program using their intuition, their experience and their common sense. They look under the rug, between the cracks and behind the closet. They find more bugs. But those bugs are much harder to reproduce. Or at least they were, until now. </font></p><font face='arial'><br/><b>Video recording meets software testing</b></font><ul><li><font face='arial'>Everything you see on the screen is recorded.</font></li><li><font face='arial'>Every test is completely documented.</font></li><li><font face='arial'>Every bug is reproducible.</font></li></ul><p><font face='arial'> And best of all, the communication between testers and developers no longer depend on their (sometimes limited) communication skills! </font></p><br/><br/><font face='arial'><br/><br/><b>On-demand test management</b><br/><br/><p> You don't have to struggle with the shortcomings of <i>Excel</i> or spend thousands of dollars on an <i>"Enterprise Test Management Solution"</i>. </p><br/><br/><b>Pay less </b><br/><br/><p> On-demand services usually cost much less than the equivalent software products. Testuff is no exception. Even better, for the duration of the beta trials Testuff is completely free of charge </p><br/><br/><b>Get more</b><br/><br/><p> Most modern software services create web-based user interfaces and try to make them look as close to desktop applications as possible. We've taken this trend a step further and created a real desktop application with a web backend. This way you get both a great user experience and the ability to work with people on the other side of the globe accessing the same test data. </p><br/><br/><b>Start right away</b><br/><br/><p> You have enough on your hands without going through complex install and maintenance procedures for the tools your use. Just <a href='http://www.testuff.com/download'><b>download our desktop client</b></a> and start <i>improving your software</i> right now. </p><br/><br/></font><br/><br/><font face='arial'><br/><b>Bug tracker integration</b><br/></font><p><font face='arial'> You <i>are</i> using a bug tracker, right? We have no intention of convincing you to change the way you manage your bugs as long as it isn't a simple text file or scraps of paper scattered on your desk. We can connect to anything else. Almost. </font></p><font face='arial'/><p><font face='arial'> Testuff comes with built-in support for many bug trackers (in alphabetic order): </font></p><ul><font face='arial'><li><img width='16' height='16' src='http://www.testuff.com/static/images/logos/bugzilla.png' alt='Bugzilla'/> <a href='http://www.testuff.com/help/bugzilla'>Bugzilla</a><br/></li></font><font face='arial'><li><img width='16' height='16' src='http://www.testuff.com/static/images/logos/elementool.png' alt='Elementool'/> <a href='http://www.testuff.com/help/elementool'>Elementool</a><br/></li></font><font face='arial'><li><img width='16' height='16' src='http://www.testuff.com/static/images/logos/fogbugz.png' alt='FogBugz'/> <a href='http://www.testuff.com/help/fogbugz'>FogBugz</a><br/></li></font><font face='arial'><li><img width='16' height='16' src='http://www.testuff.com/static/images/logos/jira.png' alt='Jira'/> <a href='http://www.testuff.com/help/jira'>Jira</a><br/></li></font><font face='arial'><li><img width='16' height='16' src='http://www.testuff.com/static/images/logos/lighthouse.png' alt='Lighthouse'/> <a href='http://www.testuff.com/help/lighthouse'>Lighthouse</a><br/></li></font><font face='arial'><li><img width='16' height='16' src='http://www.testuff.com/static/images/logos/mantis.png' alt='Mantis'/> <a href='http://www.testuff.com/help/mantis'>Mantis</a><br/></li></font><font face='arial'><li><img width='16' height='16' src='http://www.testuff.com/static/images/logos/trac.png' alt='Trac'/> <a href='http://www.testuff.com/help/trac'>Trac</a></li></font><br/></ul><font face='arial'>We are working to include support for even more bug trackers. Your favorite isn't listed? <a href='http://www.testuff.com/feedback'>Let us know!</a><br/></font><font face='arial'><br/><b>Privacy and Security</b><br/>We know the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your data are extremely important to you. We have gone to great lengths to give you peace of mind. <br/><ul><li>All client-server communication is encrypted with SSL to protect your information. The credentials are verified upon each request made by the client to prevent impersonation and information theft. </li><li>Passwords are not stored in the database; instead, only secure hashes are used. Even the company DBA's have no way of knowing your password. That is why when you forget your password, we generate a new one for you - we simply don't know what the old one was. </li><li>All the data on our servers is encrypted to provide an extra layer of security on top of all the other measures. </li><li>Each company's data is stored separately from the rest to ensure that other users of Testuff can't access your information. </li><br/></ul><p>We also realize that losing your tests and bugs means losing money and are doing all we can to make sure your bits are safe with us.<br/></p><ul><li>We continuously backup the servers to prevent any data loss. We store copies of the backups off-site and are able to get the service back online quickly in case of a disaster. </li><li>We monitor our servers 24 hours a day and promptly respond to any failures. </li><li>You can export your data any time you like and save a copy under your bed. </li><br/><br/></ul></font></blockquote></div></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-12149233900017032732008-06-08T13:59:00.002+05:302008-06-21T20:31:21.499+05:30Software Quality and Testing Podcasts<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">are free mp3 files you can download and listen to at your convenience. It contains various topics on Software Quality, Testing, Development. </span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some of the important Podcasts :</span></span></span><br /></div><ul style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.stickyminds.com/podcasts/">Podcasts from Stickyminds</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.riceconsulting.com/podcasts.htm" target="_blank">Randy Rice's Podcasts</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Testing & QA Podcasts from SD Times<br /></span></li></ul><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-43602553003802663082008-05-22T16:51:00.001+05:302008-05-22T16:51:44.724+05:30Explore the Testability aspect for Java Code<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div style=''><br/>The <a href='http://www.testabilityexplorer.org/report'>Testability Explorer</a> is an open source project that lets you measure the <i>testability</i> of Java code. This is an interesting idea: a metric not of direct quality, or of testing, or of test coverage, but of <i>ease of testing</i>. Presumably code that is easy to test will get tested, and will therefore be of higher quality, other things being equal.<br/><br/>The following information over Testability Explorer is useful<br/><br/><ul><li><a href='http://testabilityexplorer.org/'>Demo</a></li><li><a href='http://code.google.com/p/testability-explorer/'>Project Home</a><br/></li><li><a href='http://code.google.com/p/testability-explorer/wiki/Readme'>Read Me</a></li><li><a href='http://code.google.com/p/testability-explorer/wiki/WhatIsGood'>What is Good</a></li><li><a href='http://code.google.com/p/testability-explorer/wiki/HowItWorks'>How it works</a></li></ul> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></div></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-83808396989797180752008-05-15T17:40:00.001+05:302008-05-15T17:40:38.286+05:30Customers are Not Crash Test Dummies<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div align='justify'><font face='verdana'><br/>An interesting Webinar on Security & Software Testing<br/><br/></font><blockquote><font face='verdana'>Lack of comprehensive software testing makes consumers nothing more than crash test dummies. A majority of cyber security issues today are created by flaws that can be largely tested away in the software development life-cycle but are not. Every flaw that escapes quality assurance practices has a high likelihood of causing significant costs to the end user.<br/><br/><br/>Security today is part of quality assurance practices, or at least it should be. But in quality assurance, everything should be measurable before it is meaningful. One of the arguments author David Rice makes in his book "Geekonomics" is the importance of making security visible in the market place; that is, buyers can price their risk through some easy to comprehend metric. But before that, at least the manufacturers of software have to understand the required metrics. Today, David's talk touches on security metrics, their importance, and their use in software purchasing practices.<br/><br/><br/>Fuzzing is about crash-testing your software, instead of using consumers as crash test dummies. Fuzzing is a compelling solution to eliminating cyber security problems. Fuzzing is not new, it has been used actively by the security community since 1990s. What is new is how fuzzing is used in a business context: fuzzing is being employed as part of procurement criteria to compare the security and quality of software and thus influence purchasing decisions. Metrics in this field are still immature, but Ari Takanen will give a brief look at where we are today.<br/><br/><a href='https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=109348&sessionid=1&key=ADB033EEBBE4E9BDB99DABD98F430642&sourcepage=register'>Register for the Webinar</a><br/></font></blockquote></div></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-62106451154422060482008-05-15T01:18:00.001+05:302008-05-15T01:18:21.088+05:30Application lifecycle management online conference <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br/><a href='http://www.almexpo.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,79/'>Application lifecycle management online conference May 20, 2008 - Home</a> <br/> <blockquote><div align='justify'>For a 4th year, CM Crossroads, Agile Journal and CMC Media bring you the Internet's premiere conference and exposition for Application Lifecycle Management -ALM EXPO 2008.<br/><br/>ALM Expo is a completely online event that provides true Global participation by enabling visitors with the option to choose which sessions they wish to attend and even choose when they are to watch sessions that they missed.<br/><br/>Last year, the conference opened the virtual doors to over 4000 online attendees from over 90 countries worldwide. And since the live conference, thousands more have viewed conference sessions and toured the expo floor from the comfort of their desktop computer.<br/><br/>This year features 5 more hours of presenations and discussions by ALM and CM thought leaders kicked off by a Keynote Roundtable discussion on the topic of the need or usefulness of process in the application lifecycle. The Keynote will be led by CM Journal Editor in Chief, Bob Aiello.<br/></div><br/>It's all happening on May 20th 2008 right on your desktop. All you need is Internet access and your regular Web browser. No special software.<br/><br/>Register for the Conference <a href='http://www.almexpo.com/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,82/' target='_blank'>here</a><br/></blockquote></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-13398931147504350542008-05-13T11:51:00.001+05:302008-05-13T11:51:34.900+05:30Requirements Are Required Reading<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br/>Interesting article on Requirements from DDJ.<br/><br/><a href='http://www.ddj.com/architect/207600618?cid=RSSfeed_DDJ_All'>Dr. Dobb's | Requirements Are Required Reading | May 7, 2008</a> <br/> <blockquote><br/></blockquote></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-18179454073915470222008-05-07T17:59:00.001+05:302008-05-07T17:59:04.060+05:30AppPerfect DevTest4J<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br/>The AppPerfect DevTest4J is a suite of products designed to help you<br /><br /> build and test high-performance applications during the development phase of the product life-cycle. The AppPerfect<br /><br /> DevTest4J consists of the following modules:<br/><br/><a href='http://www.appperfect.com/products/devtest.html'>AppPerfect DevTest4J : Code Analysis, Unit Testing and Profiling for Java/J2EE Applications</a></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-75297111057895679042008-05-07T17:52:00.001+05:302008-05-07T17:52:18.935+05:30ENERGY for better java code<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://www.enerjy.com'>ENERGY</a> is a static analysis tool to measure code quality & heath. The tool tries to identify the symptoms via static analysis and then publish a rating. <a href='http://www.enerjy.com/howitworks.html'>How it works</a> is an interesting insight.<br/><br/>Check the following video to learn more about the tool.<br/><a onclick='play_blip_movie_577029(); return false;' href='http://blip.tv/file/get/Enerjy-WhatIsEnerjy604.flv' rel='enclosure'> <img border='0' src='http://blip.tv/file/get/Enerjy-WhatIsEnerjy604.flv.jpg' alt='Video thumbnail. Click to play' title='Click to play'/> </a><br/>Technorati Tags: <a rel='tag' href='http://technorati.com/tag/Code%20Quality%20Metrics' class='performancingtags'>Code Quality Metrics</a>, <a rel='tag' href='http://technorati.com/tag/Java' class='performancingtags'>Java</a>, <a rel='tag' href='http://technorati.com/tag/Static%20Analysis' class='performancingtags'>Static Analysis</a>, <a rel='tag' href='http://technorati.com/tag/Code%20Quality.' class='performancingtags'>Code Quality.</a></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-79963145393974176192008-04-05T00:47:00.001+05:302008-04-05T00:51:16.517+05:30Communicating the Value of Testing Throughout the Organization<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div align='justify'><br/></div><font face='sans-serif'><b>Webinar: Communicating the Value of Testing Throughout the Organization</b></font><br/><br/><br/><p align='justify' class='MsoPlainText'><font face='sans-serif'>Test managers constantly lament that few outside their group understand or care much about the value they provide and consistently deliver. Unfortunately, they are often correct. The lack of visibility and understanding of the test team's contribution can lead to restricted budgets, fewer resources, tighter timelines, and ultimately, lower group productivity. Join Theresa Lanowitz and Dan Koloski as they highlights ways to move from simply being a tester of software to an advocate for your organization's customers. Learn how to effectively and concisely communicate with key stakeholders in your organization to ensure that they understand the value and role of the testing group. With effective and concise communication, the testing group will be perceived as more strategically important and integral to the success of every project.</font></p><p align='justify' class='MsoPlainText'><font face='sans-serif'>Click Below to register for this complimentary Webinar Now! </font></p><font face='sans-serif'><a href='http://www.bz-direct.com/loszsszz_ydqqffmwp.html'>http://www.bz-direct.com/loszsszz_ydqqffmwp.html</a></font><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-28693807596705078712008-03-30T19:50:00.001+05:302008-03-30T19:53:58.892+05:30Test 2008 - Software Testing Conference<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br/><a href='http://www.test2008.in/index.html'>Test 2008</a> is the first conference being organized by PureConferences in India. Our conference will provide a platform for international and national test professionals to interact and participate. Speakers from around 10 countries, such as USA, UK, France, Sweden, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, including India will deliver keynotes, tutorials, and papers during the conference. We intend to involve academia and institutions of learning with our conference. We also intend to make Test2008 a ‘green’ conference as far as possible. Additionally, we will institute two test scholarships for educating promising students unable to finance their studies.<br/><br/>Agility in Testing is the theme of Test2008--Test Excellence through Speed and Technology. It's being held at Delhi in India during 13-16 October 2008<br/><p class='poweredbyperformancing'>Powered by <a href='http://scribefire.com/'>ScribeFire</a>.</p></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-3894012591124610042007-10-23T01:49:00.001+05:302007-10-23T02:16:06.400+05:30Tester Center from MSDN<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Microsoft <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/testing/default.aspx">Tester Center</a> showcases the test discipline as an integral part of the application life cycle, describes test roles and responsibilities, and promotes the test investments required to deliver high-quality software.<br /></div><br />Some cool stuff here are the videos & articles<br /><br /><div align="justify"><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>At the Tester Center, our goal is to provide a community where software testers can share knowledge and learn from each other about testing, our day-to-day job functions, processes, the tools we use, and the various roles we play. As you look around the site, you’ll see videos, articles, blogs, and other information. With your participation this site could be the start of many a conversation in our Software Testing Discussion Forum, where you can join other test professionals to exchange experiences and knowledge. Additionally, questions you ask at the Software Testing Discussion Forum will help guide the type of content we look to create over time. I hope you participate in this community and share your unique insights into the profession of software testing.</blockquote></div><br /></div></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-73746630876679195212007-10-06T21:51:00.001+05:302007-10-06T21:51:03.555+05:30Surviving a Corporate Merger - QA Processes in Times of Change <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br/><div align='justify'><blockquote>We live in an era of constant change; new companies, processes, environments, reorganizations, restructuring, mergers, acquisitions, buyouts, outsourcing etc. The only true certainty is that our environment will continue to change. In the face of these dynamics, ensuring that product quality does not get lost is a challenge.Come learn how one QA organization successful navigated the sea of changes while still maintaining their quality focus. Stuart Charter will suggest QA techniques to assist you in coping with this change when it affects your organization.</blockquote><br/><br/>To learn more, <a href='http://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/eventRegistrationServlet?eventid=95507&sessionid=1&key=461F93B3363DF8B2EDFAF6E220ED57D3&referrer='>sign up today for the webinar</a><br/><br/>Web Seminar: Surviving a Corporate Merger - QA Processes in Times of Change <br/><br/>WEDNESDAY, October 17, 2007 2:00 p.m. Eastern | 11:00 a.m. Pacific<br/><br/><br/>MODERATOR<br/>Edward J. Correia, Editor, Software Test & Performance Magazine<br/><br/>SPEAKERS<br/>Dan Koloski, CTO and Director of Strategy, Empirix Inc. <br/>Stuart H. Charter, Director of Quality Assurance MortgageIT Inc. a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank<br/><br/></div><br/><br/><p class='poweredbyperformancing'>Powered by <a href='http://scribefire.com/'>ScribeFire</a>.</p></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-22923447627929216892007-08-26T04:40:00.001+05:302007-08-26T04:40:36.541+05:30Misleading Metrics<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><font color='#330033'><span style='font-size: 100%;' class='046364813-11042007'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 128);'><br/>Come across this interesting article over the <a href='http://www.gantthead.com'>Gantthead</a><br/><br/></span></span><span style='font-size: 100%;'><br/></span></font><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'><font color='#330033'><span style='font-size: 100%;'><strong/></span></font></div><div style='margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'><i><font color='#330033'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 100%;'>The software development industry has a poor track record for developing and employing effective software metrics. This is because most of the metrics selected are tangential to the true goal of software development--delivering business value--and instead focus on software attributes and accounting measures.<br/><br/></span></font></i></div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'><i><font color='#330033'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 100%;'>Metrics such as lines-of-code per developer week, function points created, hours worked or budget consumed appear to be important measures, but they have dangerous and counterproductive implications. The use of these metrics reward the wrong behavior; the phrase "you get what you measure" highlights the problem. By tracking lines of code written, visible and unconscious incentives to generate lots of code are established. On the surface, this may seem attractive. As a manger of a project, it is gratifying to see lots of code being written. But what is really required is functionality completed, business value generated and customers satisfied. </span></font></i></div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'><i><font color='#330033'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 100%;'><br/>The more code generated, the harder a system is to maintain and extend. With incentives like lines-of-code written, how do value-adding activities like refactoring simplifications appear? Reducing 20,000 lines of code to 15,000 is a good thing, but from the lines-of-code perspective, it looks like the project is going backward. </span></font></i></div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'><font color='#330033'><span style='font-size: 100%;' class='046364813-11042007'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 128);'><i><br/></i><br/>Explore more <a href='http://www.gantthead.com/content/articles/235263.cfm'>here</a><a href='http://www.gantthead.com/content/articles/235263.cfm'/><br/><br/></span></span></font></div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;'> </div><br/><br/><p class='poweredbyperformancing'>Powered by <a href='http://scribefire.com/'>ScribeFire</a>.</p></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-73097489615513679462007-05-25T20:59:00.001+05:302008-05-15T18:35:25.309+05:30Implementing Agile at a Team Level<div align="justify"><span><span style="font-size:100%;">There are many benefits for the Organizations and team in the agile approach. Attend the following webinar on Implementing agile at a team level.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-size:100%;">Organizations eager to take advantage of the benefits touted by Agilists may inappropriately attempt an all or nothing-at-all, top-down approach to Agile adoption. However, experience has shown that successful Agile adoptions must always begin at the team level and must be guided by a clear, step-wise approach. In this view of both Agile maturity and scaling, Jean borrows from the Lean Thinking principles of attaining total value delivery: perfect your ability to maintain Flow of value, learn to use the principle of Pull in order to deliver even more value, and embrace an organizational imperative to Innovate so that value is forever redefined and re-emerging.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></blockquote></span><blockquote><span><a href="https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=44268&sessionid=1&key=90249CC5677B1FA1B524C512EEAECB4A&sourcepage=register"><span><span style="font-size:100%;">Register for the Web Seminar</span></span></a></span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></blockquote></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-62374641800601347652007-04-23T13:46:00.000+05:302007-08-26T04:37:15.202+05:30Article - Seven Habits of Effective programmers<div>Software Projects need effective & skilled programmers to deliver on time without compromising on the assured quality. Philip Chu share his experiences with Software Releases and the comes up with a list of seven habits that makes normal programmers effective.<br /><br />The article <a href="http://www.technicat.com/writing/programming.html">Seven Habits of Effective Programmers</a> has been originally published at <a href="http://www.technicat.com/">Technicat</a><br /></div><span></span><span><br /></span><a href="http://www.technicat.com/"><br /></a><p></p><blockquote><p><span><strong>Abstract</strong></span><br /></p><p align="justify" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">As a software engineer, you might want any number of things out of your job - a steady paycheck, the opportunity to work on interesting projects, a springboard to the next better job, or maybe you just like hanging out with other programmers. But by "effective", I mean the ability to complete projects in a timely manner with the expected quality. After working on dozens of software releases, I believe the following practices will bring you there, and while they may involve sticking your neck out, I'd like to think they will also advance your professional reputation, career longevity, and personal satisfaction.</span></p></blockquote><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.technicat.com/writing/programming.html"></a></span></p>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-52941297760057162252007-04-19T11:12:00.000+05:302007-04-23T00:47:58.694+05:30Web Seminar: Future-Proofing Your SOA Applications<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;" class="Section1"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;"><o:p></o:p></span><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;"><o:p>Source from </o:p></span><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;">SD TIMES</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;">Web Seminar: Model-Driven Development for SOA<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;">WEDNESDAY, April 25, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;">11:00 am Eastern | 8:00 am Pacific | 4:00 pm <st1:city st="on">London</st1:city> | 5:00 pm <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Paris</st1:place></st1:city></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"></st1:place></st1:city><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;">SOA means composite applications - and the best way to design, build, and future-proof your composite SOA applications is through model-driven development.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;">Join Stephen Hendrick, group vice president of IDC's Application Development and Deployment Research Group, for a fascinating Web seminar that explores standards-based model-driven development. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;">You'll learn why model-driven development is the only way to properly approach SOA, how to save time and money through reuse, tips for remaining agile, and techniques for system-wide simulation and model-based testing.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;">Speaker:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;">Stephen D. Hendrick,<br /></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;">Group Vice President,</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;"> IDC's Application Development and Deployment Research Group <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;">Moderator:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;">Edward J. Correia, Editor, Software Test & Performance <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;">http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=41741&s=1&k=BF34681227A871497CFF3C78B79C168B&partnerref=bzmedia3<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;color:navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-42394571497578311412007-04-18T14:35:00.000+05:302007-04-18T14:45:09.665+05:30Web Seminar: Getting the Right People on the Right Projects<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">SD TIMES | WEB SEMINAR</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">````````````````` </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Web Seminar: Getting the Right People on the Right Projects </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">WEDNESDAY, April 18, 2007 2:00 pm Eastern | 11:00 am Pacific</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Completing projects isn't enough anymore. The real challenge is building applications that are on target, on deadline, and on budget, to save your company money and provide a competitive edge. Therefore, ensuring you've got the right people on the right projects at the right time is more important than ever. That means effective project management.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Come to this no-cost SD Times Web seminar, sponsored by Serena, to learn how to use Project and Portfolio Management to help improve, shorten and reduce the cost of application development. PPM provides a single source of truth for all projects and resources within IT and across the enterprise.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">John Scumniotales, co-creator of the Scrum agile methodology, will teach you how to leverage PPM to optimize your application development process. You'll see how to:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">* Capture and assess incoming demand.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">* Manage and effectively allocate resources.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">* Make informed trade-offs as projects change.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">* Measure progress and track project costs.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Also, one lucky attendee of this Web seminar will win his/her choice of a 30GB Apple iPod or the hot new Apple TV! Get on top of your projects on Wednesday, April 18 - register today!<br /><br />Register <a href="http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=41668&s=1&k=AF22E0C22685FD85EC329364F90B446C&partnerref=bzmedia2">here</a> for the Web Seminar<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">SPEAKER</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">John Scumniotales, Vice President of Product Management, Serena Software</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">MODERATOR</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">David Rubinstein, Editor-in-Chief, SD Times </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">If you are unable to attend the live event you may still register and will receive an e-mail when the on-demand version becomes available.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-1436122091902064122007-04-18T13:46:00.000+05:302007-04-18T14:45:09.666+05:30Web Seminar: Communicate the Value of Testing<!-- Converted from text/rtf format --><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="justify"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">SOFTWARE TEST & PERFORMANCE | WEB SEMINAR </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="justify"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="justify"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Web Seminar: Communicate the Value of Testing </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="justify"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">WEDNESDAY, May 2, 2007 </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="justify"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">11:00 am Eastern | 8:00 am Pacific </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="justify"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="justify"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Test managers lament that few outside their group understand or care much about the value they provide and consistently deliver. Unfortunately, they are often correct. The lack of visibility and understanding of the test team's contribution can lead to re</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">s</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">tricted budgets, fewer resources, tighter timelines, and ultimately, lower group productivity.</span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="justify"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="justify"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">What can you do about it? We'll tell you! Join Software Test & Performance for a complimentary Web seminar, sponsored by Empirix. Theresa Lanowitz, Principal A</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">nalyst of voke Inc., and Dan Koloski, CTO and Director of Strategy for Empirix, will highlight practical ways that you can move from simply being a tester of software to become an effective advocate for your organization's customers.</span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="justify"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="justify"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">You will learn how t</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">o effectively and concisely communicate with key stakeholders in your organization to ensure that they understand the value and role of the testing group. With effective and concise communication, the testing group can be perceived as more strategically i</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">m</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">portant and integral to the success of every project.</span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="justify"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sign up for the seminar here </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="justify"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">http:</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">//w.on24.com/r.htm?e=42662&s=1&amp;k=D59D94B4021B3116AE847781C14D9A16&partnerref=bzmedia2</span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a name=""><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Best Regards,<br />Venkat Reddy Ch,<br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Blog :</span> </span></a></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://venkatreddyc.wordpress.com/">http://venkatreddyc.wordpress.com</a><br /></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:85%;"></span></p>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-12065393790292735572007-04-18T01:58:00.000+05:302007-04-18T14:41:00.880+05:30Open Source Testing Tools in Java<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The boom of Open Source is rocking and </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://java-source.net/open-source/testing-tools">here</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> is the list of open source testing tools that are written in Java </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://java-source.net/open-source/testing-tools"></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /></span>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-87755031244717331072007-04-17T18:41:00.000+05:302007-04-17T19:27:34.162+05:30Open Source Testing Tools<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.opensourcetesting.org/">http://www.opensourcetesting.org</a> is the best resource for Open Source Testing Tools.<br /><br />Find more details about the site below.<br /><br />Opensourcetesting.org aims to boost the profile of open source testing tools within the testing industry, principally by giving users easy access from one central location to the wide range of open source testing tools available.<br /><br />These tools are free as in speech, not free as in beer. While you will not need to pay a vendor to use the tools, they still have a cost of ownership through evaluation, implementation, training and maintenance costs, the same as any software does. But with a handful of commercial vendors dominating the proprietary software testing tools market, make no mistake about it –<br />these tools can make a real difference to your life as a testing professional!<br /><br />Opensourcetesting.org was started in March 2003 with what amounted to a personal list of about 50 tools found that I'd come across on Sourceforge and thought the world should know about! Following a one-off evening of marketing activity, comprising a targeted press release and a couple of forum postings to comp.software.testing and qaforums.com, the ball started rolling. The first month averaged about 300 unique users per week and it's since been rising steadily month-on-month to about 1200 unique users per week after 9 months, and continues to rise steadily.<br /><br />Best Regards,<br />Venkat Reddy Ch,<br /><a href="http://venkatreddyc.wordpress.com/">http://venkatreddyc.wordpress.com</a></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-56744197930092343872007-04-16T14:32:00.000+05:302007-04-17T20:10:42.096+05:30Home of Tester - A Software Testing ForumCome across Home of Tester forum today.<br /><br />Brief details of the forum has been shared below.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Our strategy to make this forum helpful for software testers is to provide clean and tidy and informative posts. To achieve this goal following measures will be taken: when a new thread has grown up in a forum, forum moderators should compose the thread into an essay with all information involved. Thus the contents in the forum will be more tidy and easy to use. And in the future, we will create a tool to assist the composing.</div><p>Here is the link for Home of Tester - <a href="http://www.homeoftester.com/index.php">http://www.homeoftester.com/index.php</a></p><p><br />Best Regards,<br />Venkat Reddy Ch,<br /><a href="http://venkatreddyc.wordpress.com/">http://venkatreddyc.wordpress.com</a><br /></p>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-54283042731548277382007-04-13T00:28:00.000+05:302007-04-13T14:38:50.829+05:30How To Ask Questions The Smart Way<div align="justify">Asking right questions at the right time to capture right info is a skill that need to be practiced and developed.<br /><br />I have come across of this article <strong>How To Ask Questions The Smart Way</strong> and the following section on the groundwork needed for the query is good.<br /><br /></div><blockquote><p align="justify"><br /><strong>Before You Ask<br /></strong><br />Before asking a technical question by e-mail, or in a newsgroup, or on a website chat board, do the following:<br /></p><ol><li><div align="justify">Try to find an answer by searching the archives of the forum you plan to post to.</div></li><li><div align="justify">Try to find an answer by searching the Web.</div></li><li><div align="justify">Try to find an answer by reading the manual.</div></li><li><div align="justify">Try to find an answer by reading a FAQ.</div></li><li><div align="justify">Try to find an answer by inspection or experimentation.</div></li><li><div align="justify">Try to find an answer by asking a skilled friend.</div></li><li><div align="justify">If you're a programmer, try to find an answer by reading the source code.</div></li></ol><p align="justify"><br />When you ask your question, display the fact that you have done these things first; this will help establish that you're not being a lazy sponge and wasting people's time. Better yet, display what you have learned from doing these things. We like answering questions for people who have demonstrated they can learn from the answers.<br /></p></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">Read the complete article here<br /> <a href="http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html">http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</a></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-64417283617339780652007-04-11T19:23:00.000+05:302007-04-23T00:44:56.567+05:30Misleading Metrics<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span class="046364813-11042007" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><br />Source from <a href="http://www.gantthead.com">Gantthead</a><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-size:100%;" >The software development industry has a poor track record for developing and employing effective software metrics. This is because most of the metrics selected are tangential to the true goal of software development--delivering business value--and instead focus on software attributes and accounting measures.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-size:100%;" >Metrics such as lines-of-code per developer week, function points created, hours worked or budget consumed appear to be important measures, but they have dangerous and counterproductive implications. The use of these metrics reward the wrong behaviour; the phrase "you get what you measure" highlights the problem. By tracking lines of code written, visible and unconscious incentives to generate lots of code are established. On the surface, this may seem attractive. As a manger of a project, it is gratifying to see lots of code being written. But what is really required is functionality completed, business value generated and customers satisfied. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-size:100%;" ><br />The more code generated, the harder a system is to maintain and extend. With incentives like lines-of-code written, how do value-adding activities like refactoring simplifications appear? Reducing 20,000 lines of code to 15,000 is a good thing, but from the lines-of-code perspective, it looks like the project is going backward. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span class="046364813-11042007" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><br />Read more at <a href="http://www.gantthead.com/content/articles/235263.cfm">http://www.gantthead.com/content/articles/235263.cfm</a><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" >Best Regards,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" >Venkat Reddy Chintalapudi,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://venkatreddyc.wordpress.com/">http://venkatreddyc.wordpress.com</a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743590.post-4913383803667452922007-04-11T14:57:00.000+05:302007-04-11T14:59:40.813+05:30VERIFY 2007 - International Software Testing Conference<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000080;"><a href="http://ebiz1.hemarex.com/members/response.asp?ID=89225830792648">VERIFY </a>is seeking presenters to discuss automated testing, security testing, and general testing in a variety of different contexts. </div><p>If you have a presentation that fits within those categories we would like to hear from you. We are especially interested in innovative ways to do automated software testing; experiences with specific security testing implementations and general testing best practices.</p><p>Send an email to the respective track chairs with your presentation suggestion see the email addresses <a href="http://ebiz1.hemarex.com/members/response.asp?ID=89225830792641">here </a>for the specific track chairs </p><p>The deadline for sending a presentation suggestion, including title, abstract, and bio, is May 30, 2007</p><p>Acceptance letters will go out June 30, 2007</p><p>Final presentations need to be submitted by Aug 30, 2007</p></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000080;"></span><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000080;">Best Regards,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000080;">Venkat Reddy Chintalapudi,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000080;"><a href="http://venkatreddyc.wordpress.com/">http://venkatreddyc.wordpress.com/</a></span></div>Venkat Reddy Chithalapudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739597795132424397noreply@blogger.com0