TDD developer Adriaan Brae writes:
I think the separation of tests into ‘generative’ and ‘elaborative’ is a very good concept. I can definitely feel the difference myself.
I like the generative tests much better – they are part of the creative process. I find elaborative
tests much harder to write. This is probably because I lack some of the QA skills you were talking about in your Article about test pairing with developers. It sounds like that would be an excellent learning experience. I think it would be great to spend, say, 1-2 hours a week pair testing.I am thinking it would be good to keep the pair testing times short. This would allow for cross-training, but also require that each individual go back and implement that training alone. Longer times pairing might end up with each side dependent on the other for ideas.
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