I think testing like a "noob" is a good thing. It's like "real world testing". You have to admit however, that certain kinds of tests are better automated. What if you have check the results for every value between 1 and 1000?

But "noob" testing does pick up alot of bugs that "predefined testing" dosn't get, because the "predefined tests" are usually testing for things the programmmer IS AWARE of. Whereas the "noob" testing uncovers things which were totally unexpected.

In Tk I use noob testing all the time. I just start clicking away and entering values that some dumb_as_ might do if he was running things without reading the instructions. I find alot of "little glitches" which the programmer dosn't account for because he/she assumes the end-user is competent.

I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh

In reply to Re: What is wrong with testing like a noob by zentara
in thread What is wrong with testing like a noob by dimar

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