Andrew Lombardi is a Java Software Engineer and Head Geek of Mystic Coders, LLC in Santa Ana, California. His blog provides insight into many aspects of technology. Our thanks to Andrew for taking the time to share some information with us. What is one tip or best practice that is important to you regarding load testing or performance engineering? Keep it simple. The majority of performance issues tend to creep up when we’ve overcomplicated the codebase to the point where errors have no choice but to present themselves and hide in our tangled mess. I find that when writing code […]
Ricardo Sueiras is a self-professed “IT professional and geek” (found that on his blog. His formal title is J2EE Systems Architect at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Canterbury, United Kingdom. Ricardo has extensive experience with web performance and load testing, and we are grateful he invested his time for a performance testing interview to share some good thoughts with us about a topic we are excited about. What is your technical background? I am a system architect, working in J2EE for around 10 years, with a focus on infrastructure design and architecture. Do you consider yourself more of a software developer or […]
The following is a load testing interview with David Makogon, and he shares his thoughts with us on load testing. David is a Senior Consultant (web development, Azure, Silverlight) with RDA Corp that has several years of deep load testing experience because not only has he been a tester, but he has written a load testing tool. He is a recognized leader in other areas as well (e.g. application architecture, cloud computing, Silverlight). His background is explained in more detail during the interview. Please visit David’s blogs at rdaarchitecture.blogspot.com and www.davidmakogon.com. He is also on twitter and can be followed […]
The following is an interview with Ryan Cramer, the CEO of RCD, LLC in Atlanta. Ryan specializes in design and development of medium-to-large scale web sites and web applications, and we are grateful he has shared his thoughts with us regarding software testing. What is your technical background? My background is equal parts web designer and programmer. I’ve been developing online applications since the late 1980s and early 1990s — back when “online” meant BBSs. My formal training is more in graphic design and I worked as a senior designer for several years before starting RCD in 2003. Do you […]
Jethro Larson is a website designer/developer for Auctiva Corp. Jethro is a self-declared standards evangelist and user experience advocate. He strives for good UI, good code, and easy maintenance. For more sources on Jethro, please visit: Jethro’s blog Portfolio on AppEngine Jethro’s contribution to developers Next Web blog Now for the interview. When and why did you get into this industry? I started with web design in high school(2000-2001), doing a couple minor sites that have since been lost. In college I took courses in Computer Science, Communication Design, and Art. As it turns out, raising children, working, and attending […]
The following is an interview with Dr. J Singh, and he shares his thoughts with us on software testing. Dr. J Singh is a principal of Quantitecture and 20+ year veteran with extensive experience with system performance. Dr. Singh has served as a technology leader at several companies, including the Director of Software Development at Fidelity Investments. He is a wise, yet humble, man that prefers to be called J rather than Dr. Singh. Being a lifelong basketball fan, I would prefer to call him Dr. J. 🙂
My thanks to Lawrence Nuanez for sharing his insights and testing expertise with us. In this email interview, Lawrence talks about his views on software testing, load testing, test automation, and off-shoring. As a Senior Consultant for ProtoTest, Lawrence’s focus is mainly on load and performance testing, and he has several years of experience helping both SME and Fortune 500 clients by designing custom test plans. Use of both proprietary and open-source tools is always considered to ensure that best fit for the customer.
This is the third installment of an email interview with James Christie, software testing professional from Scotland. In the first part, James talks about his views on usability testing. In the second part he discusses leaders in usability testing, KPIs, test automation tools, cloud computing, and testing blogs. James mainly discusses load testing in this last post. It’s my favorite segment. 😉 What would you say is the difference between load testing and performance testing? I’d say performance testing is a general term that covers load testing too. Performance testing is a rather vague term covering response times and the […]
This is the second installment of an email interview with James Christie, independent software testing consultant and owner of Claro Testing Ltd. In the first part, James talks about his views on usability testing, and in this second part he discusses leaders in usability testing, KPIs, test automation tools, cloud computing, and testing blogs. Living in Scotland, James has worked with large global organizations such as IBM, and he provides consulting services as leader of Claro Testing Ltd. His consulting includes setting testing strategy and budget, writing test plans, supervising test execution. and creating testing processes. Who are the top […]
In this email interview, software testing professional James Christie, BA MSc MBCS CITP, and ISEB accredited Software Testing Practitioner, talks about his views on usability testing, load testing, test automation, and off-shoring. My thanks to James for agreeing to share his expertise with us. James has 24 years of IT experience, and he is dedicated to providing professional testing services to his clients in order to deliver high-quality software. I follow James in Twitter and have enjoyed his insights into the testing industry.