The AST CASTcast: Episode 6: Explaining Testing With Exercises
summary
A one-hour, hands-on simulation drops attendees into a pressured development sprint with an intentionally vague spec, timeboxing, negotiated requirements and hidden defects so participants find the obvious three bugs and miss dozens more; the exercise runs in-browser with no setup required and uses live builds and scripted interruptions to force triage, bug repro and risk decisions, awards quick finders with prizes, and demonstrates that testing is emergent, social work that uncovers more risk than test-case translation suggests.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Welcome to CASTcast
- 0:29Introducing Matt Hoiser
- 1:09Programmer to tester
- 3:59Testing with exercises
- 6:09Exercise simulation overview
- 8:15Prizes and purpose
- 10:02Simulation feels real
- 11:26Designing engaging talk
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