Treatise of buggs 1730, and Software Testing

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In the 1720's John Southall met a manwho had “attain’d the great Knowledge... in the medicinal Virtues of Roots,Plants”. And for the price of “sometobacco and a Bit” and “some EnglishBeef, Pork, Biscuit and Beer, and someTobacco”; John managed to procure thesecret, something that he “so muchwanted and desired”. Which he tookback to London and setup shop as amaster of "Bugg‐Affairs"

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Commit to Software Development as aprofession and learn as much as you can.At first, it will be hard and you mightwell be ‘baffled’ in your attempts. Do notlet that put you off.

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Learn as much about the causes anddetection of bugs such that your skillsimprove and you are ‘better able todestroy them’

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Speak from experience when youcommunicate your work to others.People will be more likely to try forthemselves your methods. YourExperience will give them hope. They willthen try what you tried.

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Share what you learn as this will improveyour career prospects, and will helpothers that follow the same path as you.

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You can find links to the full text of JohnSouthall's 1730 book, more quotes, andmore Software Testing Commentaryonline at blog.eviltester.com/2017/11/a‐treatise‐of‐buggs.html

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BIO ‐ Alan RichardsonAlan Richardson has more than twenty years of professional ITexperience, working as a programmer and at every level of thetesting hierarchy from tester through head of testing. He hasperformed keynote speeches and tutorials at conferencesworldwide. Author of multiple books on testing and automating.Alan also has created online training courses to help people learnTechnical Web Testing and Selenium WebDriver with Java. He worksas an independent consultant and coach, helping companiesimprove their use of automation, agile, and exploratory technicaltesting.

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