Coding QA Podcast: Episode 5

Coding QA Podcast

In this episode Matthew interviews Carl Dacosta, lead tester for the MVC 1.0 project, and talks about what it was like to develop and test a product with so many releases. MVC crossed the 100,000 downloads mark (currently at 140,000) MVC released under MS-PL license Interview with Carl Dacosta S...

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In this episode Matthew interviews Carl Dacosta, lead tester for the MVC 1.0 project, and talks about what it was like to develop and test a product with so many releases.

  • MVC crossed the 100,000 downloads mark (currently at 140,000)
  • MVC released under MS-PL license
  • Interview with Carl Dacosta
    • Some history on Carl and how he got into test.
    • Role of Carl as a tester in the MVC crew.
    • What was the development and testing process of MVC to enable frequent releases.
    • Parts of the testing process that worked well for this kind of project, and parts that didn't work so well.
    • How to handle quality of releases when external partners are starting to rely on the framework.
    • What did Carl enjoy the most working on the MVC crew.
    • Testing the "unit testing" experience for developers working on MVC.

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