Re: Books for summer (was: Time Machine)

I've ordered "Why programs fail" by Andreas Zeller.
It will be my summer holidays book ;)

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:52 PM, Stéphane Ducasse

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> http://www.st.cs.uni-saarland.de/dd/
> you can get some papers but also the slides that go with the book
> Stef
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> On Jul 22, 2010, at 11:36 PM, laurent laffont wrote:
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>> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> did you read delta debugging from andreas Zeller?
>>
>> No. Where ?
>>
>> Laurent
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>> Stef
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>> On Jul 22, 2010, at 11:11 PM, laurent laffont wrote:
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>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > From a discussion I had with Kent Beck about Continuous Testing / Autotest (see http://pharocasts.blogspot.com/2010/07/live-testing-with-autotest.html ), I would like to add a kind of Time Machine for Smalltalk code in Autotest.
>> >
>> > When a test fails, what I really want to know is why. Sometimes a test fails and I don't know why. So I have to go through a debugging session which distracts me from what I've been coding.
>> >
>> > So an idea is to diff backtrace before and after the test fails:
>> > - revert to last green
>> > - replay the test and save the trace
>> > - forward to current test and run (test fails)
>> > - compare execution paths in order to see the consequence of last change
>> >
>> > How would you do this ? Where should I look for materials which can help me coding this ?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Laurent Laffont
>> >
>> > http://pharocasts.blogspot.com/
>> > http://magaloma.blogspot.com/
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On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Patrick Barroca <[hidden email]> wrote:

I've ordered "Why programs fail" by Andreas Zeller.
It will be my summer holidays book ;)

So I'll borrow it once read :)

I've ordered

"Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long" - David Rock

 

"The 10-day MBA: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering the Skills Taught in Top Business Schools" - Steven Silbiger (recommended in "Passionate Programmer" by Chad Fowler).

And you dear Pharoers, what will you read this summer regarding your computing/business activity ?

Em 26/07/2010 02:39, laurent laffont < [hidden email] > escreveu:

>  And you  dear Pharoers,  what will you  read this  summer regarding
> your computing/business activity ?
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Laurent,

I'll wait until summer arrives then I'll report back ;-P

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