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Episode 401: Jeremy Miller on Waterfall Versus Agile

Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers

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Using Black Boxes to Test a Web Service

In a way, i mean, i might call that black box testing, in the sense that it's opaque. And so what's happening behind the scenes is sort of from you, and you're able to test it at a different level. Butouyou could also argue that that is an abstraction. It's just maybe a higher level abstraction that it's easier to flex with when things change into requirements. I think that's a good way of putting it. Fine grade abstractions, especially if youre gessi it can hurt you absolutely when you do make abstractions. You ned be careful what you're generalizing. That's a very long discussion by itself.

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