WordCamp Dallas 2008: Jacob Santos on WordPress Testing
Jacob Santos gave a lecture at WordCamp Dallas on WordPress testing in which he makes a strong argument for destructive testing of WordPress as a means to improvement.
When you think of a project like WordPress that powers millions of blogs, it’s hard to imagine all of the infinite ways that people will test the software and find ways to break it. But Jacob makes a case for automating the testing in order to have consistency and to find bugs much quicker than by simply releasing the code to the real world and watching what happens.
This is the last of the WordCamp Dallas 2008 videos, and I’d like to once again thank all of our outstanding presenters as well as Mayor Mike Simpson and the entire City Council from Frisco, Texas for allowing the event to be held in the Council Chambers. And also to Tom Kraemer, the City’s AV Manager who worked tirelessly all weekend to record and catalog all of the WordCamp videos.
And don’t forget to spread the link love to our generous sponsors without whom this event simply wouldn’t have been possible:
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Oh ya i’m still waiting on Woopra auth! I’m sure I will love it though.
Hey John I have watched your viddler video above and enjoy your 45 improvements you can make to a blog.
I have been trying a couple of things on my blog that I just started a month ago and have added your mix into the batch.
I have noticed the speed has went up on my site. I have not moved to a dedicated server yet since i cannot afford one yet.
Thanks for the advice.
God bless,
Matthew Abrams
Lin,
I’m very, very happy to hear that you got so much benefit from WordCamp! And I’m also glad to hear that you were able to put a few of my tips to good use.
John P.
Hi John,
WordCamp Dallas was an amazing experience for me, and I can hardly wait for the next one.
I’ve decided to forego the WP upgrade for the time being, considering all the posts I’ve read about tech problems. I don’t need the added headaches others are having.
I am LOVING Woopra! I’d love to give WordCamp Dallas, Woopra and other sponsors some linky love, but it doesn’t fit well with my niche so I’m not sure if it would be a good idea to do posts on it.
It was great hearing your lecture on the 45 ways to improve blogs (I’ve forgotten the exact title), and I’ve been doing several things you mentioned that I had not yet been doing. Thanks!
Lin from Plano