What Is The One True LanguageFor Writing Tests

What is the ONE true testing language?

What are the barriers to multi-lingual dev/testing?

• Willingness to innovate
• Wrong organizational assumptions

What are the "enablers" to ease the transition?

• a "champion" person for the technology
• radical vs. progressive change steps
• changing the way people think for sustainability
• "evolution vs revolution"

What makes a good test language?

• expressive
  • shows intent
  • human readable
  • "literate"
• quick to write
• tells you why the tests broke
• easy to maintain/refactor
• facilitates exploratory testing
• no/low "context switch"
• uses a "full" "real" language
• natural to extend
• no "mental gymnastics"

Change happens when...

• Champion can push through the trough of disallusion
• eases pain
• it goes into the ditch
• changes thought patterns
• compelling value
• demonstrated value
• timing
• effective evangelist
• introduced by respected thought leader
• information widely available and shared