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Steel Yourselves Webinar, 21st June

Vernon Richards and Eric Proegler will push themselves to make the strongest case they can for claims they fundamentally disagree with.
You’ll get a chance to challenge them in the Q&A and then hear them reflect on the whole experience.
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Software Development is Social

We’re sponsoring a Mastodon instance set up by Kristoffer Nordström at sw-development-is.social.

The server is a safe place for testers, developers and like-minded people to talk about the theory and practice of our work, have a laugh, and gain access to the Fediverse.

 

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CAST 2023 CFP

The call for participation in CAST 2023 is open and we'd love to hear from you! We are looking for a broad and diverse scope of submissions and we strongly encourage and prefer proposals based on personal experiences. We want talks that engage people in deep...
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Announcing AST and Altom’s Partnership

The mission of the Association for Software Testing is to advance the understanding of the science and practice of software testing according to Context-Driven principles.  Our principles around the education of software testers and their certification are shared in...
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Introducing AST Champions and Automatic Life Membership

The mission of the Association for Software Testing is to advance the understanding of the science and practice of software testing according to Context-Driven principles.  While that mission might appear to be heavily focused on software, we think of it more in terms...
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AST Comments on Online Exams

AST was recently asked for an opinion about online examinations for certification bodies, specifically online Bar Exams.  Our conclusion is that to properly serve their technical and social purposes, online examinations must be administered in a fair and unbiased...
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