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		<title>Book Review: Next Generation Java Testing by Cedric Beust and Hani Suleiman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Subtitled "TestNG and Advanced Concepts" and written by the people behind TestNG, I picked up this book expecting to read a definitive and encyclopedic work on TestNG. However, the authors decry this view in the preface. This book takes 'testing' as its focus and uses TestNG to illustrate the examples. (Although it does really [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/10/13/book-review-next-generation-java-testing-by-cedric-beust-and-hani-suleiman/</link>
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		<title>Book Review: Head Rush Ajax by Brett McLaughlin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Whoop, Yeah, Time to get funky!
I had not visited the O'Reilly land of "Head Rush" or "Head First" prior to this book. I have seen this series hyped and been told by people that "these books are great!"
And maybe the people saying that really believed it.
amazon.co.uk &#124; amazon.com

Over the years I have developed a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/10/01/book-review-head-rush-ajax-by-brett-mclaughlin/</link>
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		<title>Book Review: Apache JMeter by Emily H. Halili</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This book only has 120 or so pages and has the purpose of introducing the reader to JMeter. I haven't found the online documentation for JMeter an easy read - mainly because I could not find a nice easy to print or flip through pdf version. The online document serves a reference rather than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/09/28/book-review-apache-jmeter-by-emily-h-halili/</link>
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		<title>Clicking the buttons in QUnit functional testing with JQuery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I avoided using JQuery in my test pack for as long as I could, to try and learn a little about JavaScript the hard way. But I just could not get my button clicking test working cross browser. But clever JavaScript ninjas invented libraries like JQuery to help with exactly that type of problem so...

I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/06/18/clicking-the-buttons-in-qunit-functional-testing-with-jquery/</link>
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		<title>Book Review: Pragmatic Ajax - A Web 2.0 Primer by Gehtland, Galbraith and Almaer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Ajax world moves really quickly, and has moved on a lot since the publication of this book, so much so that it could really do with a new edition. Fortunately, with the sub title "A Web 2.0 Primer", we should expect an overview, and in some ways it doesn't matter that we don't [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/06/08/book-review-pragmatic-ajax-a-web-20-primer-by-gehtland-galbraith-and-almaer/</link>
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		<title>Book Review: Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael C. Feathers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the foreword Robert Martin tells us that other patterns exist for preventing bad code, and this this book helps us reverse the rot, to "...turn systems that gradually degrade into systems that gradually improve."
Since the provided definition of "Legacy code" describes "code without tests", you can apply the approaches presented at any point in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/18/book-review-working-effectively-with-legacy-code-by-michael-c-feathers/</link>
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		<title>Competition Time - Ends 30 April 2008 - Win Manning E-books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Manning Publications have a competition to win some free e-books.
Manning say they will give away 2 free e-books every day until 30th April.
Do you feel lucky?
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		<link>http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/16/competition-time-deadline-30-april-2008-win-manning-e-books-2/</link>
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		<title>Book Review: JUnit Recipes by J. B. Rainsberger, Scott Stirling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ [amazon.com][amazon.co.uk]
' "Stop Debugging. Write a test instead" and here's how'. That seems to sum up the book. Wether you use TDD or not, JUnit Recipes helps you get more out of JUnit - perhaps it will help you stave off a move to TestNG?
Contents include 130+ 'solutions' for common tasks. If you check out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/11/book-review-junit-recipes-by-j-b-rainsberger-scott-stirling/</link>
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		<title>Book Review: The Craft of Software Testing by Brian Marick</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ When the author, Brian Marick, describes his own book as "somewhat dated...written in a less spritely manner than I'd use today... this is not how I do things today", that doesn't really add up to a particularly motivating sales pitch for the book. 
My copy has the appearance of "printed on demand" - which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/03/27/book-review-the-craft-of-software-testing-by-brian-marick/</link>
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		<title>Book Review: Effective Software Testing by Elfriede Dustin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Now I've panned an Elfriede Dustin book before and then enjoyed another one. So thus far I have a 50/50 success rate so I pulled Effective Software Testing from the shelf, curious as to how I would react. 
[amazon.com][amazon.co.uk]

You can see the list of topics covered on the PersonEd site.
I made a whole bunch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/03/02/book-review-effective-software-testing-by-elfriede-dustin/</link>
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