New England Software Symposium
March 15 - 17, 2013
Testing the Untestable
Sunday - Mar 17 4:00 PM EDT - Wakefield
Often we avoid testing the most important things simply because they are hard to test,
but doing so runs the risk that these untested bits of code may fail at the worst
possible moment.
In this talk, we'll explore some creative (and crazy) ways to test some of the hardest
problems including:
- Network failures
- Transactions
- Optimistic concurrency
- Race conditions
- Legacy code
Douglas Hawkins
Lead Developer Java Performance Monitoring at Datadog
About Douglas Hawkins
Douglas Hawkins has been passionately developing software for the past 20 years.
Throughout Doug's career, he has focused on creating performance intensive applications
in Java ranging from bioinformatics to financial exchanges.
After 10 years as a Java developer, Doug transitioned to working on Azul's Java Virtual Machine.
Today, Doug continues his interest in building performance tools for developers as the
Lead Developer of Datadog's Java Application Performance Monitoring.
While Doug's passion for developing software remains, his true passion is in sharing his
interest in low-level details and JVM performance with others.