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Crowdsourcing JavaScript Testing

Posted by timothy on from the isn't-that-what-slashdot-is-for dept.

snitch writes "John Resig, creator of the jQuery JavaScript library, has released Test Swarm, a platform for distributed continuous integration testing for client-side JavaScript. Frustrated with traditional JavaScript testing environments that don't scale, John's new project, which is currently in private alpha, aims to provide a system for outsourcing browser-related testing to large groups of people or communities."

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  1. Crowdsource this! by girlintraining · · Score: 2, Funny

    If I have to bear witness to another buzzword in a slashdot article title, I will turn Richard Stallman into a Juicer and ship him in a crate to Slashdot HQ. Because nothing says mega-damage like a character from RIFTS. I swear I will. He's already half-way there. You've seen his code, you know he's already got a caffeine drip. It won't be hard. Plus, I'm kinda bloated and cranky right now, so I might just come with. Don't tempt me.

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    #fuckbeta #iamslashdot #dicemustdie
  2. Re:Trendsourcing by Jurily · · Score: 4, Funny

    ("The developers trendsourced the project by integrating crowdsourcing with Agile methodologies automated with a SOAP communication layer.")

    Translation: they got posted on /. and now they're putting out the fire in the server room.

  3. SOAP? Do Not Want! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    >> ("The developers trendsourced the project by integrating crowdsourcing with Agile methodologies automated with a SOAP communication layer.")

    > Translation: they got posted on /. and now they're putting out the fire in the server room.

    Not true! Real Slashdotters avoid SOAP like the plague!

  4. Re:Trendsourcing by gandhi_2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The folksomonie's synergistic frision brings a best-in-breed game-changer to the clowns-as-a-service paradigm.

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    THL phish sticks