See you at WTST 2014

The Workshop on Teaching Software Testing, abbreviated as WTST and I think pronounced “what’s it”, is coming up at the end of January 2014 in Melbourne, Florida near the Florida Institute of Technology campus. (You maybe have seen a few of Cem Kaner’s posts.) Just recently my application was approved and I’m excited to be attending as a non-presenting participant.WTST is a LAWST-style workshop which means unlike regular conferences it’s limited to small group of active participants, some who present and everyone is expected to engage in discussions by asking question, providing their experiences and even thoughtfully arguing with the presenter. Discussion is the entire point of the workshop.

This year WTST is focused on designing and teaching advanced courses in software testing, something I’ve had an interest in for a few years now. Teaching software testing was the driving force to me becoming an Instructor for the Association for Software Testing’s BBST classes (which I completed just recently).

This year the workshop will be broken into two sections: The first is the typical weekend-long WTST workshop and the second is the Domain Testing Workshop held for five days immediately after the traditional WTST. I’m excited to be part of a pilot course built around The Domain Testing Workbook (see my previous post for more info) and I imagine it will be a fun exercise in understanding domain testing a little better.

Who else is going? Hopefully I’ll see you there. =)

For more information see http://wtst.org.