In episode 17, Mike and Allen discuss RESTful services, tradeoffs, and tools.

Links:

• Flickr API
• REST on Wikipedia
• MIX Conference Videos
• PDC Videos
• Amazon Web Services
• Netflix REST API
• Twitter API

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:29 — 14.5MB)

Ed Gannan joins Allen and Mike for a discussion of Quality Assurance in an Agile environment. Topics include:

• Teams, not just testers provide for QA
• Acceptance Test-Driven Development
• Who should test the system?
• It’s about transparency
• Types of tests
• Testers are failed developers. Not.

Links:

• Dean Leffingwell’s in-progress Agile Requirements (chapter 10 on acceptance testing is available for download)
• Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams by Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory
• Spring Roo 1.0
• Google Apps Standard Edition (formerly Google Apps for My Domain)
• HTC Hero (Ed’s new phone)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:45 — 24.7MB)