Chapter 2. I will now saw my [lovely] assistant in half
What a do-it-yourself test looks like
Is that all there is / my friend?
—REFRAIN OF THE ENNUI-DRENCHEDPEGGY LEE SONG “IS THAT ALL THERE IS?”
In the last chapter I described the demo tests I do in my workshops. Now you’re going to watch one of them.
In most ways it’s exactly like what you’re going to do with your own site (or application or whatever). The main difference is that in an actual test you’d be doing more tasks—or longer tasks—so the session would typically last for about an hour.
Go to www.rocketsurgerymadeeasy.com and watch the “Demo Test” file.
1. (If you can’t go online right now—for instance, if you’re reading this on an old-fashioned airplane that doesn’t have Wi-Fi access—don’t ...
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