Tertiary education policy is increasingly important on national agendas. The widespread recognition that tertiary education is a major driver of economic competitiveness in an increasingly knowledge-driven global economy has made high-quality tertiary education more important than ever. The imperative for countries is to raise higher-level employment skills, to sustain a globally competitive research base and to improve knowledge dissemination to the benefit of society.

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Designing software tests is oftentimes just as challenging as designing the system under test (SUT) itself. A complex SUT will require a complex test suite to achieve a substantial amount of test coverage, and to install confidence in its correctness. In order to engineer complex systems, software engineers frequently apply patterns that are implemented in reusable libraries. In testing this is no different; by applying reusable patterns, engineers are able to abstract over complex systems, and create concise and expressive test programs. This work presents a technical solution to the acceptance testing challenges of a business case. By providing a framework for constructing distributed test programs, we aid engineers in creating concise acceptance test programs for a particular SUT. We thereby contribute to the test automation effort of the business case at hand.

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Automating Acceptance Tests of a Distributed Application

Copiously illustrated throughout with many fine drawings by John C. Holden, Science Askew: A Light-Hearted Look at the Scientific World is a refreshing antidote to the daily grind. From continental drip to the life of Konrad Finagle via the murky depths of Loch Ness, we are treated to an off-kilter trip through the scientific world. This pocket-siz

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