Testing Bits – 4/27/14 – 5/3/14

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 4/27/14 – 5/3/14.

Articles & Blogs

5 examples of metrics that matter – Sharon Robson – http://blog.softed.com/2014/04/28/5-examples-of-metrics-that-matter/

7 Tips to screw any Test Automation Initiative – Vipul Gupta – http://vipulgupta1.wordpress.com/2014/04/28/7-tips-to-screw-any-test-automation-initiative/

Another day, a design concern – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2014/04/another-day-design-concern.html

Asking Questions – Almost 9 years later – Quality Captain – http://www.qualitycaptain.com/asking-questions-almost-9-years-later/

Blog: Very Short Blog Posts (18): Ask for Testability – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2014/05/very-short-blog-posts-18-ask-for-testability/

Charisma Testing – Rikard Edgren – http://thetesteye.com/blog/2014/04/charisma-testing/

Creating good locators – Darrell Grainger – http://darrellgrainger.blogspot.com/2014/04/creating-good-locators.html

Developer skills and the need of testers – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2014/04/developer-skills-and-need-of-testers.html

Do you trust a test that you have never seen fail? – David Burns – http://www.theautomatedtester.co.uk/blog/2014/do-you-trust-a-test-that-you-have-never-seen-fail.html

Exploratory Performance Testing – Alex Podelko – http://alexanderpodelko.com/blog/2014/05/02/exploratory-performance-testing/

Going “Coyote”: Overcoming Fear and Uncertainty with “The Craddick Effect” – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2014/05/going-coyote-overcoming-fear-and.html

How to deal with explosion of test cases? – Karlo Smid – http://zagorskisoftwaretester.blogspot.com/2014/05/how-to-deal-with-explosion-of-test-cases.html

How to Effectively Prepare “Test Bed” and Minimize the Test Environment Defects (Part 1) – Sneha Nadig – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/test-bed-test-environment-management-best-practices/

Linking Goals, Measures and Metrics – Thomas Cagley – http://tcagley.wordpress.com/2014/05/01/linking-goals-measures-and-metrics/

Mind Map Test Plans – Nicolai L. Nielsen – http://testing4tw.blogspot.com/2014/04/mind-map-test-plans.html

On Shrinking Violets, Anti-Heroes or Failure to Step Forward – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2014/04/on-shrinking-violets-anti-heroes-or.html

On the Quality of Qualitative Measures – Cem Kaner – http://kaner.com/?p=409

Optimizing efforts into bug reporting – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2014/05/optimizing-efforts-into-bug-reporting.html

Performistry is like Dentistry – Tim Koopmans – http://90kts.com/2014/05/02/performistry-is-like-dentistry/

Post Job Opportunities That Attract Talent – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/post-job-opportunities-that-attract-talent/

Steps of Performance Testing – Phillip Odom – http://loadstorm.com/2014/04/steps-of-performance-testing/

Testing doesn’t add value? – Ardesco – http://ardesco.lazerycode.com/index.php/2014/05/testing-doesnt-add-value/

The Perfect Testing Job May Already Be Yours – Eric Jacobson – http://www.testthisblog.com/2014/04/the-perfect-testing-job-may-already-be.html

Unexpected prerender in Chrome – Steve Souders – http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2014/04/30/unexpected-prerender-in-chrome/

Why Do You Like Testing? We Have 12 Reasons, See Where Do You Fit – Bhumika Mehta – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/why-do-you-like-testing/

Why Measure? – Thomas Cagley – http://tcagley.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/why-measure-2/

Conferences/Meetups/Organizations/Training

5/7/14 – StarEast Virtual Conference – http://stareast.techwell.com/virtual-conference

Bangalore Workshop on Software Testing – 4 – Pradeep Soundararajan – http://testertested.blogspot.com/2014/04/bangalore-workshop-on-software-testing-4.html

PEST 4.5: Workshop on Visualization – Helena J Mae – http://thepainandgainofedwardbear.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/pest-4-5-workshop-on-visualization/

Software tester experience of CRAFT2014 – Karlo Smid – http://zagorskisoftwaretester.blogspot.com/2014/04/software-tester-experience-of-craft2014.html

Attention: Ohio Testers

5/7/14 – Cleveland, OH – NOTiCE – Lightening Rounds – http://www.meetup.com/notice/events/164990462/

5/27/14 – Columbus, OH – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Topic TBD – http://www.meetup.com/Software-QA-Testing-Meetup/

Tools

A Simple Test Runner For Windows – Qxf2 – http://qxf2.com/blog/a-simple-test-runner-for-windows/

HP Unified Functional Testing patch Release – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2014/05/01/hp-uft-critical-patch-2-release-for-uft-11-53/

Mac cross-platform lessons learned with Selenium WebDriver – Alan Richardson – http://seleniumsimplified.com/2014/05/mac-cross-platform-lessons-learned-with-selenium-webdriver/

Schadenfreude Lessons Learned from Training Course Upgrades – Alan Richardson – http://seleniumsimplified.com/2014/05/schadenfreude-lessons-learned-from-training-course-upgrades/

The Red Deer Recorder – Len DiMaggio – http://java.dzone.com/articles/red-deer-recorder

WebDriverWait versus FluentWait – Darrell Grainger – http://darrellgrainger.blogspot.com/2014/04/webdriverwait-versus-fluentwait.html

Miscellaneous

Podcasts: AB Testing – Episode 0100 – http://testastic.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/ab-testing-episode-0100/

Podcasts: Episode #42 – Performance In Development – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/performance-in-development

Podcasts: Testing in the Pub Episode 4 – Being a Valuable Team Member – Stephen Janaway – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/testing/testing-pub-episode-4-valuable-team-member/

TestBash 3 Video: Managing Application Performance Throughout the LifeCycle – Scott Barber – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2014/04/testbash-3-video-managing-application-performance-throughout-lifecycle/

TestBash 3 Video: Easing the Pain of Legacy Tests – Chris George – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2014/05/testbash-3-video-easing-pain-legacy-tests-chris-george/

Items of Interest for Testers

Bugzilla@Mozilla Reaches Millionth Bug – Alex Armstrong – http://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/7243-bugzillamozilla-reaches-millionth-bug.html

4 Software Bugs You Probably Missed This Week – Kate Slattery – http://blog.utest.com/2014/05/01/4-software-bugs-you-probably-missed-this-week/

Can You Build a Team through Team Games? – Venkatesh Krishnamurthy – http://www.techwell.com/2014/04/can-you-build-team-through-team-games

Firefox 29 Released, IE’s New Vulnerability, and More News – Michael Epstein – http://www.notebookreview.com/news/news-bits-firefox-29-released-ies-new-vulnerability-and-more/

First software test design competition to be held – http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/SME/2014/04/28/First-software-test-design-competition-to-be-held/

Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Communication? – Naomi Karten – http://www.techwell.com/2014/04/there-such-thing-too-much-communication

Microsoft Explorer bug: should you be worried? – Sophie Curtis – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet-security/10795021/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-vulnerability-should-you-be-worried.html

Microsoft fixes big IE bug — even on Windows XP – Seth Rosenblatt – http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-fixes-big-ie-bug-on-windows-xp-even/

PerScholas, Keith Klain, Doran Jones and how this industry is changing – Pradeep Soundararajan – http://testertested.blogspot.com/2014/04/perscholas-keith-klain-doran-jones-and.html

Testing Lessons Learned from Toyota and Nissan Recalls – Anuj Magazine – http://www.techwell.com/2014/04/testing-lessons-learned-toyota-and-nissan-recalls

UC Browser woos Indonesia, sees market share double to 11% – Enricko Lukman – http://www.techinasia.com/uc-browser-11-percent-market-share-indonesia/

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