Testing Bits – 5/4/14 – 5/10/14

Happy Mother’s Day!  Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 5/4/14 – 5/10/14.

Articles & Blogs

4 Essential Tips on Mobile Usability Testing – Mike Brown – http://blog.applause.com/2014/05/06/4-essential-tips-on-mobile-usability-testing/

8 Things You Should Test In Your Site Search – Bug Huntress – http://blog.bughuntress.com/functional-testing/8-things-you-should-test-in-your-site-search

A Software Skills Roadmap for Testers – Paul Gerrard – http://www.eurostarconferences.com/blog/2014/a-software-skills-roadmap-for-testers

Blog: Very Short Blog Posts (19): Testing By Percentages – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2014/05/very-short-blog-posts-19-testing-by-percentages/

Client-User Balance – Qxf2blog – http://qxf2.com/blog/client-user-balance/

Emotions Testing – An Introduction – Parimala Hariprasad – http://curioustester.blogspot.com/2014/05/emotions-testing-introduction.html

Experience of Security testing on API’s – Nagasahas Dasa – http://solidmonster.com/experience-security-testing-apis/

Exploring Together: Shared Understanding Through Paired Exploratory Testing – Claire Moss – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/exploring-together-shared-understanding-through-paired-exploratory-testing

Focus on key examples – Gojko Adzic – http://gojko.net/2014/05/05/focus-on-key-examples/

Getting Better – Burdette Lamar – http://burdettelamar.wordpress.com/2014/05/09/getting-better-2/

GUI Automation Still Sucks – Josh Grant – http://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/85247125825/gui-automation-still-sucks

How to Manage Risks During Test Planning Phase – Risk Based Testing (Part 1) – Swati S – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/risk-management-during-test-planning-risk-based-testing/

Improving Your Mobile Testing Skills: Where to Start – Daniel Knott – http://blog.utest.com/2014/05/08/improving-your-mobile-testing-skills-where-to-start/

Interviewing and Tips – Elena Houser – http://trancecyberiantester.blogspot.com/2014/05/interviewing-and-tips.html

Misfits of the software world – Pradeep Soundararajan – http://testertested.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-world-of-misfits-in-software-testing.html

QA – Graphical User Interface Testing (Advanced) – David Tzhmach – http://www.dtvisiontech.com/2014/05/qa-graphical-user-interface-testing.html

Questioning Tester Assumptions With Alex Kell – Eric Jacobson – http://www.testthisblog.com/2014/05/questioning-tester-assumptions-with.html

Reinventing Regression – Dan Billing – http://thetestdoctor.wordpress.com/2014/05/07/reinventing-regression/

Stop Writing Automation – Alan Page – http://angryweasel.com/blog/stop-writing-automation/

Test Data Management Techniques and Best Practices (Part 2) – Sneha Nadig – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/test-data-management-techniques/

Test Documentation and Mindmaps – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2014/05/test-documentation-and-mindmaps.html

Testing the Limits with Craig Tomlin, Usability Expert: Part I – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/05/07/testing-the-limits-with-craig-tomlin-usability-expert-part-i/

Testing Trends…or not? – Alan Page – http://angryweasel.com/blog/testing-trendsor-not/

Testing with International Data – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2014/05/testing-with-international-data.html

The co-evolution of mobile platforms and quality assurance – Josh Glade – http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=71180&page=1

Top 20 Pieces of Advice for the Novice Software Tester – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/05/09/top-20-pieces-of-advice-for-the-novice-software-tester/

UnitTest – Martin Fowler – http://martinfowler.com/bliki/UnitTest.html

Visual Test Modelling – Adam Howard – http://solavirtusinvicta.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/visual-test-modelling/

Volunteering – an active approach – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2014/05/volunteering-active-approach.html

Washing the blanket – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2014/05/washing-blanket.html

What Can the Heartbleed Bug Teach Us about Defect Advocacy? – Anuj Magazine – http://www.techwell.com/2014/05/what-can-heartbleed-bug-teach-us-about-defect-advocacy

Why I am context-driven – Simon ‘Peter’ Schrijver – Simon Schrijver – http://dewt.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/why-i-am-context-driven-simon-peter-schrijver/

Conferences/Meetups/Organizations/Training

Software Testing World Cup

My Experience with the Software Testing World Cup – Nicola Owen – http://nickytests.blogspot.com/2014/05/my-experience-with-software-testing.html

Software Testing World Cup 2014 in Full Swing – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/05/09/software-testing-world-cup-2014-in-full-swing/

Star East 2014

High Points in the Keynote Presentations at STAREAST – Lee Copeland – http://www.techwell.com/2014/05/high-points-keynote-presentations-stareast

Live Blog: Extreme Automation: Software Quality For The Next Generation Enterprise, Theresa Lanowitz, StarEast 2014 – Beth Romanik – http://www.stickyminds.com/blog/beth-romanik/live-blog-extreme-automation-software-quality-next-generation-enterprise-theresa

Live Blog: Principles Before Practices: Transform Your Testing By Understanding Key Concepts, Randy Rice, StarEast 2014 – Cameron Philipp-Edmonds – http://www.stickyminds.com/blog/cameron-philipp-edmonds/live-blog-principles-practices-transform-your-testing-understanding-key

Live Blog: Speaking 101, Lee Copeland, StarEast 2014 – Cameron Philipp-Edmonds – http://www.stickyminds.com/blog/cameron-philipp-edmonds/live-blog-speaking-101-lee-copeland-stareast-2014

My StarEast Keynote – Zeger Van Hese – http://testsidestory.com/2014/05/08/my-stareast-keynote/

Quick Thoughts on Randy Rice’s STAR East Keynote – Brett Hinton – http://technophiletester.hintonweb.com/2014/05/07/quick-thoughts-on-randy-rices-star-east-keynote/

Stop, If You Want To…  – Alan Page – http://angryweasel.com/blog/stop-if-you-want-to/

Testing in the Age of Distraction Keynote reflection – Brett Hinton – http://technophiletester.hintonweb.com/2014/05/07/testing-in-the-age-of-distraction-keynote-reflection/

The Top 5 Tweets from STAREAST Today – Andrew Takahashi – http://blog.utest.com/2014/05/07/the-top-5-tweets-from-stareast-today/

Tweet Bits from #StarEast 2014 – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2014/05/10/tweet-bits-from-stareast-2014/

Misc

WTA – 50: “QA as a Service” with RainforestQA – Michael Larsen – http://weekendtesting.com/archives/3473

Attention: Ohio Testers

5/27/14 – Columbus, OH – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Risk Based Testing – http://bit.ly/1lkhqim

Tools

How to run a Selenium Script in LoadRunner – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2014/05/08/how-to-run-a-selenium-script-in-loadrunner/

Running Selenium Automation Using Sauce Labs: Part 1 – Qxf2 – http://qxf2.com/blog/sauce-labs-part/

Miscellaneous

Book Review: Reviewed – The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2014/05/reviewed-effective-executive-by-peter.html

Book Review: This is Lean – Justin Rohrman – http://justinrohrman.com/blog/book-review-this-is-lean/

Podcasts: News Of The Damned 5-5-2014 – PerfBytes – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/news-of-the-damned-5-5-2014

Videos: Hangout on TDD with Kent Beck and David Heinemeier Hansson – Martin Fowler – http://martinfowler.com/snips/201405071053.html

Videos: Is TDD dead? – ThoughtWorks – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9quxZsLcfo

Videos: TestBash 3 Video: Get Out Of The Testing Game – Bill Matthews – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2014/05/testbash-3-video-get-testing-game-bill-matthews/

Items of Interest for Testers

A Test Lab to Cater Exclusively For Start-up QA Testing Needs Launched – Digital Journal – http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1894058

From the Good Old Days to Today: Twenty-Five Years of Testing with SQE – Rick Craig – http://www.techwell.com/2014/05/good-old-days-today-twenty-five-years-testing-sqe

Opera 21 adds hardware acceleration, supports full address bar URL – Nick Peers – http://betanews.com/2014/05/06/opera-21-adds-hardware-acceleration-supports-full-address-bar-url/

Over 300,000 web sites STILL at risk from Heartbleed bug a month after massive flaw was exposed – Mark Prigg – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2624766/Over-300-000-web-sites-STILL-risk-Heartbleed-bug-month-massive-flaw-exposed.html

Resistance is futile – The Borg Guide to Coaching for Change – Michi Tyson – http://blog.softed.com/2014/05/06/resistance-is-futile-the-borg-guide-to-coaching-for-change/

The Testing Map – Daniel Knott – http://dnlkntt.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/the-testing-map/

uTest Changes Name to Applause; Acquires Crowdtesting Leader, Testhub – Doron Reuveni – http://blog.applause.com/2014/05/05/utest-changes-name-to-applause-acquires-crowdtesting-leader-testhub/

Meet the New uTest: The Professional Network for Testers & Test Engineers – Matt Johnson – http://blog.utest.com/2014/05/05/meet-the-new-utest-the-professional-network-for-testers-test-engineers/

Well Done Firefox! – Pete – http://uiqame.com/2014/05/06/well-done-firefox/

What Has Changed Since Support for Windows XP Was Retired? – Mukesh Sharma – http://www.techwell.com/2014/05/what-has-changed-support-windows-xp-was-retired

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