Testing Bits – 6/22/14 – 6/28/14

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 6/22/14 – 6/28/14.

Articles & Blogs

• A Story From Rosie – Rosie Sherry – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2014/06/story-rosie/
• 10 things you can do as a developer to make your app secure: #6 Protect Data and Privacy – Jim Bird – http://swreflections.blogspot.com/2014/06/10-things-you-can-do-as-developer-to_23.html
• Business Value Purpose – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2014/06/27/business-value-purpose/
• Clean Test Code – Test Automation Code is Real Code – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2014/06/26/clean-test-code-test-automation-code-is-real-code/
• Continuous delivery without test automation, first experiences – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2014/06/continuous-delivery-without-test.html
• Dare to be different … take risks – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2014/06/dare-to-be-different-take-risks.html
• Do software testers need to code? – Anand Ramdeo – http://www.testinggeek.com/do-software-testers-need-to-code
• ETL vs. DB Testing – A Closer Look at ETL Testing Need, Planning and ETL Tools – Nagarajan – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/etl-testing-vs-db-testing/
• Evolving Automation with Symbiont – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/evolving-automation-with-symbiont/
• Graphic Facilitation – You can use it everywhere! – Christina Ohanian – http://geekandcouture.com/2014/06/24/graphic-facilitation-you-can-use-it-everywhere/
• Interview with Kim Engel – Nicola Owen – http://nickytests.blogspot.com/2014/06/interview-with-kim-engel.html
• It’s ok to be wrong – Sami Söderblom – http://theadventuresofaspacemonkey.blogspot.com/2014/06/its-ok-to-be-wrong.html
• Journey through leadership program – Mantas – http://testuotojas.wordpress.com/2014/06/22/381/
• Multi-Sensory Experience – Five Senses Theory – Parimala Hariprasad – http://curioustester.blogspot.com/2014/06/multi-sensory-experience-five-senses.html
• MVP…What About Adding Value to That? – Dan Ashby – http://danashby04.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/mvp-what-about-adding-value-to-that/
• My Current Test Framework: Testing large datasets – Jeremy Carey-Dressler – http://about98percentdone.blogspot.com/2014/06/my-current-test-framework-testing-large.html
• Once The Users Smell Blood… – Eric Jacobson – http://www.testthisblog.com/2014/06/once-users-smell-blood.html
• Quality Police or Quality Communicator: An Interview with Mike Duskis – Cameron Philipp-Edmonds – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/quality-police-or-quality-communicator-interview-mike-duskis
• Picture Imperfect: Methods for Testing How Your App Handles Images – Brian Noggle – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/picture-imperfect-methods-testing-how-your-app-handles-images
• Recruiting for the Right Talent is Time Consuming – Rob Lambert – http://thesocialtester.co.uk/recruiting-for-the-right-talent-is-time-consuming/
• Software Testing Careers – Should I Stay or Should I Go? – Randy Rice – http://randallrice.blogspot.com/2014/06/software-testing-careers-should-i-stay.html
• Teddy bear methods – James Christie – http://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/06/24/teddy-bear-methods/
• Testing Credentials – Matthew Eakin – http://goofytesterguy.blogspot.com/2014/06/testing-credentials.html
• Testing is More Than Having an Expertise in Testing – Rob Lambert – http://thesocialtester.co.uk/testing-is-more-than-having-an-expertise-in-testing/
• Testing the Limits with Dave Ferguson, Application Security Expert: Part II – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/06/23/testing-the-limits-with-dave-ferguson-application-security-expert-part-ii/
• Testing Your Mobile Apps on the Right Mobile Devices – Daniel Knott – http://blog.utest.com/2014/06/24/testing-your-mobile-apps-on-the-right-mobile-devices/
• The Conference List – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2014/06/the-conference-list.html
• The ratio myth – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-ratio-myth.html
• There is no such thing called Agile Testing – Shrini Kulkarni – http://shrinik.blogspot.com/2014/06/there-is-no-such-thing-called-agile.html
• Tips to locate reliable security testing services – Dan Cornell – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/answer/Tips-to-locate-reliable-security-testing-services
• TMAP Next® Test Engineer summary and review – Gijs Paulides – http://www.spritecloud.com/2014/06/tmap-next-test-engineer-summary-and-review/
• What sort of tester am I? – Chris George – http://www.mostly-testing.co.uk/2014/06/what-sort-of-tester-am-i.html
• Who Cares About Test Results? – Eric Jacobson – http://www.testthisblog.com/2014/06/who-cares-about-test-results.html
• Why do you need the report? – James Christie – http://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/why-do-you-need-the-report/
• Why I believe it’s good for testers to learn to code – Fiona Charles – http://quality-intelligence.blogspot.com/2014/06/why-i-believe-its-good-for-testers-to.html
• Why user groups and networking are important – Hillary – http://g33klady.wordpress.com/2014/06/28/why-user-groups-and-networking-are-important/
• Why Testers Really Should Learn to Code – Rob Lambert – http://thesocialtester.co.uk/why-testers-really-should-learn-to-code/
• Y-Slow: Getting Started With Rules Set – Soumya Ranjan Sahoo – http://intensetesting.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/why-slow-y-slow/

Tools

• Getting Started With Mobile Automation: Appium & Python – Qxf2 – http://qxf2.com/blog/appium-mobile-automation/
• To Deploy or Not to Deploy – decide using Test Trend Analyzer (TTA) – Anand Bagmar – http://essenceoftesting.blogspot.com/2014/06/to-deploy-or-not-to-deploy-decide-using.html
• Using Firebug 2.0 to Craft Xpaths – Qxf2 – http://qxf2.com/blog/firebug-2-0-to-find-xpaths/

Conferences/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Lean Software Testing: The best 3 day conference I’ve been to – Justin Rohrman – http://justinrohrman.com/blog/lean-software-testing-the-best-3-day-conference-ive-been-to/
• London Selenium Meetup #10 – Automation @ Adobe – Anand Ramdeo – http://www.testinggeek.com/london-selenium-meetup-10-automation-adobe

Attention: Ohio Testers

7/29/14 – Columbus, OH – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Ruby/Cucumber – A Live Demo – http://bit.ly/1wxEu4Y

Miscellaneous

• Book Review: Software Test Attacks to Break Mobile and Embedded Devices – Michael Sowers – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/book-review-software-test-attacks-break-mobile-and-embedded-devices
• Podcasts: Testing in the Pub Episode 7 – Schools of Testing – Stephan Janaway – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/testing/testing-pub-episode-7-schools-testing/
• Videos: Testers Should Be the Bearers of…Good News – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/06/25/testers-should-be-the-bearers-of-good-news/

Items of Interest for Testers

• Do Developers Need to Test Their Own Work? – Tammy Shipps –  http://blog.utest.com/2014/06/24/do-developers-need-to-test-their-own-work/
• Firefox heads toward virtual reality for the Web –  Stephen Shankland – http://www.cnet.com/news/firefox-virtual-reality-for-the-web/
• Software bug found on Mars Curiosity rover – Matthew Sparkes – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10930090/Software-bug-found-on-Mars-Curiosity-rover.html
• Takeaways from Google I/O – Kate Slattery – http://blog.applause.com/2014/06/25/takeaways-from-google-io/
• Will Apple’s New Language Help Build High-Quality Mobile Apps? – Anuj Magazine – http://www.techwell.com/2014/06/will-apples-new-language-help-build-high-quality-mobile-apps

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