Testing Bits – 7/27/14 – 8/2/14

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 7/27/14 – 8/2/14

Articles & Blogs

• An extensive list of what helped me present – Erik Brickarp – http://erik.brickarp.se/2014/07/an-extensive-list-of-what-helped-me.html
• Are test managers good leaders? – Martin – http://testhuddle.com/are-test-managers-good-leaders/
• Bugs are like fruits – Patrick Prill – http://testpappy.wordpress.com/2014/07/27/bugs-are-like-fruits/
• Building Your A-Team – Jon Robinson – http://qubedapples.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/building-your-a-team/
• Experience on how to turn testing into not fun – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2014/07/experience-on-how-to-turn-testing-into.html
• Facebook’s No Testing Department Approach: An Interview with Simon Stewart – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/facebook-s-no-testing-department-approach-interview-simon-stewart
• Few Words About Bugs – Aleksis Tulonen – http://flowoftesting.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/few-words-about-bugs/
• Getting QA and Developers working closer together as one – Gareth Waterhouse – http://www.testingthewaterhouse.com/2014/07/getting-qa-and-developers-working.html
• It’s Just Semantics – Chris Simms – http://secondsignofmadness.blogspot.com/2014/07/its-just-semantics.html
• Just a word ; Start – Simon Schrijver – http://simonsaysnomore.wordpress.com/2014/07/28/just-a-word-start/
• Monitor your personal “test idea creation” process – Patrick Prill – http://testpappy.wordpress.com/2014/07/29/monitor-your-personal-test-idea-creation-process/
• My First Thirty Days as a Test Lead: Expectations and Reality – Justin Rohrman – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/my-first-thirty-days-test-lead-expectations-and-reality
• Need for Speed, Motivation is the Key – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2014/07/need-for-speed-motivation-is-key.html
• On Testers and Code – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2014/07/on-testers-and-code.html
• Pairing to slow down a developer from starting new items – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2014/07/pairing-to-slow-down-developer-from.html
• Peers – Erik Brickarp – http://erik.brickarp.se/2014/07/peers.html
• Production data at testing – Teemu Vesala – http://badboysofquality.wordpress.com/2014/07/30/production-data-at-testing/
• Start From The Past – Aleksis Tulonen – http://flowoftesting.wordpress.com/2014/07/30/start-from-the-past/
• Syndicated: How I got into testing and why I’m still doing it now – Claire Banks – http://testhuddle.com/syndicated-how-i-got-into-testing-and-why-im-still-doing-it-now/
• Testing the Limits With James Bach: Part II – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/07/28/testing-the-limits-with-james-bach-part-ii-3/
• The Benefits and Challenges around Crowd Sourcing – Dan Curtis – http://testhuddle.com/the-benefits-and-challenges-around-crowd-sourcing/
• The ‘Just Testing Left’ Fallacy – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-testing-left-fallacy.html
• Three Ways for Testers to Take Their Careers to the Next Level – Alex Siminiuc – http://blog.utest.com/2014/07/29/three-ways-for-testers-to-take-their-careers-to-the-next-level/
• Unit, TDD and BDD Testing – What‘s the Difference? – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2014/07/29/unit-tdd-and-bdd-testing-whats-the-difference/
• What I Think of QA – Jon Robinson – http://qubedapples.wordpress.com/2014/07/28/what-i-think-of-qa/
• When Should I Start Automation? – Jon Robinson – http://qubedapples.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/when-should-i-start-automation/
• Why Testers Need to Code: An Interview with Simon Stewart – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/why-testers-need-code-interview-simon-stewart

Tools

• BDD Specs and Parameterizing Phrases – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/bdd-specs-and-parameterizing-phrases/
• Introducing BDDfire : An Instant Ruby-Cucumber BDD Framework – Shashikant Jagtap – http://shashikantjagtap.net/introducing-bddfire-instant-ruby-cucumber-bdd-framework/

Conferences/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• 2014-2015 Board of Directors Elections – AST – http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/2014/07/30/2014-2015-board-of-directors-elections/
• AST Grant Report – OZWST 2014 in Review – David Greenless – http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/2014/07/30/ast-grant-report-ozwst-2014-in-review/
• Bug Battle Nearing Finish Line, Additional Bonus for Testers – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/07/31/bug-battle-nearing-finish-line-additional-bonus-for-testers/
• Enabling Continuous Delivery (CD) in Enterprises with Testing – Anand Bagmar – http://essenceoftesting.blogspot.com/2014/07/enabling-continuous-delivery-cd-in.html
• Judging the Software Testing World Cup Preliminaries for Europe – Part 2 – Patrick Prill – http://testpappy.wordpress.com/2014/07/27/judging-the-software-testing-world-cup-preliminaries-for-europe-part-2/
• WTA-53 – Planning out Exploratory Testing for Mobile Software Testing – Justin Rohrman – http://weekendtesting.com/archives/3677

Miscellaneous

• Podcasts: Testing in the Pub Episode 8 – Security Testing – Stephen Janaway, Dan Ashby – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/testing/testing-pub-episode-8-security-testing/
• The Tester’s Library – Gerald Weinberg – http://secretsofconsulting.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-testers-library.html
• Short list of books to read, if you want to know about software testing. – Jokin Aspiazu – http://jokinaspiazu.blogspot.com/2014/08/short-list-of-books-to-read-if-you-want.html
• Women Testers e-Magazine Has Arrived! – Teri Charles – http://bouldertester.blogspot.com/2014/07/women-testers-e-magazine-has-arrived.html

Items of Interest for Testers

• Aussie firm aims to build 10,000-strong software army – William Maher – http://www.crn.com.au/News/390433,aussie-firm-aims-to-build-10000-strong-software-army.aspx
• Firefox gains Chrome-like malicious file defences – Liam Tung – http://www.cso.com.au/article/550995/firefox_gains_chrome-like_malicious_file_defences/
• Testers Are Spending a Whole Lot of Time…Not Testing – Ryan Aresenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/08/01/testers-are-spending-a-whole-lot-of-time-not-testing/
• Why This Startup Hires Employees With Autism – Aaron Taube – http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2014/07/27/ultra_testing_an_mit_graduate_founded_software_testing_startup_hires_autistic.html
• Workarounds to purge search bar from Firefox’s new tab page are available – Gregg Keizer – http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249988/Workarounds_to_purge_search_bar_from_Firefox_s_new_tab_page_are_available

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