Testing Bits – 8/10/14 – 8/16/14

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 8/10/14 – 8/16/14.

Articles & Blogs

• Beta Releases Work For Apple, But Will They Work For You? – Mike Brown – http://blog.applause.com/2014/08/15/beta-releases-work-for-apple-but-will-they-work-for-you/
• Building Quality In: Adopting the Tester’s Mindset: An Interview with Stephen Vance – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/building-quality-adopting-tester-s-mindset-interview-stephen-vance
• First Steps In Security Testing – Irina Ivanova – http://ivanova-irina.blogspot.com/2014/08/first-steps-in-security-testing.html
• Gestures: Apps behavior on applying single and double tapping – Pradeep Lingan – http://pradeeplingan.blogspot.com/2014/08/gestures-my-observation-on-apps.html
• How to Test a Tester – Colin Cherry – http://itesting.com.au/2014/08/14/how-to-test-a-tester/
• Is Non-functional Testing Always Carried out without Documentation and Test Cases? Why? – Swati S. – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/non-functional-testing-without-test-cases/
• Just a word ; Delegate –  Simon Schrijver – http://simonsaysnomore.wordpress.com/2014/08/13/just-a-word-delegate/
• KIFSU and the Mobile User Expectations – Daniel Knott – http://dnlkntt.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/kifsu-and-the-mobile-user-expectations/
• Making a tester learn coding when not-coding is what I really need – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2014/08/making-tester-learn-coding-when-not.html
• Mobile App Test Coverage Model : LONG FUN CUP – Dhanasekar S – http://testingideas.wordpress.com/2014/08/17/mobile-app-test-coverage-model-long-fun-cup/
• Points to consider for test estimation – Milin Patel – http://milinpatel17.wordpress.com/2014/08/14/points-to-consider-for-test-estimation/
• Removing the Word “Test” from Test Automation – Greg Paskal – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/removing-word-test-test-automation
• Rethinking “Manual Testing” – Qxf2 – http://qxf2.com/blog/rethinking-manual-testing/
• TDD for Testers – Duncan Nisbet – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2014/08/tdd-testers/
• Test Coverage or Ass Coverage – Darren Hails – http://rwtesting.co/test-coverage-ass-coverage/
• Test Pages, Not Workflows – Burdette Lamar – http://burdettelamar.wordpress.com/2014/08/12/test_pages_not_workflows/
• Testing the New Disney World Website: An Interview with Les Honniball – Cameron Philipp-Edmonds – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/testing-new-disney-world-website-interview-les-honniball
• Thoughts: User Testing or A/B Testing – Kim Knup – http://punkmiktests.blogspot.com/2014/08/thoughts-user-testing-or-ab-testing.html
• Tiered Testing [Socratic Dialog] – Burdette Lamar – http://burdettelamar.wordpress.com/2014/08/10/tiered-testing-socratic-dialog/
• Tips for Becoming an Expert Video Game Tester – Software Testing Tricks – http://www.softwaretestingtricks.com/2014/08/tips-for-becoming-expert-video-game-tester.html
• XSS and Open Redirect on Telegraph.co.uk Authentication pages – Pete Houghton – http://www.investigatingsoftware.co.uk/2014/08/xss-and-open-redirect-on-telegraphcouk.html
• Why “We’ve always done it that way” is not such a bad phrase after all – Graeme Harvey – http://www.iteststuff.ca/2014/08/why-weve-always-done-it-that-way-is-not.html
• Why you’re NOT a Software Testing Expert, probably – Mark Crowther – http://cyreath.blogspot.com/2014/08/why-yourre-not-software-testing-expert.html

Tools

• Getting Started With TestNG – Qxf2 – http://qxf2.com/blog/get-started-with-testng/
• Learn Selenium or QTP (UFT)? – Alex Siminiuc – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2014/08/learn-selenium-or-qtp-uft.html
• Learning Node.js, Part 1 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/learning-node-js-part-1/
• Learning Node.js, Part 2 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/learning-node-js-part-2/
• Review – Creating an Automated Testing Framework with Selenium – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2014/08/12/review-creating-an-automated-testing-framework-with-selenium/

Conferences/Meetups/Organizations/Training

CAST2014

• Context Driven Change Leadership – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2014/08/context-driven-change-leadership.html
• It’s CAST time again – Jason Coutu – http://prairietester.blogspot.com/2014/08/its-cast-time-again.html
• CAST 2014 – Day 0 (Tutorial Day) – Jason Coutu – http://prairietester.blogspot.com/2014/08/cast-2014-day-0-tutorial-day.html
• CAST 2014 – Day 1 – Jason Coutu – http://prairietester.blogspot.com/2014/08/cast-2014-day-1.html
• CAST 2014 – DAY 2 – Jason Coutu – http://prairietester.blogspot.com/2014/08/cast-2014-day-2.html
• Coyote Teaching: Watch How It All Came Together – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2014/08/coyote-teaching-watch-how-it-all-came.html
• Highlights From the CAST 2014 Testing Conference in NYC – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/08/16/highlights-from-the-cast-2014-testing-conference-in-nyc/
• Live From CAST 2014: uTest Interview With Henrik Andersson – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/08/12/live-from-cast-2014-interview-with-henrik-andersson/
• Live From CAST 2014: uTest Interview With Jessica Nickel – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/08/13/live-from-cast-2014-utest-interview-with-jessica-nickel/
• Live From CAST 2014: uTest Interview With Martin Folkoff – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/08/13/live-from-cast-2014-utest-interview-with-martin-folkoff/
• Live From CAST 2014: uTest Interview With Michael Larsen – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/08/15/live-from-cast-2014-utest-interview-with-michael-larsen/
• Live from New York, It’s… #CAST2014 – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2014/08/live-from-new-york-its-cast2014.html
• One more question… slides from #CAST2014 workshop – Tony Bruce – http://dancedwiththetester.blogspot.com/2014/08/one-more-question-slides-from-cast2014.html
• The Conferring Continues at #CAST2014 – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2014/08/the-conferring-continues-at-cast2014.html
• Top Tweets From James Bach’s Keynote at CAST 2014 – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/08/12/top-tweets-from-james-bachs-keynote-at-cast-2014/

Attention: Ohio Testers

8/26/14 – Columbus, OH – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Ruby/Cucumber – A Live Demo (Take 2) – http://bit.ly/1qU7btL

Miscellaneous

• Books: CAST 2014 Speaker Recommendations > Books – https://www.goodreads.com/group/bookshelf/142533-cast-2014-speaker-recommendations
• Contest: Design Your Ideal Testing Tool, A New Contest for uTesters – Linda Seid Frembes – http://blog.utest.com/2014/08/14/design-your-ideal-testing-tool-a-new-contest-for-utesters/
• Magazine: Testing Trapeze – 2014 – August Edition – Katrina Clokie – http://www.testingcircus.com/testing-trapeze-2014-august-edition/

Items of Interest for Testers

• Apps Economy 2.0: How iOS 8 Creates The Next Evolution Of Apps – Richard Weiss – http://blog.applause.com/2014/08/14/ios8-apps-home-health-car/
• Boston mobile app testing firm Applause establishes offices in Seattle area – John Cook – http://www.geekwire.com/2014/boston-mobile-app-testing-firm-applause-establishes-offices-seattle-area/
• iOS 8 App Extensions Explained: How Apple Has Unbound iOS – Dan Rowinski – http://blog.applause.com/2014/08/13/ios-8-app-extensions-explained/
• iOS 8/OS X Yosemite: Safari catching up with Chrome – Jonny Evans – http://blogs.computerworld.com/mac-os-x/24240/ios-8os-x-yosemite-safari-catching-chrome
• Square Launches Bug Bounty, Hires Top Security Researcher – Dennis Fisher – http://threatpost.com/square-launches-bug-bounty-hires-top-security-researcher
• The App Developer’s Primer For iOS 8 – Dan Rowinski – http://blog.applause.com/2014/08/12/ios-8-mobile-app-developer-primer/

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