Testing Bits – 9/7/14 – 9/13/14

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 9/7/14 – 9/13/14

Articles & Blogs

• Alice and the Cheshire Cat talk ISO 29119 – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2014/09/alice-and-cheshire-cat-talk-iso-29119.html
• Blog: Construct Validity – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2014/09/construct-validity/
• Chrome – Firefox WebRTC Interop Test – Pt 2 – Patrik Hoglund – http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2014/09/chrome-firefox-webrtc-interop-test-pt-2.html
• Cynefin, testing & auditing – James Christie – http://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/cynefin-testing-auditing/
• Do we have something else than ISO29119? – Simon Schrijver – http://simonsaysnomore.wordpress.com/2014/09/14/do-we-have-something-else-than-iso29119/
• Do we live on a flat earth? A mental exercise … – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2014/09/do-we-live-on-flat-earth-mental-exercise.html
• Doctrine and context-driven testing – Lee Hawkins – http://therockertester.wordpress.com/2014/09/07/doctrine-and-context-driven-testing/
• Exploring an Existing System – Stephen Janaway – http://stephenjanaway.co.uk/stephenjanaway/experiences/exploring-existing-system/
• Exploratory testing and test coverage – Jyothi Rangaiah – http://www.testbrewer.com/exploratory-testing-and-test-coverage/
• FFAX VS MERRI – testing oracle mnemonic – Karlo Smid – http://zagorskisoftwaretester.blogspot.com/2014/09/ffax-vs-merri-testing-oracle-mnemonic.html
• Getting Better at Performance Testing: Beyond Tools – Jun Zhuang – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/getting-better-performance-testing-beyond-tools
• Heuristics and Oracles – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2014/09/heuristics-and-oracles.html
• How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love ISO 29119 – Matthew Heusser – http://www.techwell.com/2014/09/how-i-learned-stop-worrying-and-love-iso-29119
• How Important is it for a Tester or Developer to Communicate with Each Other? – Bhumika Mehta – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/tester-and-developer-communication/
• How to get the testing team together? Part 1 – Hold testing lunches… – Gareth Waterhouse – http://www.testingthewaterhouse.com/2014/09/how-to-get-testing-team-together-part-1.html
• ISO 29119 – A standard in name only – Brian Osman – http://bjosman.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/iso-29119-a-standard-in-name-only/
• ISO 29119 and “best practice”; a confused mess – James Christie – http://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/iso-29119-and-best-practice-a-confused-mess/
• Know thyself (social media and self-knowledge) – James Christie – http://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/tester-know-thyself-social-media-and-self-knowledge/
• Pieces of paper don’t change reality … Stop 29119 – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2014/09/pieces-of-paper-dont-change-reality.html
• Some Examples Of Testing Tables And Views In Database – Irina Ivanova – http://ivanova-irina.blogspot.com/2014/09/some-examples-of-testing-tables-and.html
• The FaceBook Effect – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2014/09/the-facebook-effect.html
• The Software Tester’s Greatest Asset – Randy Rice – http://randallrice.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-software-testers-greatest-asset.html
• What children’s minds tell us about software testing: Part 3 – Discovering the Truth – Nilanjan Bhattacharya – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2014/09/childrens-minds-tell-us-software-testing-part-3-discovering-truth/
• YOU Can Improve Testing in Your Enterprise – Joe DeMeyer – http://opentoscrutiny.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/you-can-improve-testing-in-your-enterprise/
• Zone of control vs Sphere of influence – Gojko Adzic – http://gojko.net/2014/09/12/zone-of-control-vs-sphere-of-influence/

Tools

• BugBuster v3.0 is about to come out! – Jorge Albaladejo – http://blog.bugbuster.com/2014/09/10/bugbuster-v3-0-come/
• Collect and Share Test Artifacts With Python – Kristoffer Nordström – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2014/09/collect-share-test-artifacts/
• Implementing the Page Object Model (Selenium + Python) – Qxf2 – http://qxf2.com/blog/page-object-model-selenium/
• Selenium WebDriver Page Object Abstractions and Beyond – Alan Richardson – http://seleniumsimplified.com/2014/09/selenium-webdriver-page-object-abstractions-and-beyond/
• Selenium WebDriver Version 2.43.0 Released – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2014/09/09/selenium-webdriver-version-2-43-0-released/
• Using Wireshark to observe Mobile HTTP Network traffic – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2014/09/using-wireshark-to-observer-mobile-http.html
• WebDriver – read script parameters from a CSV file – Alex Siminiuc – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2014/09/webdriver-read-script-parameters-from.html
• WebDriver scripts with parameters – Alex Siminiuc – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2014/09/webdriver-scripts-with-parameters.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Get $300 Off Your STPCon Registration with uTest Discount Code – Linda Seid Frembes – http://blog.utest.com/2014/09/09/get-300-off-your-stpcon-registration-with-utest-discount-code/
• StarEast 2014 Lightning Talk: “A Sense of Readiness” – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2014/09/stareast-2014-lightning-talk-sense-of.html
• WTEU-49 – How do you deliver bad news? – Neil Studd – http://weekendtesting.com/archives/3708

Attention: Ohio Testers

9/18/2014 – Columbus, OH – COQAA – Automation is What We Do – Why Test Automation is Perfectly Logical in an IT World w/ Joseph Beale – http://coqaa.org/id1.html

9/30/2014 – Columbus, OH – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Improv(e) Your Testing! Tips and Tricks from Jester to Tester w/ Damian Synadinos – http://bit.ly/1luTx

Miscellaneous

• ISO 29119 Petition – http://www.commonsensetesting.org/news/files/PetitionISO29119.htm
• Professional Tester’s Manifesto – http://www.professionaltestersmanifesto.org/
• Magazine: Testing Circus – September 2014 Edition – Ajoy Kumar Singha – http://www.testingcircus.com/september-2014-edition/
• Magazine: What’s in the September/October 2014 Better Software Magazine? – Ken Whitaker – http://www.techwell.com/2014/09/whats-septemberoctober-2014-better-software-magazine
• Podcast: Testing in the Pub Episode 10 – Interview with Tony Bruce – Stephen Janaway, Dan Ashby – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/testing/testing-pub-episode-10-interview-tony-bruce/
• Presentations: Regression Testing: Down the Rabbit Hole – Neil Studd – http://blog.neiltest.com/2014/09/13/regression-testing-down-the-rabbit-hole/

Items of Interest for Testers

• 6 Things You Need To Know About The iPhone 6 – Dan Rowinski – http://blog.applause.com/2014/09/09/whats-new-in-the-iphone-6-and-iphone-6-plus/
• Software testers petition to stop ISO 29119 – James Denman – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/news/2240230293/Software-testers-petition-to-stop-ISO-29119
• UVU announces software testing certificate program – Jeffrey Allred – http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865610734/UVU-announces-software-testing-certificate-program.html

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