Testing Bits – 10/12/14 – 10/18/14

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 10/12/14 – 10/18/14

Articles & Blogs

• Accessibility Testing Requirements – Operable – Navigable – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2014/10/14/accessibility-testing-requirements-operable-navigable/
• Dispelling the Misconceptions #4 – “Quality Assurance”… You Cant Assure Quality! – Dan Ashby – http://danashby04.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/dispelling-the-misconceptions-4-quality-assurance-you-cant-assure-quality/
• Don’t write a single test! Until you know how to do it – Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/2014/10/dont-write-a-single-test-until-you-know-how-to-do-it/
• How to Get More Ideas (and More Out of Them) – Simon Knight – http://sjpknight.com/how-to-get-more-ideas-and-more-out-of-them/
• ISO 29119: The Redundancy in the Documentation Document – Matthew Heusser – http://www.techwell.com/2014/10/iso-29119-redundancy-documentation-document
• Methods for Changing a Workplace Culture – Jeremy Carey-Dressler – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/methods-changing-workplace-culture
• Noise to Signal: An Attempt to Understanding What Smart People Have To Say – Jeremy Carey-Dressler – http://about98percentdone.blogspot.com/2014/10/noise-to-signal-attempt-to.html
• Pairing On a Mission – Lisa Crispin – http://lisacrispin.com/2014/10/12/mission-pair/
• Perhaps They Should Have Tested More – Nielsen – Joe Strazzere – http://www.allthingsquality.com/2014/10/perhaps-they-should-have-tested-more.html
• Performance Testing. Part 1: What Tests Should I Run On My Site? – Bug Huntress – http://blog.bughuntress.com/functional-testing/performance-testing-part-1
• Performance Testing. Part 2: When Should I Run All These Tests? – Bug Huntress – http://blog.bughuntress.com/functional-testing/performance-testing-part-2
• Purpose, Mission and Vision keep testers self focused on things that matter – Freddy Vega – http://vgp-miami.blogspot.com/2014/10/purpose-mission-and-vision-keep-testers.html
• Reporting Risks to Business: First Steps from Trying to Delivering (The Better Late Than Never Edition) – Helena Jeret-Mäe – http://thepainandgainofedwardbear.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/reporting-risks-to-business-first-steps-from-trying-to-delivering/
• Risk vs Uncertainty in Software Testing – John Stevenson – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2014/10/risk-vs-uncertainty-in-software-testing.html
• Seeking for conflicting evidence: agile & testers – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2014/10/seeking-for-conflicting-evidence-agile.html
• Support Of Inner Application, Part 2 – Irina Ivanova – http://ivanova-irina.blogspot.com/2014/10/support-of-inner-application-part-2.html
• Testing CDN and geolocation with webpagetest.org – Grig Gheorghiu – http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2014/10/testing-cdn-and-geolocation-with.html
• The Agile Tester, a curious and empathetic animal – Augusto Evangelisti – http://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/the-agile-tester-a-curious-and-empathic-animal/
• The basics of network Troubleshooting – David Zhmach – http://www.dtvisiontech.com/2014/10/the-basics-of-network-troubleshooting.html
• The Danger of Testing “Only” Stories – Janet Gregory – http://www.stickyminds.com/better-software-magazine-article/danger-testing-only-stories
• The Ins and Outs of Writing an Effective Mobile Bug Report (Part I) – Daniel Knott – http://blog.utest.com/2014/10/14/the-ins-and-outs-of-writing-an-effective-mobile-bug-report-part-i/
• The Ins and Outs of Writing an Effective Mobile Bug Report (Part II) – Daniel Knott – http://blog.utest.com/2014/10/15/the-ins-and-outs-of-writing-an-effective-mobile-bug-report-part-ii/
• Three examples of context-driven testing using visual test coverage modelling – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2014/10/three-examples-of-context-driven.html

Tools

• Appium tutorial: Execute Python tests on mobile devices – Qxf2 – http://qxf2.com/blog/appium-tutorial-python-physical-device/
• How to Install PhantomJS – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2014/10/14/how-to-install-phantomjs/
• Set Proxy Using WebDriver – Richard Bradshaw – http://www.thefriendlytester.co.uk/2014/10/set-proxy-using-webdriver.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• TestBash 2015 – Win A Sponsored Ticket – Rosie Sherry – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2014/10/testbash-2015-win-sponsored-ticket/
• Tweet Bits from #TQ2014 – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2014/10/18/tweet-bits-from-tq2014/
• WTANZ 24 – Visual Test Coverage – Alessandra Moreira – http://weekendtesting.com/archives/3767
• WTEU-50 – Securing your applications – Neil Studd – http://weekendtesting.com/archives/3744

StarWest 2014:

• LIVE! at STARWEST! Day 1 – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2014/10/live-at-starwest-day-1.html
• LIVE! at STARWEST! Day 2! – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2014/10/linve-at-starwest-day-2.html
• Top Tweets from STARWEST 2014 – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/10/16/top-tweets-from-starwest-2014/
• Tweet Bits from #StarWest 2014 – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2014/10/18/tweet-bits-from-starwest-2014/

Attention: Ohio Testers

10/28/2014 – Columbus, OH – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Retrospective 2014 & Lightning Talks – http://bit.ly/1rYGgNi

Miscellaneous

• Book: Fifty Quick Ideas To Improve Your User Stories – Now Available – Gojko Adzic – http://gojko.net/2014/10/14/fifty-quick-ideas-to-improve-your-user-stories-now-available/
• Book: Hands-On Mobile App Testing is available – Daniel Knott – http://dnlkntt.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/hands-on-mobile-app-testing-is-available/
• Magazines: Testing Trapeze – 2014 – October Edition – Katrina Clokie – http://www.testingcircus.com/testing-trapeze-2014-october-edition/
• Podcasts: AB Testing – Episode 11 – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=35
• Slides: London Tester Gathering Workshops 2014 – Exploratory Testing Session – Tony Bruce – http://dancedwiththetester.blogspot.com/2014/10/london-tester-gathering-workshops-2014.html
• Slides: London Tester Gathering Workshop Material – Stephen Janaway – http://stephenjanaway.co.uk/stephenjanaway/testing-2/london-tester-gathering-workshops-material/
• Survey: Take the Testing Career Survey – Mike Lyles – http://mikelyles.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/take-the-testing-career-survey/
• Videos: Mad Scientists Welcome at the STARWEST 2014 Test Lab – Susan Brown – http://blog.utest.com/2014/10/17/mad-scientists-welcome-at-the-starwest-2014-test-lab/
• Videos: STARWEST 2014 Interview: Mind Over Pixels — Quality Starts With the Right Attitude – Susan Brown – http://blog.utest.com/2014/10/17/starwest-2014-interview-mind-over-pixels-quality-starts-with-the-right-attitude/
• ISO 29119 Petition – http://www.commonsensetesting.org/news/files/PetitionISO29119.html
• Professional Tester’s Manifesto – http://www.professionaltestersmanifesto.org/

Items of Interest for Testers

• 5 Most Embarrassing Software Bugs in History – David Pogue – http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pogue-5-most-embarrassing-software-bugs-in-history/
• Chrome 38’s new HTML tag support makes fatties FIT and SKINNIER – Scott Gilbertson – http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/15/chrome_38_first_picture_element/
• Dropbox desktop bug sends some users’ files to the trash – Jared Newman – http://www.pcworld.com/article/2825354/dropbox-desktop-bug-sends-some-users-files-to-the-trash.html
• Firefox 33 reveals performance tweaks, search improvements, more robust session restore – Nick Peers – http://betanews.com/2014/10/14/firefox-33-reveals-performance-tweaks-search-improvements-more-robust-session-restore/
• Opera 25 Final – Nick Peers – http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/downloads/3329328/opera-25-final/
• Today in Media History: The first commercial Web browser, Netscape Navigator, is released in 1994 – David Shedden – http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/274065/today-in-media-history-the-first-commercial-web-browser-netscape-navigator-is-released-in-1994/

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