Testing Bits – 11/2/14 – 11/8/14

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 11/2/14 – 11/8/14.

Articles & Blogs

• 5 A/B Testing Tools For Your App That Will Cost No Money –  Bug Huntress – http://blog.bughuntress.com/mobile-application-testing/5-ab-testing-tools-no-money
• Accessibility Testing Requirements – Interim Conclusion – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2014/11/03/accessibility-testing-requirements-interim-conclusion/
• Agile is….. – John Stevenson – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2014/11/agile-is.html
• Are You Getting the Most Value Out of Automated Testing? – Sanjay Zalavadia – http://blog.utest.com/2014/11/04/are-you-getting-the-most-value-out-of-automated-testing/
• Authors in Testing Q&A With Agile Testing Champion Lisa Crispin – Ryan Aresenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/11/05/authors-in-testing-qa-with-agile-testing-champion-lisa-crispin/
• Awareness of Risk Identification in Software Testing – David Greenless – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/awareness-risk-identification-software-testing
• Blog: Throwing Kool-Aid on the Burning Books – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2014/11/throwing-kool-aid-on-the-burning-books/
• Blog: Very Short Blog Posts (21): You Had It Last! – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2014/11/very-short-blog-posts-21-you-had-it-last/
• Constructive conversations – Augusto Evangelisti – http://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/constructive-conversations/
• Consultant’s War – Jeremy Carey-Dressler – http://about98percentdone.blogspot.com/2014/11/consultants-war.html
• Continuing the mission… and continually improving – Lisa Crispin – http://lisacrispin.com/2014/11/06/continuing-mission-continually-improving/
• Discomfort of specifying behaviors – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2014/11/discomfort-of-specifying-behaviors.html
• Dispelling the Misconceptions #5 – “Lets 100% Automate Everything and Get Rid of All Our Testers” – Dan Ashby – http://danashby04.wordpress.com/2014/11/06/dispelling-the-misconceptions-5-lets-100-automate-everything-and-get-rid-of-all-our-testers/
• Don’t Go Changing… – Alan Page – http://angryweasel.com/blog/dont-go-changing/
• Famous first words – the moments leading to defect discovery – Graeme Harvey – http://www.iteststuff.ca/2014/11/famous-first-words-moments-leading-to.html
• How to File Mobile Bugs – Daniel Knott – http://dnlkntt.wordpress.com/2014/11/06/how-to-file-mobile-bugs/
• How to Sell TDD to <X>? – Markus Gartner – http://www.shino.de/2014/11/02/how-to-sell-tdd-to-x/
• Lessons Learned on Standardisation at a Finnish Standards Meeting – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2014/11/lessons-learned-on-standardisation-at.html
• My Favorite Testing Quotes – Milin Patel – http://milinpatel17.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/my-favorite-testing-quotes/
• No Testing – Bob Marshall – http://flowchainsensei.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/no-testing/
• On Being Wrong – Josh Grant – http://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/101761408380/on-being-wrong
• Review: Python for Testers – Kim Knup – http://punkmiktests.blogspot.com/2014/11/review-python-for-testers.html
• Shallow KPIs: A Tale of Two Testers – Aaron Hodder – http://testerkiwi.blogspot.com/2014/11/shallow-kpis-tale-of-two-testers.html
• Simple Questions to Ask when being Interviewed – Curtis S. – https://cowboytesting.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/simple-questions-to-ask-when-being-interviewed/
• The Biggest Challenges Of Mobile Testing – Bug Huntress – http://blog.bughuntress.com/mobile-application-testing/biggest-challenges-mobile-testing
• The Cultural Changes Testers Most Want to See – Rick Craig – http://www.techwell.com/2014/11/cultural-changes-testers-most-want-see
• Tips for registering defects – Nicolai L. Nielsen – http://testing4tw.blogspot.com/2014/11/tips-for-registering-defects.html
• Urban Onshoring: The Movement to Bring Tech Jobs Back to America – Issie Lapowsky – http://www.wired.com/2014/11/urban-onshoring/
• Webinar: A New Agile Ecosystem – Kim Knup – http://punkmiktests.blogspot.com/2014/11/webinar-new-agile-ecosystem.html
• What are the Odds? – Colin Cherry – http://itesting.com.au/2014/11/03/what-are-the-odds/

Tools

• Introducing Specify – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2014/11/introducing-specify/
• IronRuby magic in action – Karlo Smid – http://zagorskisoftwaretester.blogspot.com/2014/11/ironruby-magic-in-action.html
• Lock down your browser versions if you run WebDriver tests – Allister Scott – http://watirmelon.com/2014/11/05/lock-down-your-browser-versions-if-you-run-webdriver-tests/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Automation Abstractions: Page Objects and Beyond – Conference Talk – Alan Richardson – http://seleniumsimplified.com/2014/11/automation-abstractions-page-objects-and-beyond-conference-talk/
• CITCON 2014 – How I learned a lot this year – Adina Moldovan – http://altom.ro/blog/citcon-2014
• Confessions of An Accidental Security Tester – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2014/11/confessions-of-accidental-security.html
• London #TesterGathering Workshops 2014 – Presentations and materials – Tony Bruce – http://dancedwiththetester.blogspot.com/2014/11/london-testergathering-workshops-2014.html
• Ministry of Testing: Autumn 2014 events review – Neil Studd – http://blog.neiltest.com/2014/11/08/ministry-of-testing-autumn-2014-events-review/
• Mobile App & IoT Testing Meet Up in Bangalore – Anurag Khode – http://www.mobileappstesting.com/mobile-app-testing-iot-meet-up-in-bangalore/
• My blog post about NTD2014 – Elo Eilonen – http://www.testerstower.com/my-blog-post-about-ntd2014/
• Top Tweets from STPCon Fall 2014 – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/11/06/top-tweets-from-stpcon-fall-2014/
• Tweet Bits from #STPCon Fall 2014 – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2014/11/08/tweet-bits-from-stpcon-fall-2014/
• WTA-56 – Discovering Your Inner Coyote! Mentoring and Being Mentored – Michael Larsen – http://weekendtesting.com/archives/3792

Attention: Ohio Testers:

11/20 – Columbus, Ohio – COQAA – Improv(e) Your Testing! Tips and Tricks from Jester to Tester w/ Damian Synadinos – http://coqaa.org/id1.html

Miscellaneous

• Magazines – Software Tools Magazine – http://www.teatimewithtesters.com/#!software-tools-magazine/cjyx
• Podcasts: SPaMCAST 314 – Crispin, Gregory, More Agile Testing – Thomas Cagley – http://tcagley.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/spamcast-314-crispin-gregory-more-agile-testing/
• Podcasts: Testing in the Pub Episode 13 – Weekend Testing Europe – Stephen Janaway, Dan Ashby – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/testing/testing-pub-episode-13-weekend-testing-europe/
• Survey: State of the (u)Testers: Software Testing Careers Survey – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/11/07/state-of-the-utesters-software-testing-careers-survey/
• ISO 29119 Petition – http://www.commonsensetesting.org/news/files/PetitionISO29119.html
• Professional Tester’s Manifesto – http://www.professionaltestersmanifesto.org/

Items of Interest for Testers

• Browser Trends November 2014: IE Drops Below 20% – Craig Buckler – http://www.sitepoint.com/browser-trends-november-2014-ie-drops-20/
• Meet the uTesters: Michael Moshe – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/11/03/meet-the-utesters-michael-moshe/
• Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team is looking to improve their F12 developer tools – Joseph Finney – http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsofts-internet-explorer-team-looking-improve-their-f12-developer-tools
• Mozilla woos programmers with a special webdev browser – Joab Jackson – http://www.pcworld.com/article/2842652/mozilla-woos-programmers-with-a-special-webdev-browser.html
• Perhaps They Should Have Tested More – Microsoft Band  – Joe Strazzere – http://www.allthingsquality.com/2014/11/perhaps-they-should-have-tested-more.html

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