Testing Bits – 12/21/14 – 12/27/14

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 12/21/14 – 12/27/14.

Articles & Blogs

• Accessibility Testing – Coverage Categories – MindMap – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2014/12/24/accessibility-testing-coverage-categories-mindmap/
• Agile testing is not a methodology – Janet Gregory – http://janetgregory.ca/agile-testing-is-not-a-methodology/
• Assumptions in Testing – Jyothi Rangaiah – http://chroniclesoftesting.blogspot.com/2014/12/assumptions-in-testing.html
• Avoid software defects by testing code – Jennifer Lent – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/opinion/Avoid-software-defects-by-testing-code
• Blog: When Programmers (and Testers) Do Their Jobs – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2014/12/when-programmers-and-testers-do-their-jobs/
• Disruptive Testing: Part 8 – Julian Harty – Andand Bagmar – http://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/disruptive-testing-part-8-julian-harty
• Five Problems That Impact Testing Effectiveness and Efficiency: #1 Planning – Thomas Cagley – http://tcagley.wordpress.com/2014/12/22/five-problems-that-impact-testing-effectiveness-and-efficiency-1-planning/
• Five Problems That Impact Testing Effectiveness and Efficiency: #2 Involvement – Thomas Cagley – http://tcagley.wordpress.com/2014/12/23/five-problems-that-impact-testing-effectiveness-and-efficiency-2-involvement/
• Five Problems That Impact Testing Effectiveness and Efficiency: #3 Organizational Management – Thomas Cagley – http://tcagley.wordpress.com/2014/12/24/five-problems-that-impact-testing-effectiveness-and-efficiency-3-organizational-management/
• Five Problems That Impact Testing Effectiveness and Efficiency: #4 Capability – Thomas Cagley – http://tcagley.wordpress.com/2014/12/25/five-problems-that-impact-testing-effectiveness-and-efficiency-4-capability/
• Five Problems That Impact Testing Effectiveness and Efficiency: #5 Process – Thomas Cagley – http://tcagley.wordpress.com/2014/12/26/five-problems-that-impact-testing-effectiveness-and-efficiency-5-process/
• On Symbols, Metaphors and Understanding – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2014/12/on-symbols-metaphors-and-understanding.html
• Oracle Real Application Testing – Solution to Test Oracle DB Before Moving to Production – Suntrupth Yadav – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/oracle-real-application-testing/
• Testing Business Intelligence (BI) and datawarehouse solutions – Mikkel Korsgaard – http://testing4tw.blogspot.com/2014/12/testing-business-intelligence-bi-and.html
• The Most Common API Security Hacks of 2014 [Infographic] – Kim Salmon – http://blog.smartbear.com/apis/readyapi/the-most-common-api-security-hacks-of-2014-infographic/
• What is a “Test case” in software testing? – David Tzhmach – http://www.dtvisiontech.com/2014/12/what-is-test-case-in-software-testing.html
• When Looking for Bugs, Look beyond the Software – Jon Hagar – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/when-looking-bugs-look-beyond-software
• Zero Defects? Mr. CIO, you ain’t gonna get it! – Rajesh Mathur – http://www.dogmatictesting.com/2014/12/zero-defects-mr-cio-you-aint-gonna-get.html

Tools

• None for this week

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• BAST in the Saddle Again: New Talk for January, 2015 – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2014/12/bast-in-saddle-again-new-talk-for.html
• One ticket to Maastricht please! EuroSTAR 2014 Review – Nick Shaw – http://testhuddle.com/one-ticket-to-maastricht-please-eurostar-2014-review/
• Selenium Hangout 6 Recap – Dave Haeffner – http://seleniumhq.wordpress.com/2014/12/23/selenium-hangout-6-recap/

Miscellaneous

• Book Review: 50 Quick Ideas to Improve your User Stories by Gojko Adzic – Janet Gregory – http://janetgregory.ca/book-review-50-quick-ideas-to-improve-your-user-stories-by-gojko-adzic/
• Book Review: New Load Testing Book – Alex Podelko – http://alexanderpodelko.com/blog/2014/12/24/new-load-testing-book/
• Videos: Introducing JMeter – 1st JMeter Tutorial – Tarun Kumar – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_s3J9t-jMA
• Videos: JMeter Listeners – 2nd JMeter training tutorial – Tarun Kumar – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upwFms0rnOA
• Videos: Running your first JMeter test – 3rd Jmeter Training Tutorial – Tarun Kumar – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QEa8dYfnuE
• ISO 29119 Petition – http://www.commonsensetesting.org/news/files/PetitionISO29119.html
• Professional Tester’s Manifesto – http://www.professionaltestersmanifesto.org/

Items of Interest for Testers

• Minnesota schools hit glitches with online testing – Christopher Magan – http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_27211647/minnesota-schools-hit-glitches-online-testing

Year in Review / Goals 2015

• My Year 2014 – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2014/12/23/year-2014/
• My year in review – Lee Hawkins – http://therockertester.wordpress.com/2014/12/23/my-year-in-review/
• Testing a hospital, and a very short year 2014 review. – Patrick Prill – http://testpappy.wordpress.com/2014/12/22/testing-a-hospital-and-a-very-short-year-2014-review/
• What my Mom Taught me About Life and Testing – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2014/12/23/what-my-mom-taught-me-about-life-and-testing/

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