Testing Bits – 1/18/15 – 1/24/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 1/18/15 – 1/24/15.

Articles & Blogs

• 10 Lessons Learned from 10 Years of Career in Software Testing – Bhumika M. – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/10-lessons-learned-from-10-years-of-career-in-software-testing/
• A Novel-long Standard. Intervew with James Christie – A1QA – http://a1qa.com/blog/a-novel-long-standard-intervew-with-james-christie/
• A World Without “Heroes”? – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2015/01/a-world-without-heroes.html
• Adjusting to Working in a Cross-Functional Team Part I – Nicola Owen – http://nickytests.blogspot.com/2015/01/adjusting-to-working-in-cross.html
• Agile Testing – The Dangers of putting off Automation – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/01/20/agile-testing-the-dangers-of-putting-off-automation/
• Ask the Expert: Michael Larsen Answers Testing Careers Questions – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2015/01/20/ask-the-expert-michael-larsen-answers-testing-careers-questions/
• Blog: Very Short Blog Posts (22): “That wouldn’t be practical” – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2015/01/very-short-blog-posts-22-that-wouldnt-be-practical/
• Driving a mindset change: why it is good to sell non-existing features? – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/01/driving-mindset-change-why-it-is-good.html
• Experience is Earned, Expertise is Granted – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2015/01/experience-is-earned-expertise-is.html
• “Fix on failure” – a failure to understand failure – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/fix-on-failure-a-failure-to-understand-failure/
• Generic Testing Personas – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2015/01/generic-testing-personas.html
• Great manager does not keep bullshit away from me – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/01/great-manager-does-not-keep-bullshit.html
• Hone Your Craft, Raise Your Hand – Jim Holmes – http://frazzleddad.blogspot.com/2015/01/hone-your-craft-raise-your-hand.html
• How Do You Test a Web Page that is Media Rich? – Swati Seela – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/test-a-web-page-that-is-media-rich/
• How to communicate: Tools of the trade – Seth Eliot – http://www.setheliot.com/blog/2015/01/19/how-to-communicate-tools-of-the-trade/
• Inadvertent Local Optimisation – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2015/01/inadvertent-local-optimisation.html
• Leveling Up Your Testing Skills – Jeremy Carey-Dressler – http://about98percentdone.blogspot.com/2015/01/leveling-up-your-testing-skills.html
• Qualitative Research Coding & Mind Maps – Simon Knight – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2015/01/qualitative-research-coding-mind-maps/
• Service Virtualization interview about usability – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/service-virtualization-interview-about-usability/
• The Ethics of a Testing Job Interview – Jeremy Carey-Dressler – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/ethics-testing-job-interview
• Three Reasons Testers Should Test for Opportunities…and Not Bugs – Anand Ramdeo – http://blog.utest.com/2015/01/22/three-reasons-testers-should-test-for-opportunities-and-not-bugs/
• Variations On A Curve – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2015/01/variations-on-a-curve.html
• What Windows 10 Means for Testers – Nikhil Kaul – http://blog.smartbear.com/user-experience/what-windows-10-means-for-testers/
• You Can Only Take Responsibility For What You Can Control. But, – Shri – https://shristestingblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/you-can-only-take-responsibility-for-what-you-can-control-but/

Tools

• Five automated acceptance test anti-patterns – Alister Scott – http://watirmelon.com/2015/01/20/five-automated-acceptance-test-anti-patterns/
• Getting Started with JMeter – Simon Knight – http://sjpknight.com/getting-started-with-jmeter/
• Maximize Window Using Selenium WebDriver And By Using Abstract Window Toolkit – Dwarika Dhish Mishra – http://www.abodeqa.com/2015/01/20/maximize-window-using-selenium-webdriver-and-by-using-abstract-window-toolkit/
• Waiting for One of Two Things To Appear on a Page in Java Selenium – The Director – http://qahatesyou.com/wordpress/2015/01/waiting-for-one-of-two-things-to-appear-on-a-page-in-java-selenium/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• CAST Is Turning TEN YEARS OLD and We’re Throwing a Party! – Pete Walen – http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/2015/01/19/cast-is-turning-ten-years-old/
• DEWT5 Report – Ruud Cox – https://dewt.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/dewt5-report/
• Do You Want to Move Testing Forward? – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2015/01/do-you-want-to-move-testing-forward.html
• Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen – Geir Gulbrandsen – https://plusonetesting.wordpress.com/2015/01/20/wonderful-wonderful-copenhagen/
• WTT-01: Trello-boration – Albert Gareev – http://weekendtesting.com/archives/3910

Attention Ohio Testers:

1/27/15 – Columbus, OH – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Testing Trends 2015 and Beyond – http://bit.ly/146azaL

2/5/15 – Columbus, OH – Columbus ATDD Developers Group – “Test quickly, deploy often” – http://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/events/218835867/

2/17/15 – Columbus, OH – QA or the Highway Conference – http://qaorthehighway.com/

2/19/15 – Cleveland, OH – NOSQAA – Speaking Their Language: What Testers Can Learn to Work Effectively with Programmers – http://nosqaa.org/?page_id=46

Miscellaneous

• Magazines: January 2015 Edition – Download Free PDF – Ajoy Kumar Singha  – http://www.testingcircus.com/january-2015/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 16 – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=51
• Survey: So, What Do Testers Do? (We Need Your Input!) – Rosie Sherry – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2015/01/testers-need-input/
• Video: HTTP Sampler – 5th JMeter training video – Tarun Kumar – HTTP Sampler – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNh605nxyb

Items of Interest for Testers

• 11 Costly Website Crashes and Application Performance Bloopers to Learn from in 2015 – Laura Strassman – http://blog.smartbear.com/web-performance/11-costly-website-crashes-application-performance-bloopers/
• CTO advocates automated tests and continuous delivery – James Denman – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/feature/CTO-advocates-automated-tests-and-continuous-delivery
• Google Project Zero With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility. – Jonathan Ross – http://warptest.com/2015/01/google-project-zero-great-power-comes-great-responsibility/
• Google Inc.’s Latest Android Bug is a Prime Example of Internet of Things Security Problems – Chris Neiger – http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/01/21/google-incs-latest-android-bug-is-a-prime-exampl-2.aspx
• Learning from Failure – Naomi Karten – http://www.techwell.com/2015/01/learning-failure
• Windows10 Redefines Innovation As Microsoft Reaches For The Stars – Jonathan Ross – http://warptest.com/2015/01/windows10-redefines-innovation-microsoft-reaches-stars/

State of Testing Survey 2015

• State of Testing Survey is now live! – Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/2015/01/state-of-testing-survey-is-now-live/
• Please Participate in the State of Testing 2015 Survey! – Bernice Niel Ruhland – http://thetestersedge.com/2015/01/24/please-participate-in-the-state-of-testing-2015-survey/
• State of Testing 2015 survey – Claire Banks – http://howigotintotesting.blogspot.com/2015/01/state-of-testing-2015-survey.html
• State of Testing Survey – 2015 – Ajay Balamurugadas – http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com/2015/01/state-of-testing-survey-2015.html
• State of Testing Survey 2015 – Dwarika Dhish Mishra – http://www.abodeqa.com/2015/01/21/state-of-testing-survey-2015/
• State of Testing Survey 2015 – Chris Kenst – http://www.mytechfetish.com/2015/01/state-of-testing-survey-2015.html
• State of Testing Survey 2015 Opening for Participation – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2015/01/21/state-of-testing-survey-2015-opening-for-participation/
• Take Two: A Survey on “The 2015 State of Testing” – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2015/01/take-two-survey-on-2015-state-of-testing.html
• The Testing Survey 2015 – Andrei Contan – http://andrei.contan.ro/testing-survey-2015/
• What’s the State of Testing in 2015? Take this Survey! – Joe Strazzere – http://www.allthingsquality.com/2015/01/whats-state-of-testing-in-2015-take.html

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