Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2015

Testing Bits – 3/22/15 – 3/28/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 3/22/15 – 3/28/15.

Articles & Blogs

Achieving Mastery – Simon Knight – http://sjpknight.com/achieving-mastery/
Agile is Giving Testers More Influence – Ben Linders – http://www.infoq.com/news/2015/03/agile-testers-influence
Agile Test Strategy Example Template – Amir Ghahrai – http://www.testingexcellence.com/agile-test-strategy-example-template/
Asking Open Questions – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/asking-open-questions/
Bug Return Policy – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/bug-return-policy/
Certification in the Marketplace – Andy Carrington-Chappell – http://www.carrington-chappell.co.uk/2015/03/27/certification-in-the-marketplace/

Posted on Saturday, March 28, 2015

Tweet Bits from #TestBash 2015

One thing that I really enjoy doing to keep up with the testing community is reading over Tweets after major testing conferences.

#Testbash 2015 looked like an incredible event based on the posts and slides that I read over.

I thought I would save some of you time and list out some of my favorite Tweets that I read from the conference. In true Twitter fashion, posts below are from latest to earliest.

While this post is long, I hope you enjoy reading over the list as much as I did. There are some great nuggets of information. I am curious to know what some of your favorite posts might be!

Thank you to all the testers that took the time to live tweet at the event.

Test Bash 2015
Date: Friday 27th of March 2015 – 9am – 6pm
Location: Brighton, U.K.
http://www.ministryoftesting.com/training-events/testbash-2015/

And now….to the Tweets.

Posted on Sunday, March 22, 2015

Testing Bits – 3/15/15 – 3/21/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 3/15/15 – 3/21/15.

Articles & Blogs

7 Deadly Sins of Test Automation – Amir Ghahrai – http://www.testingexcellence.com/7-deadly-sins-of-test-automation/
A story about mini-waterfall. Interview with Janet Gregory.Part 2 – A1QA Blog – http://a1qa.com/blog/a-story-about-mini-waterfall-interview-with-janet-gregory-part-2/
Analysis of ISO 29119-1 – Eric Progler – http://testingthoughts.com/ericproegler/?p=626
Android UI Automated Testing – Mona El Mahdy – http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2015/03/android-ui-automated-testing.html
Critical Mass: A TestBash 2015 Preview – Dan Billing – https://thetestdoctor.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/critical-mass-a-testbash-2015-preview/
Drive like you were testing – Jokin Aspiazu – http://jokinaspiazu.blogspot.com/2015/03/drive-like-you-were-testing.html
ET Session of Google.com.au – Report – David Greenless – https://martialtester.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/et-session-of-google-com-au-report/

Posted on Sunday, March 15, 2015

Testing Bits – 3/8/15 – 3/14/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 3/8/15 – 3/14/15.

Articles & Blogs

Blog: Oracles Are About Problems, Not Correctness – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2015/03/oracles-are-about-problems-not-correctness/
Bobbing for Embedded Apples – Anne-Marie Charrett – http://mavericktester.com/archive/bobbing-for-embedded-apples/
Clean Up Your Bug Tracker and Keep Numbers Manageable – Timothy Western – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/clean-your-bug-tracker-and-keep-numbers-manageable
Destructive Software Testing – Mohanid Ragel – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2015/03/destructive-software-testing/
Devops With Testers – Amy Phillips – https://testingthemind.wordpress.com/2015/03/09/devops-with-testers/
Discipline? I don’t know the meaning of the word – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2015/03/discipline-i-dont-know-meaning-of-word.html

Posted on Sunday, March 8, 2015

Testing Bits – 3/1/15 – 3/7/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 3/1/15 – 3/7/15.

Articles & Blogs

11 interview questions for QA managers – Martin Poschenrieder – http://blog.testmunk.com/10-interview-questions-for-qa-managers/
A few questions to ask upon a bug fix – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2015/03/03/a-few-questions-to-ask-upon-a-bug-fix/
A new breed of startups is helping hackers make millions — legally – Ben Popper – http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/4/8140919/get-paid-for-hacking-bug-bounty-hackerone-synack
A story about mini-waterfall. Interview with Janet Gregory.Part 1 – A1QA – http://a1qa.com/blog/a-story-about-mini-waterfall-part-1/
A Tester among Developers: Life beyond the Code – Anastasia Kotsevich – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/tester-among-developers-life-beyond-code
Accessibility Testing: Should You Use a Manual or Automated Approach? – Sunil Dangwal – http://www.techwell.com/2015/03/accessibility-testing-should-you-use-manual-or-automated-approach
All or Nothing, or Why Ask Then? – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2015/03/all-or-nothing-or-why-ask-then.html

Posted on Friday, March 6, 2015

Software QA & Testing Meetup – March 2015 Meetup Scheduled

Attention: Ohio Testers

Our February meeting recently concluded with a good discussion and recap of “What I Learned at QA or the Highway 2015”

Our Topic for March: An Intro to Cucumber

The format is simple: bring your laptops. We will build a cucumber framework from scratch. Here we will walk folks through the process from the ground up; creating a project, directories, gherkin scripts, and create some step definitions. Time permitting maybe even launch a browser and hit a web page.

Don’t forget to bring your laptop as this is meant to be an interactive and hands on experience for the evening where YOU build the framework.

Posted on Monday, March 2, 2015

Testing Bits – 2/22/15 – 2/28/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 2/22/15 – 2/28/15.

Articles & Blogs

11 Ways You Know You’re a Tester.. – Bhumika M. – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/11-ways-you-know-youre-a-tester/
A lone tester’s guide to her developers – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-lone-testers-guide-to-her-developers.html
A Testers Portfolio – Stephen Janaway – http://stephenjanaway.co.uk/stephenjanaway/experiences/a-testers-portfolio/
Accessibility Testing: Four Tips for Doing It Right – Melissa Tondi – http://www.techwell.com/2015/02/accessibility-testing-four-tips-doing-it-right
Active testers should be the norm – KC – https://testkeis.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/active-testers-should-be-the-norm/
Am I a Tester? – Peter Karas – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2015/02/tester/