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
• An Approach to Test Reporting – Jyothi Rangaiah – http://chroniclesoftesting.blogspot.com/2015/03/an-approach-to-test-reporting.html
• Automation Assessment – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2015/03/automation-assessment.html
• Beyond 140 Characters – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2015/03/04/beyond-140-characters/
• Considering Net Neutrality and API Access – John Mueller – http://blog.smartbear.com/readyapi/considering-net-neutrality-and-api-access/
• Cynefin In Software Testing – Duncan Nisbet – http://www.duncannisbet.co.uk/cynefin-in-software-testing
• Everybody tests! – Neil Studd – http://blog.neiltest.com/2015/03/05/everybody-tests/
• Get out of your comfort zone! – Christian Kram – http://www.testknight.de/get-out-of-your-comfort-zone/
• How’s your signal to noise ratio going? – Anne-Marie Charrett – http://mavericktester.com/archive/hows-your-signal-to-noise-ratio-going/
• Is Crowdsourcing Good For Quality Assurance? – Sanjay – http://testhuddle.com/is-crowdsourcing-good-for-quality-assurance/
• Lesson #1 – Why should you learn selenium? – David Tzhmach – http://www.dtvisiontech.com/2015/03/lesson-1-why-should-you-learn-selenium.html
• New scrutiny on bug bounties: Is there strength in numbers? – Alan Earls – http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/feature/New-scrutiny-on-bug-bounties-Is-there-strength-in-numbers
• Q: Are we not testers? A: We are QA! – Dave Higgins – http://www.testingexcellence.com/q-not-testers-qa/
• Security, Insecurity, and the Single Tester – Jon Hagar – https://breakingembeddedsoftware.wordpress.com/2015/03/02/security-insecurity-and-the-single-tester/
• Space–The Final Frontier – Gil Zilberfeld – http://www.gilzilberfeld.com/2015/03/spacethe-final-frontier.html
• Testing in an agile world – Christina Mulligan – http://sdtimes.com/testing-agile-world/
• Testing Misconceptions 7 – “Let’s Add That Test Case to the Feature File”…[Facepalm] – Dan Ashby – https://danashby04.wordpress.com/2015/03/02/testing-misconceptions-7-lets-add-that-test-case-to-the-feature-file-facepalm/
• The Art of Bugging: or Where Do Bugs Come From – Gerald Weinberg – http://secretsofconsulting.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-art-of-bugging-or-where-do-bugs.html
• The Value of Checklists in Our Software Testing Work – Michael Sowers – http://www.techwell.com/2015/03/value-checklists-our-software-testing-work
• What My Dogs Taught Me about Permanence – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2015/03/what-my-dogs-taught-me-about-permanence.html

Tools

• Automated Testing in the Cloud with TestChameleon – Georg Hansbauer – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2015/03/automated-testing-cloud-testchameleon/
• Selenium WebDriver 2.45.0 Released – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/03/03/selenium-webdriver-2-45-0-released/
• Serenity BDD – Getting Started using Serenity with Selenium and jBehave – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/03/05/serenity-bdd-getting-started-using-serenity-with-selenium-and-jbehave/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Copenhagen Context Conference 2015, How we got there… – Jokin Aspiazu – http://jokinaspiazu.blogspot.com/2015/03/copenhagen-context-conference-2015-how.html
• Day 0 at the Copenhagen Context Conference. – Jokin Aspiazu – http://jokinaspiazu.blogspot.com/2015/03/day-0-at-copenhagen-context-conference.html
• Mobile Selenium April #LDNSE : Appium and Testdroid – Shashikant Jagtap – http://shashikantjagtap.net/mobile-selenium-april-ldnse-appium-testdroid/
• Software QA & Testing Meetup – March 2015 Meetup Scheduled – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2015/03/06/software-qa-testing-meetup-march-2015-meetup-scheduled/
• Something Special For TestBash Self Funders – Rosie Sherry – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2015/03/something-special-testbash-self-funders/
• WTA–59: What Makes A Good Test Report – Justin Rohrman – http://weekendtesting.com/archives/3981

Attention Ohio Testers:

3/9 – Columbus, Ohio – ASQ 2015 Spring Conference – The World of Deming- Linking the Past to the Future – http://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/events/220545239/

3/12 – Westlake, Ohio – NOSQAA – What’s In a Name? Experimenting With Testing Job Titles w/ Martin Hynie – http://nosqaa.org/?page_id=46

3/19 – Columbus, Ohio – COQAA – Applying ATDD Techniques in a Waterfall Project w/ Matthew Eakin – http://coqaa.org/id1.html

3/31 – Columbus, Ohio – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Intro to Cucumber w/ Matthew Eakin – http://bit.ly/1KwZa7F

Miscellaneous

• Books: A Coaches Guide to Agile Testing – Growing Agile – A book review – John Stevenson – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-coaches-guide-to-agile-testing.html
• Books: Top 10 Books Every Agile Tester Should Read – Amir Ghahrai – http://www.testingexcellence.com/top-10-books-every-agile-tester-should-read/
• Magazines: Tea Time With Testers Jan/Feb 2015 – http://media.wix.com/ugd/c47e45_4d2ec12335a744ee8117632d5f9423cd.pdf
• Podcast: 42: Paul Gerrard: Shift Left – A New Model for Testing – Joe Colantonio – http://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/42-paul-gerrard-shift-left-a-new-model-for-testing/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 18 – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=58
• Podcast: Episode #55 Ten Things Every Developer Should Know – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/ten-things-every-developer-should-know
• Survey: expo:QA Survey Explores Software Testing Salaries – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2015/03/04/expoqa-survey-explores-software-testing-salaries/
• ISO 29119 Petition – http://www.commonsensetesting.org/news/files/PetitionISO29119.html
• Professional Tester’s Manifesto – http://www.professionaltestersmanifesto.org/

Items of Interest for Testers

• Bad, old U.S. policy causes ‘FREAK’ computer bug – CNN – http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/03/technology/freak-bug/
• Hands-on with Vivaldi, the new Web browser for power users – Scott Gilbertson – http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/hands-on-with-vivaldi-the-new-web-browser-for-power-users/
• Microsoft’s new Spartan browser disappoints in first preview – Jan Willem Aldershoff – http://www.myce.com/news/microsofts-new-spartan-browser-disappoints-first-preview-75295/
• Time to FREAK out? How to tell if you’re vulnerable – Gregg Keizer – http://www.computerworld.com/article/2892926/time-to-freak-out-how-to-tell-if-youre-vulnerable.html

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