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
• Explore capabilities, not features – Gojko Adzic – http://gojko.net/2015/03/12/explore-capabilities-not-features/
• “How on earth will we approach the challenge?”, by Paul Gerrard. Part 1. – A1QA – http://a1qa.com/blog/how-on-earth-will-we-approach-the-challenge-interview-with-paul-gerarrd-part-1/
• How to Test a Spoon? – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2015/03/13/how-to-test-a-spoon/
• Review: “Integrating Skilled Testing with Agile Development” (Part 1) – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2015/03/10/review-integrating-skilled-testing-with-agile-development-part-1/
• Review: “Integrating Skilled Testing with Agile Development” (Part 2) – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2015/03/11/review-integrating-skilled-testing-with-agile-development-part-2/
• Review: “Integrating Skilled Testing with Agile Development” (Part 3) – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2015/03/12/review-integrating-skilled-testing-with-agile-development-part-3/
• Standards – a charming illusion of action – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/03/12/standards-a-charming-illusion-of-action/
• Supporting your principles of testing – Nicolai L. Nielsen – http://testing4tw.blogspot.com/2015/03/supporting-your-principles-of-testing.html
• Testers, stop saying these 3 things – Majd – http://knowledgetester.org/2015/03/09/testers-stop-saying-these-3-things/
• Today and Tomorrow: Mobile’s Impact on Development and Testing: An Interview with James Montemagno – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/today-and-tomorrow-mobiles-impact-development-and-testing-interview-james-montemagno
• The role of testers in an agile environment – John Stevenson – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-role-of-testers-in-agile-environment.html
• Why is a bug called a bug? – Gareth Waterhouse – http://www.testingthewaterhouse.com/2015/03/why-is-bug-called-bug.html
• Why Risk Based Testing is Important in Agile Projects – Dave Higgins – http://www.testingexcellence.com/risk-based-testing-agile/
• Why Not a Testing Standard? – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2015/03/why-not-testing-standard.html

Tools

• Applitools – What is Visual Validation Testing – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/03/11/applitools-how-to-get-started-with-visual-validation-testing/
• DevOps and the Tester: Provision with Chef Solo – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2015/03/devops-and-the-tester-provision-with-chef-solo/
• DevOps and the Tester: Provision with Chef Server – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2015/03/devops-and-the-tester-provision-with-chef-server/
• Running mobile automation on multiple devices – Qxf2 – http://qxf2.com/blog/running-mobile-automation-on-multiple-devices/
• Visual Regression Tools: BackstopJS – Shashikant Jagtap – http://shashikantjagtap.net/visual-regression-tools-backstopjs/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• CAST 2015: webCAST – Save the Dates – AST – http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/2015/03/11/cast-2015-webcast-save-the-dates/
• Creativity in Testing: A Workshop – Shoshannah Gil – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2015/03/creativity-testing-workshop-2/
• Let’s blog about…Let’s Test BeNeLux – Nathalie – http://funtestic.blogspot.com/2015/03/lets-blog-aboutlets-test-benelux.html
• Register Now for uTest’s ‘How to Find Highly Valuable Bugs’ Webinar – Linda Seid Frembes – http://blog.utest.com/2015/03/13/register-now-for-utests-how-to-find-highly-valuable-bugs-webinar/
• Workshop about Specifications and Testing. – Jokin Aspiazu – http://jokinaspiazu.blogspot.com/2015/03/workshop-about-specifications-and.html
• WTEU-55 – Sharing your testing toolkit – Dan Billing – http://weekendtesting.com/archives/3988

Attention Ohio Testers:

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

• Podcast: 43: Adam Carmi: Applitools – Stress Free Automated Visual Validation Testing – Joe Colantonio – http://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/43-adam-carmi-stress-free-automated-visual-validation-testing/
• Podcast: Episode #56 Sharepoint Performance With Andi Grabner – Mark Tomlinson – http://www.perfbytes.com/sharepoint-performance-with-andi-grabner
• Podcast: Testing in the Pub Episode 16 – TDD and BDD with Alan Parkinson – Dan Ashby – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/testing/tdd-bdd-alan-parkinson/
• ISO 29119 Petition – http://www.commonsensetesting.org/news/files/PetitionISO29119.html
• Professional Tester’s Manifesto – http://www.professionaltestersmanifesto.org/

Items of Interest for Testers

• Google Apps bug exposes some users’ personal info – Don Reisinger – http://www.cnet.com/news/bug-in-google-apps-exposes-some-users-personal-info/
• TESTHEAD Turns Five Today – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2015/03/testhead-turns-five-today.html
• This is How We Do It: Ben Horowitz on How Software Testing Has Changed – Steve Rosenbush – http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2015/03/12/signalfuse-horowitz/

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