The Monday Times
October 31st 2011 - The Software Testing Week That Was. A lot going on this week in the news, blogosphere and events. GTAC, STPCon, Meetups... Hope you enjoy the new format! :)
Blogs and News...
Model-based Testing User Survey · Model-Based Testing CommunityThis part of the page gives you a short impression of what is happening around MBT on Twitter, Delicious, RSS, Facebook, etc.
Checking Alignment | Test ObsessedLet's start at the beginning. Somebody, somewhere, needs some software. Maybe we're serving an internal "customer" who needs a simple bai...- Software testing? Not going away anytime soon. | testjutsuThis one is a response to a blog post by Eric Jacobson, who wrote up some notes from James Whittaker's keynote at STARwest. I myself did ...
Build your own model of software testing – “the quotes”Have you tried to build your own definition of Software Testing? One that you can refine as you learn more stuff and the years go by? Tha...- Perze Ababa: Let's Get Rid of the QA Teamone end of the spectrum What if you walk into work and your boss walks in and tells your group that, we need to make some cutbacks and we...
Where are the technically inclined testers?
Over the years I have worked with a whole range of testers, both functional and technical, who have shown different levels of comfort wit...
Get discounts on books, conferences and workshopsI speak at a lot of conferences and I often get promo codes from the organisers for people to buy cheaper tickets. I kind of ignored this...- Tester's Trek - A Software Tester's Journey: Recap of past 10 monthsIt has been awhile since I have posted to my blog. I am happy to say that I have been approved to continue writing and updating this site...
- It’s all just testing » Tooth of the WeaselI've been having one of those experiences where a lot of the random bits of flotsam on my radar are sort of converging. But I don't know ...
To test that something is gone - Software Testing Club - An Online Software Testing CommunityRecently I had the great opportunity to visit the only museum in the world for the ICBM's of the Cold War - http://www.rvsn.com.ua/en/. T...Wade Wachs » Blog Archive » Exploratory Testing
James Bach states, "The plainest definition of exploratory testing is test design and test execution at the same time." I had a very inte...
WatirMelon Spinach"Spinach is a new awesome BDD framework that features encapsulation and modularity of your step definitions." Seems like a good idea, so ...From Scrum to Kanban
You can add more flexibility to Scrum Sprint planning process, but introducing a kanban appraoch to development. Many feel that Sprints a...- The EuroSTAR Blog - All the latest testing NewsI fully admit it: I'm extraordinarily biased to having developers and testers co-located in the same room, or even at the same desk. I've...
- Model-based Testing User Survey · Model-Based Testing CommunityThis part of the page gives you a short impression of what is happening around MBT on Twitter, Delicious, RSS, Facebook, etc.
- How to test better with add-on(s)? | Santhosh Tuppad'sYou must have known the add-on(s) mindmap which we (Moolyavans) created (URL: http://moolya.com/blog/2011/03/04/addon-mindmap-for-testers...
- Testing Toasters: Oh, Poor QAGeez Dilbert. Must we perpetuate the stereotype that QA engineers (or testers) are intellectually inferior to developers. While I don't d...
- I recently did a session at a UKTMF event (UK Test Managers Forum) on modern practical Agile, and the dangers of following the misleading...
- Perze Ababa: An AnnouncementIn the 15 months that I've been with my current company, I've had the pleasure of working with two of the best bosses that a test manager...
- uTest and Mozilla Release Beta Version of CaseConductor | Software Testing BlogAs you probably know, uTest is all about the community. In fact, we built this company on the idea that testing could be greatly enhanced...
On Meetups (and ones coming up this month):
- Testing Introspection: First Liverpool STC - done & dustedThe complete write can be found here . This post is focussed on what I took from the meetup & how I can learn from it. So my first at...
