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Summer QAmp Brain Dump: Need BRAAIINS!!! (TESTHEAD)

On May 14, 2012, in Syndicated, by admin
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It probably has not gone unnoticed that I am posting less frequently than usual. There’s a few reasons for that, and one of them is that I am trying to get all of my ideas down for the education modules that we will be preparing for Summer QAmp. I had …

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Let’s Test 2012: an awesome conference! – Part 1 (Magnifiant: exploring software testing)

On May 14, 2012, in Syndicated, by admin
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The world of software testing is changing and Context-driven testing (CDT) is upcoming. In the USA it is better known and more applied than with us in Europe. Overseas in the USA the Association for Software Testing (AST) is fairly … Continue reading

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New home for my blog (sbarber's blog)

On May 14, 2012, in Syndicated, by admin
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In case any of you are wondering why I haven’t been posting here, it’s because my blog now lives at Peak Performance. I’ve tried to migrate all the content from here that I believe has historical significance to make things easy to find. I hope you’ll …

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Applying the SFDPOT heuristic to mobile testing (Karen Nicole Johnson)

On May 11, 2012, in Syndicated, by admin
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One of the comments I’ve made about mobile testing is that we need to “find our mobile sanity” in part what I mean by this is – we need to recognize that everything we’ve learned about software testing doesn’t change because we have a new computing platform – in fact, we can apply lessons we’ve [...]

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Is "first" a Code Smell? (Abakas)

On May 10, 2012, in Syndicated, by admin
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I was looking at some code the other day and noticed that it had a line like this:

@product.first.price

And I cringed. Not because I knew it was wrong (it wasn’t). But because using “.first” feels like a code smell. (I should note that this…

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How I got to Rapid Software Testing… (Martial Tester)

On May 10, 2012, in Syndicated, by admin
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So not too long ago I tweeted this… @martialtester: I NEED to get to the #RST class in Melbourne in June. Who will help me convince my boss? The response was great.  Some good suggestions and many offers of assistance! … Continue reading &…

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Estonian II Context-driven Testers Peer Conference – PEST2

On May 9, 2012, in Events, News, Newsletter, by dpizzica
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Experience Report Provided by: Kristjan Uba Date: 16-18 March, 2012 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Twitter: #PEST2  Web: http://www.testerstower.com/ PEST2 = 9 peers from 6 companies for 2 days with infinite amount of good ideas. Not counting the beers and fun. The conference theme was “Taking one for the team.” Ideas discussed at this peer conference include: [...]

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Context-Driven Dining

On May 9, 2012, in Events, News, Newsletter, by dpizzica
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Experience report provided by Rajesh Mathur 3/14/12 Hong Kong AST’s Grant program sponsored a group of software testers for an evening of dinner and discussion. The question of the night: How to Improve Effectiveness of Testing? Before divulging the details of our discussion, here’s a little context about this particular group of testers. We met [...]

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Cucumber Nerds: Can Color and Pipes Coexist? (TESTHEAD)

On May 9, 2012, in Syndicated, by admin
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I think I have gotten to a point where I have done all I can do to try to figure out a problem, and I’m coming up empty handed, so to my wonderful tester friends out there, especially those well versed in Cucumber, I need your help.In a perfect world, …

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I attended Let’s Test, without attending! (Martial Tester)

On May 8, 2012, in Syndicated, by admin
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So I didn’t really attend Let’s Test… I wish I had!  Sounds like an awesome CONFERence, and I’m only hearing great things about it. However, I did get the opportunity to help with one of the sessions!  Anne-Marie Charrett&#821…

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