Keeping The Conference Momentum Going
The latest links, discussions, articles and more
[Webinar] Unconventional Ideas for Revolutionary Testing Teams
One of the biggest obstacles to generate change in any QA team is the lack of good or new ideas. Learn how to generate these ideas and improve the way your testing team works! January 16th — There is no cost to attend.
Masterclass — A Tester’s Guide to Testing AI Applications
On Tuesday 23rd January at 8pm (UK Time), Bill Matthews will discuss how testing an AI-based application differs from traditional applications and will discuss some strategies to help you tackle AI-based software. If you are not currently working on a product or project that includes AI technology, it’s highly likely that you will be within the next 5 years.
Keeping The Conference Momentum Going
Conferences provide a great learning opportunity, and a chance to share and learn from the experiences of others. Maximising those learnings is still a challenge when you are in the post-conference state. In this article, Dan offers some techniques and practices to both keep the momentum going, and effectively implement change in a team using ideas from conferences you’ve attended.
TestBash Brighton: Exposing The UnExpo
The UnExpo is going to be an attendee-driven expo. Meaning that rather than a room full of vendors promoting their wares, we’ll have a room full of attendees sharing their ideas, latest testing innovations or maybe even their latest testing conundrums. Find out how you can run a stand or sponsor the event.
14 Most Popular Articles Of 2017
2017 was a year of supporting new writers in publishing great testing articles. We’ve long believed that we can elevate testers and our community through the power of great words. Good writing is as good as, if not more important than, good speaking. We’re proud and happy with what we published and in 2017 these were the top 14 most visited articles.
TestBash USA 2018 is Heading to San Francisco!
That’s right, our US edition of our software testing conference TestBash for 2018 is heading to the home of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco on the 8–9th November. This event is for you! Got a speaker who you would love to see at TestBash San Francisco? Tell us who that is, we will see if we can make it happen. Join the launch list to find out when the tickets go live.
AI TestChat
We have a new TestChat happening on 31st January at 8pm (UK Time), all about artificial intelligence. We want to know what excites you about testing AI, how does it differ from other types of testing, let’s get a discussion going.
TestBash Germany Is Returning to Munich in 2018!
TestBash is returning to Munich on 14th September 2018! Are you eager to share stories and ideas with the community or have a solution to a tricky problem you solved? We want talks that are creative, entertaining, but also educational.
Top Ten TestBash Talks Of 2017
We heard a total of 66 talks at TestBash events this year, many of which were from new speakers, all of which were awesome. Despite the collective awesomeness, the MoT bosses have put their heads together and would like to share their chosen top ten TestBash talks of 2017.
The Club
We’ve picked a few topics of interest from The Club for you to read, contribute and generally get involved with.
What are you doing now?
I got a kinda tricky question. My main problem is, that I want to improve my testing. I was on many conferences, learned many tools, but I am still mainly a developer. How do you think can I improve myself to testing or integrate testing more into my fulltime developer job?
What is your office layout like?
Different work environments work better for different people. What is your office layout like? Have you worked in a few different types? Is there one you prefer?
Community Posts
Highlighting a selection of blog posts from the testing community.
30 articles for tech leaders written by women — Katrina the Tester
When I was first promoted to a leadership role in tech, I looked for leadership resources that were written by women with advice targeted to a tech environment. It took some time to discover these articles, which resonated with me and have each contributed to my leadership style in some way.
How To Think Like a Software Tester — The Life Of One Man
The tester doesn’t just compare what happens against the results you expect. This makes testing seem like it is straightforward and mindless.
Testing Blogs
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- Dungeons & Dragons & Testing (oh my!) — Adventures in Test Land
- Notes on Franklin Webber’s webinar, The Ruby Behind Chef — Adventures in Automation
- Don’t confuse Customer Requirements with Product Requirements — Alexey
- Who is the worst enemy of an Agile implementation | Supreme Agile — David Tzemach’s Blog
- It’s nearly always been done before and it doesn’t matter — The Interpretive Tester
- The Prevalence of Parallax — Stories from a Software Tester
- Cynefin and the Greek Square — ASYM APS
- My Automation’s Not Finding Bugs, But That’s OK — Responsible Automation
- Their Art’s in the Right Place — Hiccupps
- 4 stages of any student — Alexey
- Puppeteer for Automated e2e Chrome Testing in Node — WatirMelon
- AMA: Clicking a non-visible element in Watir — WatirMelon
- My hope for Testing in 2018… — Steve Watson — Musings of a Test Manager
- Getting Through 2017 — A Seasoned Tester’s Crystal Ball
Testing Podcasts
A selection of interesting testing podcasts from around the web
- CodeNewbie With Saron Yitbarek, Part 1 — TESTHEAD: The Testing Show
- New Year Special 2018–004 — The Evil Tester Show
- The Testing Show: CodeNewbie With Saron Yitbarek, Part 1 — The Testing Show
- Ep 94: Sound Effects and Overdramatics: The retrospective — Let’s Talk About Tests, Baby
- 34: TDD and Test First — Test and Code
- 184: Sneak Peek 2018 Automation Guild 2018 Online Conference — Test Talks
- 052 Quality is more than Testing: Baking Quality into your Product with Finn Lorbeer — PurePerformance
Testing Chatter
We keep a close eye on our two slack groups — testers.chat and our MoT Slack. This is what they’ve been sharing.
- Report: All Intel Processors Made in the Last Decade Might Have a Massive Security Flaw [Updated]
- Next Level Accessibility: 5 ways I made the freeCodeCamp Guide usable for people with disabilities
- Researchers Discover Two Major Flaws in the World’s Computers — The New York Times
- Gustavo Rivera — best browser add-ons for Testing v2
- People Keep On Getting Wrongly Arrested Due To IP Address Typos By Police
- US ISP Tells Users That Repeat Piracy Notices May Lead To “Thermostat Issues”
- ‘Kernel memory leaking’ Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign • The Register
