Weekly News & Insights. But I’m Not a Security Tester!
Do You Have the Right Software Test Metrics?
You need meaningful, actionable metrics to test smarter, better and faster. QASymphony’s 14-page QA data and metrics guide discusses
- The Need for Analytics and Visibility in Testing
- Reporting: Getting the Most from Metrics
- Relying on Data to Improve Software
But I’m Not A Security Tester!
There are many who would say that all testers should know about web security testing. While knowing more about web security is a good idea for anyone who spends time online, I think there are situations where you may not need to know anything about web security testing. Read more on this article here.
30 Days of Security Testing
The #30DaysOfSecurityTesting kicks off this week! Are you taking part? We have a mix of individuals and teams. Don’t forget to share your journey, you can tag us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Find out more on 30 Days of Security Testing.
TestBash Brighton Early bird Tickets
Don’t forget our Earlybird tickets finish on the 31st January. The conference is on the 24th March and is always a great space to collaborate, share ideas, learn something new and find solutions to those long-standing problems. Click here for your ticket
Three Digestible Diagrams to Describe Exploratory Testing
How might you explain exploratory testing so your team and customers have the best chance to realise its true value? Read more on the topic here
What the hell kind of testing is that?
Many organisations are not ready to accept the differences between exploratory testing and more traditional testing methods. Often times people you are trying to sell to are left asking “What The Hell Kind of Testing Is That?” and not in a good way. Watch the video over on our Dojo
Testing Blogs
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- Context-Driven Testing — Geekonomicon
- TestBash NL 2017 Conference Day Live Blog — A Priori
- “Software Testing Trends for 2017” WebinarQuality Remarks — Quality Remarks
- Ep 70: The Novella Of Testing — Let’s Talk About Tests, Baby
- Why split development and testing? — The Growing Tester
- Cambridge Lean Coffee — Hiccupps
- Adventures in Automation: Test Automation and Specification by Example with Greg Tutunjian: Notes on Ministry of Testing — Boston Meetup — T.J. Maher
- The probability of data loss in large clusters — Martin Kleppmann’s blog
- Listens Learned in Software Testing — Hiccupps
- When Features are bugs — offbeattesting
- How do I test?: Test Strategy in 10 minutes — Pekka Marjamäki
- Q&A with Richard Bradshaw (aka Friendly Tester) — richrtesting
- Better Test Code Principles: #1 Don’t copy/paste the code. Reuse it. — iAmALittleTester
- Always test these 5 conditions in software — SQA Mate — Medium
Testing Chatter
We go hunting to see what testers are talking about, so you don’t have to!
- Data driven testing: Moving your Gherkin scenarios to API — Mark Winteringham
- All I know is I’m lost without you…. — Chris Test
- How much does employee turnover really cost? — Resources for Humans — Medium
- Spiraling Ops Debt & the SRE coding imperative — Rob Hirschfeld
- A Beginner’s Guide to Automated Testing — Kat Busch; Hackernoon
- QA Analyst — Inviqa
- Protractor: Tips for better End-to-End Tests — Toby The Testers Blog
- Test Analyst — boohoo
- Senior Quality Analyst — Riot Games
- Test Engineer — Traffit