SOFTWARE TESTING

Was looking at the recipe of pancakes. Cannot understand what the ingredients are :)

one more video on testing. serious one by James Whittaker

6th Annual Google Test Automation Conference 2011 (GTAC 2011) "Cloudy With A Chance Of Tests" Computer History Museum Mountain View, CA USA October 26-27, 2011 Opening Keynote: Test is Dead Presented by Alberto Savoia More on testing from google

Over the last five years the supply of resources in the web slightly changed. Earlier there were only articles available. Therefore today I would spot the best knowlegde sharing form - webinars. Here is a link to StickyMinds webseminar s - higly recommend to find How Google Tests Software Presented by: James Whittaker, Test Engineering Director, Google. Won't regret! The material presented in webinar may be found in new book by three google co-authers: James A. Whittaker , Jason Arbon , Jeff Carollo

Reporting status on ISTQB advanced test analyst certificate: preparation in progress. Almost finishing reading the book , then will try another one . Do not feel very exciting while digging into testing theory - in my current position I do not use a lot what I read about. Just taking care of my present and future as a tester. Would be nice to be certified. On of the best sites found recently - softwaretestinggenius.com . Full site of pdf download, ISTQB sample questions. Sample exams could be the latest phase of preparation for me - after the Books. Any recommendation? http://www.softwaretestinggenius.com

Sometimes, as a user, I report bugs on various systems. Very seldom, ussually by support email. Today opened my google adsense account after a long break. Was surprised by new feature on the top right menu 'Report the issue'. As a tester, of course I tried it without sending the real issue to google. Wow! As my colleague said 'Respect'. Really nice and user friendly feature. A load for support people should be higher to review the screen images. On the whole, the time should be saved for questions / answers and time for getting 'what did they mean by this'. The images will give more info :) Really cool thing.

Early call for paper - Theory and Practice of Software Testing (TAPOST 2011), 12th International Conference: Forming Basis of Globally Mature Testing. When: Riga (Latvia), May 26, 2011

Have registered to utest.com a few years ago, although have not tried to test any of the projects there. Have you? What I found recently - the utest blog , full of interesting articles and interviews. Recommend.

short pdf with slides on agile testing . hot topic for me.

Two months ago I joined scrum team in another company. Sharing the video I really enjoy about scrum:

I have got a chance to work at previous www.aitecs.com, now Moog as software tester for five months. Worked with software for infusion pumps. It was a great experience for me as a tester and want to share with some impressions. 1. Same rules. The first lesson I learned that same rules for testing apply everywhere. Embedded software frightened a little. I thought it should be very different, and I do not know how to test. I learned that all the rules that apply to web site test, application testing, also apply to embedded software testing. Testing the software of infusion pump got me back to pure testing. Analyzing the new functionality, applying mixed of black and some white box methods, searching through requirements made me feel real tester. 2. Validation. For me verification and validation used to be only theoretical expressions. And not clear enough what they mean. I have been testing a few IT projects and mainly worked with verification. Used to verify the software is made accord...

Baltic testers invited to conference "Theory and Practice of Software Testing", 11th International Conference 'Discover the Tester in You' - July 6, 2010 in Ryga (Latvia). Call for papers announced: two types of presentations are planned – short (15 minutes of talk, 5 minutes for questions) and long (30 minutes of talk, 10 minutes for questions). The submission should include a meaningful abstract of your presentation (up to 3 pages), indication of presentation type (short or long), a short biography and full contact details. Language – English. For more info on topics look at is.lv website. I am interested in suggested topic: Embedded software testing challenges, tips and tricks: Testing embedded software. It would not be correct to present topic on project I no longer work with, so will try to make a longer post here later.

If you ever, like me, had question what to choose - ISTQB or ISEB, this article at sogeti should help you :)

job ad for tester in Vilnius

EuroSPI Conference September 2-4,2009 Madrid, Spain Conquest 2009 September 16-18, 2009 Nuremberg, Germany Software & Systems Quality Conferences October 5, 2009 London, UK Agile Testing Days October 12-14, 2009 Berlin, Germany expo:QA October 27-29, 2009 Madrid, Spain EuroSTAR Nov 30 - Dec 03, 2009 Stockholm, Sweden

Programinės įrangos testuotojas (-a) Vieta : Vilnius Darbuotojo veiklos sritis : IT, telekomunikacija Siūlomo darbo pobūdis : - įmonės gaminamų medicinos prietaisų programinės įrangos: • funkcinis testavimas, • patogumo naudotis testavimas, • vartotojo sąsajos testavimas, • saugumo testavimas; - testavimo scenarijų kūrimas; - testavimo ataskaitų rengimas. Reikalavimai: - analitinis mąstymas, kruopštumas, užsispyrimas siekiant tikslo, iniciatyvumas; - sugebėjimas dirbti komandoje ir savarankiškai; - geros anglų kalbos žinios (raštu); - testavimo darbo patirtis; - darbo patirtis su defektų valdymo sistemomis (Bugzilla, Trac ar pan.); - darbas su biuro programomis (MS Office, OpenOffice ar pan.) patirtis. Privalumai : - programavimo patirtis (C/C++); - mikrovaldiklių pagrindų išmanymas; - elektronikos pagrindų išmanymas Įmonė siūlo: - galimybę tobulinti žinias kursuose, seminaruose; - papildomą lengvatų paketą; - kvalifikaciją atitinkantį atlyginimą; - draugišką kolektyvą bei gera...

New search engine from google dedicated for software automated testing. all search results relating only testing. Trie www.googleautomation.com

Time from time while searching in the web I find interesting stuff, relating testing. Mostly grammar small bugs. Decided to share with you. Today's picture was found in internet bank system, swedbank. Tried to edit my direct debit payment, and did not get the right button name :)

everyone has been talking about crisis, The Crisis, already more than a year. so, what is the crisis impact for software testing and testers? "software consulting firm Ovum claims that the worldwide software testing services market is projected to reach 56 billion dollars by 2013, despite the global economic crisis" . In my background, all IT sector has less sofware projects. Companies save money first of all cutting IT expenses. IT software companies may start saving with fewer testers. One person commented: "a client does want to buy testing services. He will test the product himself". Developers and coders are more valuable - they code and then test the product. And the tester remains as a luxury for better times. When considering among testers, company would necessarily cut manual testers first over technical testers. How do you feel crisis as a tester?

My late impressions on ‚ 1 0th Annual Conference for Testing Professionals "TEST MORE FOR LESS". One day conference, starting early in the morning. Had a chance to see Riga old town in the evening. It was not first time taking attending the conference – during studies at the UNI, we have prepared once. This was the first time I attended a testing related event. So many testers in one place :) The organisers of the conference really worked hard. Our company group enjoyed everything – the presentations in English, the time management, coffy breaks and tasty luch. Now, the program and all conference material are available at is.lv website. The main impression – automation and agile rules. Last year we also switched from waterfall to RUP iteration. and starting more serious automated testing.. What is the drawback of a conference, that presentations are short. (If you are not interested or do not understand Latvian, of course, happy it is only 20-30 minutes) When you are really ...