Problem: Our non-tester colleagues tend to overestimate the importance of checking in a testing performance. Why this post? I have had to counter statements and field questions like: 1. It’s not in the requirements! 2. When can we release? 3. Have you fully tested the product? 4. Why don’t you just automate everything? These questions/misconceptions come from people overestimating the […]
Testing and interviewing
Cool things I read this week (17-Aug-2014)
I read. A lot. And I share the 5 best things I read every week. 1. Embedding Python in Bash scripts 2. Insert an image in an excel comment 3. The unreasonable customer 4. Why children hide by covering their eyes 5. Human error: the vast difference between hitting F6 and F7 buttons My notes: This week I had over […]
Two habits to improve the image of testers
Problem: “Manual testers” are often treated as second class citizens in the world of software. I wrote a long post about the ideas of the leading testing minds and Qxf2’s own thoughts on solving the perception problem around “manual testing”. Turns out that 1800+ words of my writing is a poor way to capture attention. Since the problem is near […]
Cool things I read this week (10-Aug-2014)
I read. A lot. And I share the 5 best things I read every week. 1. Judit Polgar retires 2. Algorithm detects Ebola outbreak 9 days before humans could 3. Major advancements in computer chess since Deep Blue 4. Flow vs resource efficiency explained with Lego 5. LOL QTP My notes: 1. Judit Polgar retires A sad day for chess. […]
Rethinking “manual testing”
Problem: “Manual testers” are often treated as second class citizens in the world of software. Are you fed up of being branded as a “manual tester”? Are you tired of how often people place automation on a pedestal? Do you tear your hair when people ignore your creative thought process and rush to “automate” the excellent information you uncovered? If […]
Cool things I read about this week (03-Aug-2014)
Fun things I read this week. 1. redBus startup drama 2. A pilot complaining about “automated flying” 3. The case against time zones 4. Not all team members are equal 5. Make recruitment a daily habit My notes: 1. redBus startup drama A pity. From all I have read, redBus had passionate, hardworking and highly motivated employees. This 2012 article […]
Cool things I read about this week (27-Jul-2014)
You know that random browsing you do at work everyday? I spin it as ‘cool things I read’ and post a blog about it every week. Here is a list of cool things I read this week. 1. A service that drains your competitors daily ad-word budget 2. A look into Comcast’s culture of selling 3. Mysterious fast radio bursts […]
Cool things I read about this week (20-Jul-2014)
I read. A lot. Here is a sampling of the things I read about this week: 1. Blue whale is largest animal to have ever lived on earth 2. Zappos is going to become a holocracy 3. Mike Cohn pointing a drawback of Scrum 4. Why Do Americans Stink at Math? 5. You get to read 3 JSTOR papers every […]
Cool things I read about this week: 13-Jul-2014 to 19-Jul-2014
Surprise! I have a life outside of chess, cartoons and testing. I have curated a list of cool things I read this week. 1. An entrepreneur’s journey documented 2. Sweden (almost) started a 6-hour workday experiment 3. A map for testability 4. Site dedicated to chess research 5. Passionate testimony from Jonathan Bush 6. Tony Hsieh email on culture from […]
The art of writing xpaths
Problem: Writing XPaths is hard and confusing when there are no unique identifiers XPath (XML Path Language) is a query language for selecting nodes from Document Object Models (DOM) like XML, HTML, etc. XPaths are frequently used with Selenium scripts to uniquely identify elements in page. This post is a descriptive tutorial on how to think about xpaths and write […]