Problem: Testers rarely test products outside of their workplace. Limiting your testing to only the applications available at your workplace slows down the rate at which your skills grow. Why this post? Too many testers leave career and skill development in the hands of their employer. Often times, employers are unable to provide the learning opportunity that the tester wants. […]
Where can I find applications to practice software testing?
Cool things I read this week (21-Sep-2014)
I read. A lot. And these are the five most interesting things I read this week. Its a mix of making software, satire, chess and culture. 1. The case for a rudimentary 1.0 2. Kinds of process engineers hate 3. Edgar Schein talks culture 4. Funny fake news about Mangalyaan 5. Karpov anecdote: May be I am better? My notes […]
HL7 introduction for software testers
If you test software in the healthcare domain, it is likely that you have heard of the beast known as HL7. HL7 or Health Level 7 is one standard for transferring data between information systems in a hospital. The data relates to key events in a patient’s stay like admission, lab tests, surgery time and notes, any medication administered, x-Rays […]
August lunch and learn
I am a big fan of Fog Creek and their philosophy towards building a business. As luck would have it, I stumbled into starting a company that provides testing services. Inspired by this Spolsky article from 2005,I want Qxf2 to be a place with fantastic working conditions for testers. As a group, we have been taking active steps towards that […]
Cool things I read this week (14-Sep-2014)
I read. A lot. And I share the five best things I read every week. This week is about dinosaurs, changes in software, space, mathematics and a funny spoof. 1. Largest predatory dinosaur was part duck and part crocodile 2. A challenge from Dyson 3. NASA’s version of big things come in small packages 4. Ikea mocking Apple with the […]
Get started with JMeter in 30 minutes
We are trying something new – videos! Saurabh Chhabra, a Qxf2 employee, has put together a fantastic video to get started with JMeter in less than 30 minutes. Saurabh covers a whole range of JMeter topics like installation, test plans, thread groups, configuration elements, samplers, assertions, listeners, handling parameters and a whole host of JMeter gotchas. The application under test […]
Cool things I read this week (07-Sep-2014)
I read. A lot. And I share the 5 best things I read every week. 1. Bloatware and the 80/20 myth 2. The best error message troll. Ever. 3. How Spring security hooks to CAS 4. The hazards of going on auto-pilot 5. Information immunity My notes 1. Bloatware and the 80/20 myth I needed to reread this article. Primarily […]
Cool things I read this week (31-Aug-2014)
I read. A lot. And I share the 5 best things I read every week. My reading preference over the last week was somewhat random. 1. Tap on build number 7 times 2. Shortage of Python programmers in India 3. A case against sorting youth for mertiocracy 4. A cartoon on social media overload 5. American football games have 11 […]
Have you signed the petition to stop ISO 29119?
ISO 29119 wants a standardized approach to software testing. Every single tester at Qxf2 Services has signed the petition to stop ISO 29119. I am laying out some reasons for why we signed the petition to stop ISO-29119. I feel like this battle is shaping to be a tipping point in eradicating some common misconceptions about software testing. Please consider […]
Cool things I read this week (24-Aug-2014)
I read. A lot. And I share the 5 best things I read every week. 1. The fake running store manager AMA 2. Directing vs Enabling in software development 3. Genius and late bloomers 4. Why robots may not take our jobs 5. Testers and developers think differently My notes My discussions with my colleagues about testing and its value […]