Daniel, Author at Adventures in QA

Workshop at Testbash Netherlands

May 7, 2018September 19, 2016 by Daniel

Workshop Testbash Netherlands - Adventures in QA

It’s TestBash time! This time TestBash Netherlands 2017 in Utrecht. In the beginning of September Huib Schoots announced the program for the first TestBash Netherlands in 2017. If you have ever been to a TestBash conference, you know how fun and awesome this conference is. The style is completely different compared to other conferences and is all about the software testing community.

The conference will take place in Utrecht from 26th January (workshop day) – 27th January (conference day). The first day is always full of great workshops and if you plan to attend the TestBash Netherlands next year, you have the choice to attend my workshop about mobile testing.

Here is my workshop description:

Is Mobile Testing Really Different? – By Daniel Knott

Reading Recommendations # 74

May 7, 2018September 14, 2016 by Daniel

This is the 74 issue of my reading recommendations is packed with 7 very interesting blog posts. Thanks to all the bloggers out there writing the great content. This issue include the topics: “Testing is believing: What if information isn’t enough?”, “When the whole team owns testing: Building testing skills”, “Thinking Quality In”, “Mob Testing meets Automation”, “What Test Engineers do at Google”, “Breaking into testing” and “Who should I follow on Twitter?”.

Enjoy reading the posts and send me new ones that are worth reading and I will mention you and link to your social links or blog.

When you have finished reading the recommended blog posts think about leaving a comment. The author of the blog will love to see your comment and it will start a nice discussion about the topic that may help others to understand the topic even more.

	Testing is believing: What if information isn’t enough?
Source: testingisbelieving.blogspot.de/2016/09/what-if-information-isnt-enough.html

20 Days Of Testing at XING – Day [18|20]

July 25, 2023September 8, 2016 by Daniel

20 days of testing at XING - Adventures in QA

And here we go, another testing challenge for the next 20 days. This time it is a internal challenge at XING. The challenge was setup by Maik Nogens and Ionut Oancea and is inspired by the 30 days of testing challenge from Ministry of Testing. If you are a frequent reader of my blog, you have probably read my progress in the 30 days of testing challenge here.

You can also follow the progress of Lalit here. If you search for the hashtag #20DaysOfTesting@XING on twitter you may see more blog posts and tweets from colleagues.

Day 20: TEST YOUR PRODUCT FOR A QUALITY CRITERIA, WHICH NORMALLY IS NOT A FOCUS IN YOUR BUSINESS UNIT

Security testing is usually not in my business unit at XING. We have a dedicated security team which takes care about this topic. I like the topic, but I am by far not a security expert but I know some basic techniques to perform some simple checks. However, when testing mobile apps I use the OWASP lists to get an idea what to check and what to do. If you are working in mobile testing as well, you should take a look at the Mobile Top 10 Security Risks. As a starting point to check for security I use Charles proxy to intercept the communication between the mobile app, the network and our backend systems. While performing this check e.g. make sure the requests and responses are encrypted. If you have no idea about security testing at all, I highly recommend to hire security experts who will help you identify possible weak spots.

Day 19: SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT THE THING YOU JUST TESTED

Reading Recommendations # 73

May 7, 2018September 7, 2016 by Daniel

This is the 73 issue of my reading recommendations is packed with 8 very interesting blog posts. Thanks to all the bloggers out there writing the great content. This issue include the topics: “Some thoughts on the future of test automation”, “Tester as Identity”, “Automated regression detection for the web”, “Test Leadership With Anna Royzman – Testing In The Pub”, “Facebook Hired Me At 18. But My Story Isn’t As Perfect As It Sounds.”, “Be the Positive Tester!”, “The end of the pairing experiment” and “3 Motivations That Made Me Switch From iOS to Android”.

Enjoy reading the posts and send me new ones that are worth reading and I will mention you and link to your social links or blog.

	On Test Automation \| Some thoughts on the future of test automation
Source: www.ontestautomation.com/some-thoughts-on-the-future-of-test-automation/

Guest Blog Posts

May 7, 2018September 5, 2016 by Daniel

Today, I want to try something new. Maybe you have read my blog review 2015 in December and you have noticed that I wrote 104 blog posts in 2015. However, I want to scale the amount of blog posts on this blog and therefore I need your help. I am looking for guest blog posts like the one from Brian Hamilton or the one from Joel Montvelisky.

If you are working as a software tester, software engineer in test, scrum master with a focus on high quality software or you are a product manager who loves to ship high quality product this might be of interest for you. Maybe you want to share your knowledge in a guest blog post here. However, there is no need to be an expert in your role, I would love to see guest blog posts from every level of experience, from junior to senior. From my point of view it doesn’t matter which skill level you have, I think that everyone has something to share :).

Maybe the guest blog posts on my blog will help you to develop your writing skills and will help you to learn more about the area you are working in. So if you are interesting in writing an guest blog post, please get in contact with me. You will find my email in the about me section.

Is Mobile Testing Really Different? – By Daniel Knott

Day 20: TEST YOUR PRODUCT FOR A QUALITY CRITERIA, WHICH NORMALLY IS NOT A FOCUS IN YOUR BUSINESS UNIT

Day 19: SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT THE THING YOU JUST TESTED

Guest Blog Posts: