Adventures in QA

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.

Guest Blog Posts:

Reading Recommendations # 72

May 7, 2018September 1, 2016 by Daniel

This is the 72 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: “QA tester career path, which one to choose?”, “HOW I APPROACH COACHING”, “Modern Testing for the 21st Century Tester”, “Protecting your time”, “Charles Proxy To The Rescue of Adobe Bloodhound”, “How to Ask Better Questions” and “Designing for 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.

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.

	QA tester career path, which one to choose? In this post today, I would like to give you some QA tester career path ideas, so you can choose to follow and lead you to your life success
Source: www.asktester.com/qa-tester-career-paths

Interview on TV for Testers

May 7, 2018August 29, 2016 by Daniel

A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by Lalit Bhamare on his page TV for Testers. Lalit created a new series called techno talks and we recorded the first episode together. We talked about mobile testing, challenges in this area and how solve them. During the interview I mentioned lots of very useful resources which you can find on the TV for Testers page. Have fun watching the videos and I highly recommend to keep an eye on the new series, there will be more testing people interviewed. I am really looking forward to it.

http://tvfortesters.com/video/techno-talks-with-lalit-episode-one/

Reading Recommendations # 71

May 7, 2018August 25, 2016 by Daniel

Long time no read! Sorry I was on vacation for three weeks and didn’t had the time to read or share any testing related articles. However, I am back online and here is the 71 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: “Labels on Mobile Forms”, “Give Your Automated Checks a Voice”, “Mobile Defects Ring A Bell”, “Testing In The Pub Episode 31 – Whole Team Testing and The 3 Amigos “, “Whose fault is it anyway?”, “Tester Augmentation, Not Test Automation” and “As a software tester, do I need to learn about automation?”.

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.

	Curious Tester: Labels on Mobile Forms
Source: curioustester.blogspot.de/2016/08/labels-on-mobile-forms.html

Efficient Test Coverage for Mobile Apps – Brian Hamilton

May 7, 2018August 9, 2016 by Daniel

At the start of my testing career ten years ago, I chose to tackle the challenge of mobile device test coverage. At the time, I tested multiple apps that had been developed for BlackBerry devices. Each carrier in North America had their own set of BlackBerry devices with their own unique version of the BlackBerry OS. It was important to verify that the app functioned properly on both GSM and CDMA carriers, so testing one hardware/OS combination on one network would not be enough as there were multiple screen sizes, not to mention multiple versions of the OS on the same hardware. The combinations were endless and it was quickly realized that, without a QA team of a hundred people and an endless and varied supply of hardware, we were going to have to make some tough decisions about where to focus our testing.

Today, this problem is even more evident. With literally thousands of hardware/OS combinations of Android devices, it’s just not feasible to test each of them and expect to release a product in a timely fashion.

7 Considerations To Achieve The Best Test Coverage

Let’s assume you are developing a mobile app for Android and iOS. Where do you start when it comes to identifying the hardware/OS combinations to focus on? I have identified seven things to think about when working to maximize your test resources.