Welcome to this week’s Blog Spy. In this week’s round-up of the software testing blogs we have posts on labels in testing, skills learned from RPG’s, MindMapping, destructive software testing and more.
Testers* [do|don’t] (help) [prevent|detect] problems** – Damian Synadinos
A guest post by Damian on Augusto Evangelisti’s blog, he discusses what a problem is in testing, how to define it and most importantly how to address a problem.
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Skills I Use In Testing That I Learned From Playing Dungeons And Dragons (And Other Roleplaying Games) – Magnus Petterson
Role playing games (RPG’s) can teach you a lot about software testing. Magnus explains what skills he has honed because of his love for playing Dungeons and Dragons.
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How I ended up in IT – Maaike Brinkhof
Maaike describes her journey to the world of IT; from attending music college to falling out of love of playing the clarinet to discovering testing and the rewarding career it has given her so far.
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Mindmapping: A Killer Way To Increase Your Test Coverage – Prashant Hegde
Prashant writes on how to build a Mindmap for your testing, how it should look, what you should include and what you should leave out.
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Well written test cases…or not. A few thoughts on test design – Mikkel Korsgaard
The eternal question: “how much detail should you put in test cases?” is addressed by Mikkel. He looks at what differenent projects need in terms of detail and what should be included.
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Destructive Software Testing – Bringing Beta Testing To Your Desk – Hugo Gonçalves
Hugo explains why more bugs seem to be found when a product gets released and how to address the difference between how the public use software compared to how testers test it with user stories.
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On the naming of tools (and other things) – Paul Gerrard
Paul comments on names in the software testing industry including if terms like automation, engineer and others are the right fit for that they do.
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