Welcome to the this week’s Quotes of the Week: The most discussed bug of 2015, Automated Cars need a lot of testing and a Youtube vulnerability that allowed anyone to delete any video.
The Most Discussed Software Bug So Far This Year
“The bug can cause you to miss out on a boss fight.”
One of the most talked about software bugs this year is probably one that not many software testers are talking about. Recently the RPG game BloodBorne was released. The game was released by From Software two weeks ago. The bug has received alot of attention from online media as many gamers voiced their anger at the bug. The good news is that a patch is in the works and should be released soon. Read More here.
Mobile Test Plan for the Software Testing Industry
“The Mobile Test Plan has depictions of test categories in a mobile application, for instance depicting the general test category with representations of a testing area, and some examples of general use cases that can be used as a foundation for more detailed use cases.”
Software company XBOsoft have released the latest version of their which includes aspects of Installation, Interruption, Network performance and User Interface. Read More here.
Automotive Testing The Future For Testers?
“Cars need much more software than aircraft. The environment in the air is easier, there are no obstacles and they are driven by professional pilots. It is much more complicated on the ground”
The big German car manufactures are in a rush to catch up with Google in the race to bring self-drive cars to the market. The big problem being that there is alot to programme as noted by Professor Eric Feron, of Georgia Tech. Whereas the American fighter jet, the F-35 (which is nine years in development) contains between 5 million and 10 million lines of software code, a modern car could contain up to 100 million lines of code. Read More here.
Bug Hunter finds YouTube Vulnerability that allowed any YouTube user to delete any Video
Software Engineer and security researcher Kamil Hismatullin found one big bug on YouTube recently. Google announced recently a change to their programme for Bug Hunting. Instead the company are offering a Grant system for those bounty hunters you seek out bugs. The Vulnerability Research Grant program has seen it’s first success with Hismatullin assigned to find bugs in YouTube. Read More here.
Agile All the Better for Testers
“The tester has become more self aware over the years and became more specialized, with standards, tools and techniques. But until agile made an entrance the influence of the tester was limited.”
An interview with Cirilio Wortel by Ben Linders on how the Agile movement has brought more influence to software testers in the development team. Read More here.
