This week’s Quotes of the week is a little bit of everything including manual testing on video games, scarf guy at Apple’s launch, how online poker platforms get tested, the debate on ISO #29119 continues and crowd sourced testing.
The pearls of not Manual Testing
HE GOT THE FUMBLE pic.twitter.com/O8rg8hdhlj
— Redskins 0-16 (@FreshCarbon) September 1, 2014
Madden ’15 was released last week. The video game allows players to play as and manage American Football teams. However there has been a few glitches found since the games release. None more so than the 1ft 2″ tall rookie linebacker Christian Kirksey. He is actually 6 ft 2″ tall but a overlooked glitch in the game saw a very small man make some big tackles as seen above. Nikhil Kaul over at SmartBear worte a comment piece on how this demonstrates the importance of manual testing. You can read that here or go see vines of the glitches here.
Apple Unveils Scarf Guy
GOLD. SILVER. SPACE GRAY. pic.twitter.com/3Tg1Ed7Lwx
— Shaun Pendergast (@ShaunPendy) September 9, 2014
After all that excitment of Apples new product laucnh this week, it turns out that most of the social media related to the event was concerned with “scarf guy” aka Tommy Krul. Tommy was brought on stage to demonstrate a game his company developed called Vainglory for the iPhone 6. However it was his scarf and not the game that got the most attention. It has swaned numerous parody accounts on Twitter and many online jokes on Apple’s new product range of scarfs.
How Does Online Poker Platforms get tested and Approved?
“However, there is much more of an emphasis on virtual controls as the software no longer resides under the watch of a casino surveillance camera.” – Eric Weiss New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement Technical Services Bureau Chief
If you are a online poker player, have you ever wondered how those platforms get tested. Here in a interview, the Technical Services Bureau Chief Eric Weiss of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement explains how the process works. Read it here.
ISO #29119
“This is not the ISTQB, and it’s not the SWEBOK.” – Jon Hager, lead project editor from IEEE on ISO 29119
The debate on ISO #29119 continues. Here in a article written by James Denman, opposing views on the development, impact and future roll-out of the standards are discussed with Jon Hager. Keith Cline and James Christie. The debate is also happening on the TEST Huddle Forums. Check that out here
Crowd Sourced Testing Gains Popularity
“It became clear that 10 testers could deliver much more results than a single tester and they could do so much faster.” – Simon Papineau, CEO, Crowdsourced Testing
Simon Paineau, in a interview with CrowdSourcing.org explains his reasons behind the establishment of his company; CrowdSourced Testing, why he thinks crowd sourcing is good for software testing and how the process works with clients. Read the interview here.
