Go gaga over Machine Learning

The best time that I spend on my way to work reading blogs and sharing information, the byproduct a few must reads for almost anyone who wants an answer to where is technology going in the near future: IT goals for 2018: Five CIO must-dos For me, 2017 was a good year. We got a lot done. And the situation in the world -- everything moving at a faster... pace, constant change, new types of security threats, new technologies, new vendors, acquisitions, the on-going IT skills shortage and so on -- made it easier for me to make the case that we urgently needed to overhaul our organizational culture, processes and technologies. Top 10 blog posts of 2017 illuminate top CIO goals SearchCIO's most popular blog posts of 2017 point to a set of lofty -- and mandatory -- CIO goals: artificial intelligence,... digital transformation, multicloud management. IT leaders are learning all they can about these tech trends. The aim? To help their companies gain business advantage -- b...

Or you can view on youtube @ TConf.io 2016 Aditya Kalra Testing insights: in the fast paced technology world of apps https://tconf.io http://mst.qa SDETs are the new technical testers, reshaping industries and changing how testing can be achieved. Success in this space depends on how well and how fast you respond. Testing Insights will give you answers to what you will be looking for and where you can find in the ever changing world of app test automation.

I don't have to introduce to you what a mind-map is.  I am a big fan of mindmaps and this is a cool addition to the utilities. The biggest change:  Your mind maps are stored in Google's cloud infrastructure, so you can use them from any device and any location. and it's FREE : Store unlimited mind maps for free on Google Drive!! Why? Source: https://drive.mindmup.com/

Here is a mindmap created using github and other resources that gives you test automation tools in every possible technology and phase in product lifecycle: Source:  https://github.com/AdyKalra/awesome-test-automation

P.S - If you cannot see the image download the same for a better resolution.

P.S - If you cannot see the image download the same for a better resolution.

   P.S - If you cannot see the image download the same for a better resolution.

A follow-up to the previous post here is a mind map that I had created sometime back. Though I will not say that this is the best one out there, this for sure helps me to understand how stuff works:    P.S - If you cannot see the image download the same for a better resolution.

I have recently been testing a lot on firefox  and that led me to find a few Add-On's which can make our testing smarter and faster! After exploring further here is a list in no particular order , just depends on what your intent of testing is: 1. YSlow with FireBug : YSlow gives the no of page components for a particular page with Response time for each. It also gives grading and summary of what things are required for good performance. 2. Tamper Data : Used for web security/penetration testing. Install this feature and tamper the data/request/cookies being sent to the server. Check for client side and server side validation.You can security test web applications by modifying POST parameters. 3. SQL Inject Me : SQL Inject Me is used to test for SQL Injection vulnerabilities. The tool works by submitting your HTML forms and substituting the form value with strings that are representative of an SQL Injection attack. The tool sends database escape strings through the fo...

Want to increase the Automation ROI ? Here are bullet points that you can work upon: Changes in framework architecture: the way BPT tests are created Maximum utilization of the automated scripts – Increase frequency of test suite runs Process Integration - automating the entire process can derive significantly greater value Contextual automation – Use cues like the time of day automation is run, other programs running and their potential impact on system performance, Schedulers and Nightly runs. I am sure there are other ways , please add comments if there is something that can significantly improve the Automation ROI.

Here is a mindmap that I had created some time back on a hybrid test automation framework, this gives a nice idea of the functionalities a framework might want to incorporate.