Open Lecture by James Bach on Software Testing

[@MrWorkerDude]

This is still one of the best videos you can find regarding Software Testing!

[@ErickPaquin]

Just started to get more interested in "official" software testing when I found this video..wow. What an educated slap in the face that was! Big thanks to him, I'll be a better tester now!

[@ashish_yadav542]

This guy has contents of a tutorial with a mix of standup comedy and pinch of Ted Talks and its a perfect MASTERCLASS.

[@Pika2091]

It is 2023 and this is still a great lecture!!!

[@SEGVeenstra]

This man convinced me of his greatness... Education needs people like this who are inspiring and proud of what they do.

[@ivailo7]

Never before this lecture I have been more convinced that academic success has a lot to do with the teacher. James Bach has the ability to make a TESTING SOFTWARE lecture than is 90 minutes long an incredibly interesting and engaging activity. Only if every teacher had an ability like that - the subject doesn't matter. It's the lecturer that makes it boring or interesting and engages his students!

[@shancollections5720]

ivailo7 arasaileielramaynramantyram .

[@angelikap.6925]

having exactly the same feelings

[@MAup]

Because he is implementing a few techniques that media uses kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmfFepurl6d0lc0

[@nikolayyaninski1371]

Amazing content, James Bach is an absolute joy to listen to. He is able to engage so well with the audience and is always trying to be as most practical as possible.

[@mr.mayhem3655]

I got into testing world around 5 months ago. I must admit that before i was too snob with testing because i was only "coding coding coding" and "who needs a tester" but after i searched and studied about it and worked on it i started loving testing and enjoying it so so much that I'm thinking to follow this path. I must also say that this lecture was really inspiring and motivating. It's not about the subject that is boring but about the teacher who makes the lecture boring and this guy right there is definitely not one of them. Great lecture!

[@reverendbluejeans1748]

And to think I only listen to hime because I was to busy working

[@jacqueschatenet]

Sharing my favorites part / notes. 0h29 Musashi Five Rings book - Tester use and master any tool or method needed, as fast learner 0h46: Calculator Test - Diagnostic Exercise 1h04: What is testing - Ultimate Detective Work Diagram 1h09: 4 Loops - Collaboration > Testing > Self Management > Learning 1h19: Why not Automate the Testing : Checking to support Testing 1h23: Analogy Testing with investigate for bugs in Kitchen 1h27: Bucaneer-Tester

[@АртемТкачев-э8и]

Great speaker!!! Great Person! Winderful material!!!

[@rgs822]

Inspiring! Clever! Motivating to become a great tester! Thank you James!

[@HanifCarroll]

This was awesome! This guy is an incredible speaker. I'll have to watch more of his work.

[@Hammett849]

This guy is hillarious. He is like software testing standup comedian! LoL

[@FlyWithMe359]

hahahahahahahah so true :D

[@HarperSophia]

That. Was. AMAZING!!!! Thank you for sharing this!!!

[@foobar7705]

best video yet I've seen by him

[@Olhor10]

I have respect for Mr. Bachs ability to form very accurate metaphors.

[@biotok9220]

Inspired me to keep forward and to become a good tester! Thank you!

[@amirsoltaninezhad8161]

I enjoyed this lecture with all of my heart! So skillful!

[@jessiebessie3616]

This is highly correct and one of the better vidoes on software testing. Thumbs Up!

[@lipikabharhath]

every tester should watch this once :) awesome :)

[@dialexnunes]

One of the best talks I ever saw. Both entertaining and insightful. A true master! Teach me Sensei! :D

[@PaddleWithPaddy]

A man sharing his knowledge and who is passionate about what he does 😀. No interest in testing but I admire someone who pursues their passion and influences those around them.

[@alergeo1]

I love lectures like that. P.S When I'm drunk I speak the same way)

[@mrkhan4826]

haha man u r too funny

[@silentexploration]

The best advice about testing I've heard so far.

[@momentshub3773]

The meeting is in Estonia. They dont laugh much, it is normal for Scandinavian nations. But dude was funny!

[@jennasloan396]

Estonia is not Scandinavian

[@Spriterom]

@@jennasloan396 I laughed lots :-)

[@sumanahussain2680]

@@jennasloan396 pppp

[@TheStressD]

He is a very good lecturer, I just wished my lecturers and my old uni was like that. He just keep you engaged all the time, I like hes lecturing style a lot!!

[@aniketunited]

This video makes me feel proud of being a tester!! ya'y

[@jasvinderjassal6669]

Excellent lecture few good points made and will use it.

[@IbisRedibisNunquam]

Ah luckily James Bach has arrived and we got a revolution in testing. I hate people like this that are full of themselves and the IT industry is full of them.

[@svetlanamazhaykina6918]

Thank you for your work!

[@QueenTester]

Entertaining and fascinating. Thanks for sharing!

[@VitalHipHop]

This video really cleared up my thought process of quality testing

[@Ella-dh7sh]

So GREAT lecture! Thank you so much for this! Great speech

[@mulimotola44]

tough crowd. Great talk! You really inspired me to get into this field.. I know some programming but never really liked to develop so I never really got into working at it. But what you said here really hits home for me so testing here I come!

[@pagola]

+PIneapple29 the fact that he just told them the classes they are taking are useless probably has something to do with it

[@Eugene.Berezin]

OMG!!!!!! My favorite QA video!!!! I absolutely love this dude!

[@tech4ever1]

I love this so much. Never have I ever related to something so much. It is a conquest indeed sir! They get butt hurt when I test their software but damnit do you want me to test it or not? I swear you explained exactly how I think and perceive things as a tester and no one else gets it...finally! Excellent talk, thank you! You should write another book!

[@freekeyboards]

Love his part about "unwritten requirements," as I see tons of testers really mess this concept up. With his example of a medical device stated to work at a certain voltage, there is an unwritten requirement of "quality" that is implied that it shouldn't blow up if it goes outside the voltage. We don't just blindly test requirements; requirements give us a guideline, but we need to really expand.and read BEYOND the lines to achieve a "quality" product.

[@PKWysocki]

Actually, I regret my previous comment - this is the second video with J. Bach that I've watched and the man really knows a lot about testing.

[@antytrend]

this should be the first video that shows up when you search software QA

[@minionsland]

wonderful lecture on different aspects of software testing

[@HighRollersLounge]

If this isn't the most educational speech on software testing ever, I don't know what is

[@unknown.artist.track3]

it is so hard to listen him at the first half. the second part is brilliant.

[@thomasjones9394]

I would pick the calculator up and turn it on. If it came to life I would do a quick 9 x 9 and see if it gave me 81 and then I would flex its case to see if the cct board was cracked and test it again with 22/7.

[@ryanlward]

I never got the impression that he was talking about anything but fuzz testing. When he talks about automated test tools I felt he was purely speaking from the context of fuzz testing, not unit testing and TDD. This is more integration and QA testing focused. Although I think he is also speaking from years of experience that probably started before TDD was as common. Even then TDD does not ensure bug free software.

[@ZealiaZ]

Much better lecture than that other one. If the arrogance and irrelevant self-promotion is removed from this one, then it's pretty accurate for a partial look into software testing. And he's giving away some of my best "tricks".

[@DetectivePoofPoof]

Possibly the most valuable piece of information I took away from this is that it is physically infeasible for giant cockroaches to exist in our current environment. Now my mind is once again at ease.

[@softwaretest1879]

Answer to question at 49:00 1. Check your hands and see the ground to make sure the calculator is really dropped on the ground and no longer in your hands. 2. I would first do 2+2 to check if it is working. 3. The rest would be just the functionality-limit testing.

[@butthurt1142]

I am James Bach! I don't do anything except relentlessly promote myself and instantly dismiss anything that varies even minutely from my own narrow worldview! And incidentally have I mentioned that I am a high school dropout enough times?

[@johnjanpopovic4813]

Superb presentation on incompetence and sloppines of academia

[@james07123456]

I love this guy.

[@BuurenX]

I was there :) Great guy, really liked his lecture

[@hfvkhnml]

It's tough to operate at this energy level. How do you avoid burnout & not go communication free for a week after holding such a high energy lecture

[@SteffotheFisher]

I'm a tester right now, i really don't wanna end up like this #nooffense

[@youwhatnow]

+CerealKiller Too right. Real testers don't have beards.

[@getright20]

It's a good lecture, but why he didn't give any useful pieces of advice for QA engineers?

[@morkroth]

You're wrong about one thing... Mahatma Gandhi Software Testing: About 271,000 results (0.31 seconds) Julius Caesar Software Testing: About 202,000 results (0.33 seconds) James Bach Software Testing: About 177,000 results (0.39 seconds)

[@nescius2]

I got different results James Bach Software Testing 196 000 (0,54 s) Mahatma Gandhi Software Testing 162 000 (0,43 s) Julius Caesar Software Testing 74 800 (0,53 s)

[@adityaizhar5896]

a good lecturer that isn't boring :)

[@RL-ed2hf]

I've just learned a lot now. Great lecture.

[@dima.english]

Thank you so much! This is AMAZING!!!

[@gshoning0620]

Where are the blog links at? Fine... I will google you...

[@jonathantaylor6079]

Good lecture - solid principles. But nothing wrong with ISTQB. Good for testers to see both sides of the coin.

[@vyuutuube]

so true. I always call it ying AND yang

[@alehdouhi870]

What was that with hacking the system via right click on the picture in IE? *facepalm*

[@troshenkov]

only perfect man would be grateful if he will point out errors =)

[@michaelwalker1495]

Thank you James

[@inwoner7190]

You're proposing this case, but you "forgot" to mention that the input is in fact extremely limited. So, you're asking what can all the possible errors would be, but you've excluded 90% of them already .. but didn't need to mention that. For example, the language it would be written in. Forgot to mention that. But, a lot depends on that. All "wrong" answers, should not be handled like a valid "wrong" answer. Which in this case probably is any number between 0 and 70. So, to report wrong answers, you need at least one more outcome. Otherwise, you're leaving the end-user in the blind, no ?

[@readysetsuccess]

Fun software testing tips. Thanks!

[@Lerooyy]

Great lecture! :D Can anyone tell me the communities I can join to build an international testing reputation? Im trying to determine what kind of blog articles are published by testers with a reputation. What information do they publish? Hope that anyone can help me out.

[@timnebie]

Hey. I'm working on some material that you may find helpful. Let me know if interested.

[@uu-vv3ux]

ministry of testing community

[@csnj100]

Testing runs through your veins. Test Bach !

[@EpicSwedishFika]

How can you not like what James is saying about testing???

[@midoucis9274]

one of the best lectures

[@inwoner7190]

A lot of things learned in school, are useless in professional environment, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be learned. In fact, schools are there to put a layer. And then there's guy like you, that add something. So, play your role.

[@DJ239]

Great lecture! Everything this man says about testing is true! I took the ISTQB foundation a couple months ago and it is utter nonsense, the lower score you receive, the smarter you probably are as a person, it will not allow you to think outside the box and become a better tester on the job.

[@lamamadelany]

que buen video. Lo vi hasta el final y sin entender al 100% el ingles, imaginense que yo, ni en español leo algo hasta el final.

[@Smittaji]

Its free and its informative ... good for inspiring

[@MissVi]

He is slightly obnoxious at times but i still enjoyed this lecture, thank you.

[@828kelvin]

39:06 sorry I still don't really understand how has he broke into the system, any could explain on this?

[@crabsynth3480]

828kelvin the context menu has a option ... go to my pictures... via this the full screen mode was escaped... kiosk was probably unencrypted so access to command prompt would allow any one to execute any malicious code that can further destroy their system.

[@РаевАлександр]

Просто превосходно ! Очень интересно рассказывает !

[@thomasjones9394]

Was the calculator working before you dropped it? How far did it drop? What did it drop on?

[@michaelcarini1299]

I only recently took the foundation ISTQB and joined the ranks as a tester, in UK. this videos is almost 11 years old, considering his stance on the general understanding/application of testing etc, have things changed?

[@peterpiper7441]

Seems like he didn't exactly fill up the lecture hall.

[@Grob2345]

I wish I was there LOL. Two test cases are you crazy.

[@JuanManuelBertoni]

Interesting things about testing. A must!

[@ilyrican]

Dude, this guy is AWESOME!

[@inwoner7190]

What if A is not given (enter ?), negative, zero, less than 70, 70, more than 70, a very large positive number, a very large negative number, a comma number, a word, different words, a special character (either dot or comma), and maybe more.

[@Nurj81]

Do you have to know coding, programming, programming languages to go into testing?

[@lostrifles]

Not but its always a plus.

[@Grob2345]

Quote: "Bigggg Tester, smashing cupcakes"

[@zxodude]

Incredible video.. thank you.

[@niclast7600]

Studing testing atm, Im not going to be a tester we just learn to understand it. As a software developer, the more I learn about this the more I fear you guys :S. Ctrl + AC VV AC VV AC VV . Just a simple weapon and god I fear it :S

[@mishad2007]

"They dont love you, like i love you" xDDD lol

[@Rafael555888]

Who he criticized at the begining? i didn't understand

[@ZEKAbg88]

This professor is a great !!!

[@cataandrei6869]

He is funny, but he had a bad crowd.

[@SeRoAnthem]

It's an Estonian crowd. I'm Estonian btw, pretty much every audience at a presentation is like this. Don't worry, he is funny, just Estonians are more likely to compartmentalize work/learning and funtime.

[@KangoV]

Awesome! My father used to be in charge of writing the software for all the store tills in WHSmith in the UK. When a developer came to him with a new release, he would load it up and them mash as many keys as possible at the same time. When it crashed he gave it back. The dev would look at him puzzled. It turns out that female checkout operators would lean over the till to scan products in a basket with a barcode wand (before scanners) and inadvertently mash the keys with their breasts which crashed the till. No joke this is true!

[@pedronajera4745]

this is beautiful. i just got my first job as a QA tester and i learned sooo much. I'd love to know the name of the course or where to find my material like this. if you know, kindly comment ;)

[@Stargrazerone]

so hows things on the job?

[@MadHtr4]

Actually starts at 6:15

[@thomasjones9394]

What if a cat walks over the keyboard? What if input is null, True, -1 or a text string...or if there is a timeout on the input? What if the language isn't Pearl? What if the guy who drew the diagram heard the client wrong...then drew the diagram? What if alt F7 as an input causes a problem?

[@feraudyh]

what a powerful speaker

[@MIKETAYLOR3]

Brillant!

[@ZigzagKazak]

Is his shirt black or white?

[@antytrend]

Solid Gold!

[@ChrlzMaraz]

Serious question, if the ideas used in testing 30 or 40 years ago are useless, why are all of Jame's suggested reading material on his website 30 or 40 years old?