Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 6/11/17 – 6/17/17.

Articles & Blogs

• 5 Pillars of a Successful Test Automation Implementation – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/5-pillars-successful-test-automation-implementation
• A Test Manager? – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2017/06/a-test-manager.html
• Does certification have value or not? – Huib Schoots – http://www.huibschoots.nl/wordpress/?p=2604
• Improving Testing through Automation and AI: An Interview with Tariq K – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/improving-testing-through-automation-and-ai-interview-tariq-king
• Great QA Tags – Michael Fritzius – https://testzius.wordpress.com/2017/06/12/great-qa-tags/
• How a tester can contribute to the code review process – Matt Heusser – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/How-a-tester-can-contribute-to-the-code-review-process
• Performance Test Script – How Does it Really Work? – Senor Performo – http://www.srperf.com/performance-test-script-automation-work/

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 6/4/17 – 6/10/17.

Articles & Blogs

• “Ahh, Just One More Thing…” – Michael Fritzius – https://testzius.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/ahh-just-one-more-thing/
• Dictum – Factum – Kristīne Corbus – https://testretreat.com/2017/06/06/dictum-factum/
• How To Survive as a QA in a Software Development Team – Alexander Rayskiy – http://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/how-to-survive-as-a-qa-in-a-software-development-team/
• Life as a Technology Contractor – Justin Rohrman – http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/life-technology-contractor/
• This place is so, your face is so….. – Chris Armstrong – https://christestarmstrong.wordpress.com/2017/06/07/this-place-is-so-your-face-is-so/
• Performance Testing for the Sake of Your Users: An Interview with Andreas Grab – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/performance-testing-sake-your-users-interview-andreas-grabner
• Should Automation Find Bugs? – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/06/08/should-automation-find-bugs/

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 5/28/17 – 6/3/17.

Articles & Blogs

• Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That… – Danny Dainton – https://dannydainton.com/2017/06/03/aint-nobody-got-time-for-that/
• Experience-Based Testing Strategies – Oleksii Burdin – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/experience-based-testing-strategies/
• Getting Started with Security Testing: An Interview with Jeff Payne – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/getting-started-security-testing-interview-jeff-payne
• Introducing HISToW – Cassandra H. Leung – http://www.cassandrahl.com/blog/introducing-histow/
• Is your user interface-driven test automation worth the effort? – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/is-your-user-interface-driven-test-automation-worth-the-effort/
• Know Thyself (And Thy Automation Tools) – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/05/31/know-thyself-and-thy-automation-tools/
• Mobile app testing: An introduction – Vamsi Chinta – https://www.spritecloud.com/2017/05/mobile-app-testing-an-introduction/

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 5/21/17 – 5/27/17.

Articles & Blogs

• 3 lessons from the test automation school of hard knocks – Angie Jones – https://techbeacon.com/3-lessons-test-automation-school-hard-knocks
• 88% Of People Will Abandon An App Because Of Bugs – David Bolton – https://arc.applause.com/2017/05/25/app-abandonment-bug-testing/
• Certified tester- to be or not to be? – Thanh Huynh – http://www.asktester.com/software-testing-certification/
• Do you remember now… – Chris Armstrong – https://christestarmstrong.wordpress.com/2017/05/24/do-you-remember-now/
• Game Testing – An Introduction – Sergiu Julinschi – https://www.spritecloud.com/2017/05/game-testing-an-introduction/
• How to Sell QA to Higher-Ups – Michael Fritzius – https://testzius.wordpress.com/2017/05/21/how-to-sell-qa-to-higher-ups/
• I Feel Like I’m Invisible: 30 Days of Accessibility Testing – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/05/i-feel-like-im-invisible-30-days-of.html

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 5/14/17 – 5/20/17.

Articles & Blogs

• A Certain Shade of Green: 30 Days of Accessibility Testing – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/05/a-certain-shade-of-green-30-days-of.html
• Being Reminded of All the Phases I’ve So Far Had in Writing Automated Checks – Jason Ogayon – https://onesoftwaretester.wordpress.com/2017/05/16/reminded-of-all-the-phases-ive-so-far-had-in-writing-automated-checks/
• Beyond the Agile Testing Quadrants – Adam Geras – http://thinktesting.com/articles/beyond-agile-testing-quadrants/
• Checking the List: 30 Days of Accessibility Testing – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/05/checking-list-30-days-of-accessibility.html
• Coding is key to a test automation career: Are you prepared? – T.J. Maher – https://techbeacon.com/coding-key-test-automation-career-are-you-prepared
• Don’t call it exploratory testing (if it’s not exploratory testing) – Nicola Owens – http://nickytests.blogspot.com/2017/05/dont-call-it-exploratory-testing-if-its.html
• Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2017 – Adrian Roselli – http://adrianroselli.com/2017/05/global-accessibility-awareness-day-2017.html

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 4/30/17 – 5/6/17.

Articles & Blogs

• 3 Misconceptions about Testing Career – Majd Uddin – https://knowledgetester.org/2017/05/02/3-misconceptions-about-testing-career/
• Allegro: How production bugs killed small business. – Kinga Witko – https://kingatest.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/allegro-how-production-bugs-killed-small-business/
• Alternative Facts. “Happy path” and “edge cases”. – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2017/05/02/alternative-facts-happy-path-and-edge-cases/
• Criteria for setting up a Mobile Test Automation LAB – Anand Bagmar – https://essenceoftesting.blogspot.com/2017/05/criteria-for-setting-up-mobile-test.html
• Design Patterns in Test Automation – Aditya Kalra – http://go-gaga-over-testing.blogspot.com/2017/05/design-pattern-in-test-automation.html
• Everyone Deserves Inclusive Design: 30 Days of Accessibility Testing – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/05/everyone-deserves-inclusive-design-30.html
• Getting started on a testing project – Nicola Owen – http://nickytests.blogspot.com/2017/05/getting-started-on-testing-project.html

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 4/23/17 – 4/29/17.

Articles & Blogs

• A Stupid Bug and a Plea for Help – Matthew Jones – https://www.exceptionnotfound.net/a-stupid-bug-and-a-plea-for-help/
• A test is… – John Stevenson – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-test-is.html
• Accessibility Testing: Four Tips for Doing It Right – Melissa Tondi – http://thinktesting.com/articles/accessibility-testing-four-tips/
• Automation That Teaches – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/04/25/automation-that-teaches/
• Bad Meaning Good – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2017/04/bad-meaning-good.html
• Epic Fails – Michael Fritzius – https://testzius.wordpress.com/2017/04/26/epic-fails/
• Experimenting with a Zero Bug policy – Kim Knup – https://devblog.songkick.com/experimenting-with-a-zero-bug-policy-3281490dbc8b

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 4/16/17 – 4/22/17.

Articles & Blogs

• Blog: Deeper Testing (2): Automating the Testing – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2017/04/deeper-testing-2-automating-the-testing/
• Cynefin and Software Testing – The Obvious – Ben Kelly – http://testjutsu.com/2017/04/cynefin-and-software-testing-the-obvious/
• Dear Developer – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2017/04/dear-developer.html
• I Don’t Like Breaking Things – Neill – http://www.belfasttester.com/2017/04/18/i-dont-like-breaking-things/
• Input -> Process -> Output : I test systems – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2017/04/input-process-output-i-test-systems.html
• Introducing testers to developers – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2017/04/introducing-testers-to-developers.html
• Lessons from “Platoon Leader” by James McDonough – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2017/04/lessons-from-platoon-leader-by-james.html

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 4/9/17 – 4/15/17.

Articles & Blogs

• Continuous Mobile Testing – Joe Schulz – http://eyeonquality.com/continuous-mobile-testing/
• Development Lessons Ported to Testing – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2017/04/development-lessons-ported-to-testing/
• Don’t be an Automation Miser – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/04/12/dont-be-an-automation-miser/
• Overcome Test Automation Plateaus with Service Virtualization – Alexander Mohr, Cynthia Dunlop – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/overcome-test-automation-plateaus-service-virtualization
• Our Team’s First Mobbing Session – Elisabeth Hocke – http://www.lisihocke.com/2017/04/our-teams-first-mobbing-session.html
• The Four Hour Tester – Interpretation as a Team Exercise – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-four-hour-tester-interpretation-as.html
• Trust Your Testing Team and Stop Leading from the Front: An Interview with Bob Galen – Josiah Renaudin – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/trust-your-testing-team-and-stop-leading-front-interview-bob-galen