Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 9/18/16 – 9/24/16.

Articles & Blogs

• A sample exit report. With no numbers! – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/09/a-sample-exit-report-with-no-numbers.html
• Accessibility testing crash course – James Sheasby Thomas – http://rightsaidjames.com/2016/09/accessibility-testing-crash-course/
• Advocating for the User in Accessibility Testing – Albert Gareev – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/advocating-user-accessibility-testing
• Batch Size Reduction and Software Testing – Duncan Nisbet – http://www.duncannisbet.co.uk/batch-size-reduction-and-software-testing
• Can’t You Stay Focussed? – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2016/09/20/cant-you-stay-focused/
• Checklist for Database testing – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2014/12/checklist-for-database-testing.html

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 9/11/16 – 9/17/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 7 secrets of the mobile app beta-testing masters – Will Kelly – http://techbeacon.com/speed-mobile-app-beta-tests
• Evaluating risk (and avoiding saturation) – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.com/2016/09/15/evaluating-risk-and-avoiding-saturation/
• Hacking JavaScript Games to improve your testing – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/09/hacking-javascript-games-to-improve.html
• How can you Improve yourself as a software tester – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2014/01/improve-yourself-as-tester-learning-view.html
• How I interviewed testers – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/09/how-i-interviewed-testers.html
• How I was interviewed as a tester – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/09/how-i-was-interviewed-as-tester.html
• How Often Should You Parallel Test? – Michael Churchman – https://saucelabs.com/blog/how-often-should-you-parallel-test

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 9/4/16 – 9/10/16.

Articles & Blogs

• A Model of Automating – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/09/a-model-of-automating.html
• Agile Tester, ISTQB and more – What I gained v/s what I didn’t from all these certifications – Nishi Grover – https://testwithnishi.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/agile-tester-istqb-and-more-what-i-gained-vs-what-i-didnt-from-all-these-certifications/
• Breaking into testing: 2016 edition – Neil Studd – http://neilstudd.ghost.io/2016/09/10/breaking-into-testing-2016-edition/
• Dear Evil Tester: “I think that if I ‘learn automation’ I can get this specific type of job” – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/09/dear-evil-tester-i-think-that-if-i_6.html
• Dear Evil Tester: “I think that if I ‘learn automation’ I can get a new job FAST” – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/09/dear-evil-tester-i-think-that-if-i.html
• Dear Evil Tester “I want to keep my testing skills up to date otherwise I might not get another job” – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/09/dear-evil-tester-i-want-to-keep-my.html
• Driving Design with Code as Specification – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/09/driving-design-with-code-as-specification/

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 8/28/16 – 9/3/16.

Articles & Blogs

• Analog Accessibility Analogues – Adrian Roselli – http://adrianroselli.com/2016/09/analog-accessibility-analogues.html
• Be the Positive Tester! – Gareth Waterhouse – http://www.testingthewaterhouse.com/2016/09/be-positive-tester.html
• How do you do, Head of Testing? vol. 3 – Helena Jeret-Mäe – https://thepainandgainofedwardbear.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/how-do-you-do-head-of-testing-vol-3/
• On “White Box” and “Black Box” Testing – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2016/08/30/on-white-box-and-black-box-testing/
• Six Performance Testing Mistakes Newbies Make – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/09/02/six-performance-testing-mistakes-newbies-make-avoid-slipping/
• Some thoughts on the future of test automation – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/some-thoughts-on-the-future-of-test-automation/

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 8/21/16 – 8/27/16.

Articles & Blogs

• A tale of my first foray into security reporting – Neil Studd – http://neilstudd.ghost.io/2016/08/23/a-tale-of-my-first-foray-into-security-reporting/
• A tester’s thoughts on characterization testing – Marcel Gehlen – http://thatsthebuffettable.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-testers-thoughts-characterisation.html
• “Acceptance Testing” – What does it mean? – Dan Ashby – https://danashby.co.uk/2016/08/23/acceptance-testing-what-does-it-mean/
• Do you want a framework or a solution? – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/do-you-want-a-framework-or-a-solution/
• How to come up with test ideas – Erik Brickarp – http://erik.brickarp.se/2016/08/how-to-come-up-with-test-ideas.html
• Labels on Mobile Forms – Parimala Hariprasad – http://curioustester.blogspot.com/2016/08/labels-on-mobile-forms.html
• Learning Assertive Communication Skills – Matt Heusser – http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/learning-assertive-communication-skills/

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 8/14/16 – 8/20/16.

Articles & Blogs

• AUTOMATION 23 – GUI 10, Switching to Chrome – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/08/automation-23-gui-10-switching-to-chrome.html
• Becoming a Test Catalyst – Ways to Ignite Your Team! – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/08/18/becoming-test-catalyst-ways-ignite-team/
• Can you remove a Tester and get better quality? – Augusto Evangelisti – https://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2016/08/18/can-you-remove-a-tester-and-get-better-quality/
• Continuous Delivery and user interface-driven test automation: does that compute? – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/continuous-delivery-and-user-interface-driven-test-automation-does-that-compute/
• Getting Buy-In For Test Automation – Chris Riley – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2016/08/getting-buy-in-for-test-automation/
• Getting Real About Memory Leaks – Matt Heusser – http://blog.smartbear.com/code-review/getting-real-about-memory-leaks/
• Give Your Automated Checks a Voice – Richard Bradshaw – http://www.thefriendlytester.co.uk/2016/08/give-your-automated-checks-voice.html

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 8/7/16 – 8/13/16.

Articles & Blogs

• A Basic Guide to Creating XML API Automated Checks – Jason Ogayon – https://onesoftwaretester.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-basic-guide-to-creating-xml-api-automated-checks/
• Break Through Your Major Testing Barriers: An Interview with Jared Richardson – Josiah Renaudin – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/break-through-your-major-testing-barriers-interview-jared-richardson
• Collaborating with Outsiders to the Dev Team – Erik Dietrich – http://blog.smartbear.com/code-review/collaborating-outside-the-development-team/
• Efficient Test Coverage for Mobile Apps – Brian Hamilton – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2016/08/09/efficient-test-coverage-mobile-apps-brian-hamilton/
• Finding Allies in Testing – Mel Eaden – http://testingandmoviesandstuff.blogspot.com/2016/08/finding-allies-in-testing.html
• Games Testers should be proud of their work, not ashamed – Matthew Bretten – http://bestofthetest.blogspot.com/2016/08/games-testers-should-be-proud-of-their.html
• How to become a Performance Tester? – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – http://qainsights.com/how-to-be-an-ultimate-performance-tester/

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 7/31/16 – 8/6/16.

Articles & Blogs

• Four performance lessons we should learn from Pokémon Go – Ann Ruckstuhl – https://www.soasta.com/blog/pokemon-go-performance-testing/
• Getting Started with Web Application Penetration Testing – Vijay Shinde – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/getting-started-with-web-application-penetration-testing/
• How do you do, Head of Testing? vol. 1 – Helena Jeret-Mäe – https://thepainandgainofedwardbear.wordpress.com/2016/08/06/how-do-you-do-head-of-testing-vol-1/
• Synecdoche – Pete Houghton – http://www.investigatingsoftware.co.uk/2016/08/synecdoche.html
• Time estimation for software testing – Dennis Turpitka – https://jaxenter.com/time-estimation-for-software-testing-128078.html
• Unconventional Wisdom V5: Drinking Exploratory’s Kool-Aid – Robin Goldsmith – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/unconventional-wisdom-v5-drinking-exploratorys-kool-aid/
• What Can Particle Physics Teach Us About Testing? – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/08/what-can-particle-physics-teach-us-about-testing/