Testing Bits – 3/29/15 – 4/4/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 3/29/15 – 4/4/15.

Articles & Blogs

• Actually, there ARE Best Practices – Mark Crowther – http://cyreath.blogspot.com/2015/03/actually-there-are-best-practices.html
• An expert suggests how to measure software quality – Robin Goldsmith – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/opinion/An-expert-suggests-how-to-measure-software-quality
• Auditing and Software Testing: What’s the Connection? – Sanjay Zalavadia – http://blog.utest.com/2015/03/31/auditing-and-software-testing-whats-the-connection/
• Caching Antipatterns – James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/PulleyCacheBlog
• Gherkin Grammar – Christian Kram – http://www.testknight.de/gherkin-grammar/
• Homework – Making the Best With What You Got… – Keith Klain – http://qualityremarks.com/homework-making-the-best-with-what-you-got/
• How do you measure the effectiveness of a tester? The only calculation you need – Rob Lambert – http://thesocialtester.co.uk/how-do-you-measure-the-effectiveness-of-a-tester-the-only-calculation-you-need/
• How does Amazon Dash prove the API economy? – Paul Bruce – http://blog.smartbear.com/iot-2/how-does-amazon-dash-prove-the-api-economy/
• How to Test Responsive Web Design – Amir Ghahrai – http://www.testingexcellence.com/how-to-test-responsive-web-design/
• Job titles: It matters what we’re called – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/03/job-titles-it-matters-what-were-called.html
• On Community, or “Building Your Perfect Beast” – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2015/04/on-community-or-building-your-perfect.html
• Patterns of API Virtualization – Matthew Heusser – http://blog.smartbear.com/service-virtualization/patterns-of-api-virtualization/
• Peak-End or How to deliver in then leave a testing role – Mark Crowther – http://cyreath.blogspot.com/2015/03/peak-end-or-how-to-deliver-in-then.html
• QA should be present for Agile story mapping – Amy Reichert – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/answer/QA-should-be-present-for-Agile-story-mapping
• Replacing QA with 100% automation – Mark Crowther – http://cyreath.blogspot.com/2015/03/replacing-qa-with-100-automation.html
• The Human Touch – Andy Carrington-Chappell – http://www.carrington-chappell.co.uk/2015/03/31/the-human-touch/
• The Power of Language: Effective Communication at Any Level – Duncan Nisbet – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/power-language-effective-communication-any-level
• The Three Pillars of Agile Quality and Testing: The Pillars Explained – Bob Galen – http://www.techwell.com/2015/04/three-pillars-agile-quality-and-testing-pillars-explained
• Understand the context of the Testing Problem – Mark Crowther – http://cyreath.blogspot.com/2015/03/understand-context-of-testing-problem.html
• WebRTC and Its Impact on Testing – Nikhil Kaul – http://blog.smartbear.com/user-experience/webrtc-and-its-impact-on-testing/
• Why Screen Readers Are Imperative in Accessibility Testing – Raman Mehta – http://www.techwell.com/2015/04/why-screen-readers-are-imperative-accessibility-testing

Tools

• Sauce Labs – How to Run a Selenium Test in SauceLabs – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/04/02/saucelabs-how-to-run-a-selenium-test-in-saucelabs/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Announcing #LDNSE 14 : Selenium and Testenium – Shashikant Jagtap – http://shashikantjagtap.net/announcing-ldnse-14-selenium-and-testenium/
• Learning by Doing: a conference volunteering experience – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/03/learning-by-doing-conference.html
• Let’s Test 2015 – conference at a glance (from a distance) – Pekka Marjamäki – http://how-do-i-test.blogspot.com/2015/04/lets-test-2015-conference-at-glance.html
• Thinking of a great conference talk – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/04/thinking-of-great-conference-talk.html
• Virtually Live in Romania – Technical Testing Webinar to Tabara De Testare – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2015/04/virtually-live-in-romania-technical.html

STPCon Spring 2015

• In My Own Time: A Live Blog from #STPCON, Spring 2015 – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2015/04/in-my-own-time-live-blog-from-stpcon.html
• Delivering The Goods: A Live Blog from #STPCON, Spring 2015 – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2015/04/delivering-goods-live-blog-from-stpcon.html
• Tweet Bits from #STPCon Spring 2015 – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2015/04/03/tweet-bits-from-stpcon-spring-2015/

TestBash 2015

• It’s all about the conversations – TestBash 2015 Review – Dan Billing – https://thetestdoctor.wordpress.com/2015/04/01/its-all-about-the-conversations-testbash-2015-review/
• Tesbash 2015 – Workshop Day – John Stevenson – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2015/03/tesbash-2015-workshop-day.html
• Thoughts from TestBash 2015 – Amy Phillips – https://testingthemind.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/thoughts-from-testbash-2015/
• Top Tweets From TestBash 2015 – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2015/03/30/top-tweets-from-testbash-2015/

Attention Ohio Testers:

4/23 – Cleveland, Ohio – NOSQAA – Improv(e) Your Testing! Tips and Tricks from Jester to Tester w/ Damian Synadinos – http://nosqaa.org/?page_id=46

4/28 – Columbus, Ohio – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Topic TBD – http://www.meetup.com/Software-QA-Testing-Meetup/

Miscellaneous

• eBook: Learn To Interview Well – free eBook –  Rob Lambert – http://thesocialtester.co.uk/learn-to-interview-well-free-ebook/
• eBook: Trying to teach testing skills and judgement – eBook – Alex Siminiuc – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2015/04/trying-to-teach-testing-skills-and.html
• Podcast: 2: Career Growth for Testers – Andy Tinkham, Ian Bannerman – http://www.testingbias.com/episodes/2
• Podcast: 46: Andy Obusek: iOS Testing: The Apple Watch is Coming – Are You Ready? – Joe Colantonio – http://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/46-andy-obusek-ios-testing-the-apple-watch-is-coming-are-you-ready/
• Podcast: Episode #57 What’s Up With HTTP2 Performance – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/whats-up-with-http2-performance
• Podcast: Episode #58 PerfBytes Live! At STPCON Spring 2015 – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/perfbytes-live-stpcon-spring-2015
• Podcast: Let’s Test 2015: Interview – Adam Howard – https://solavirtusinvicta.wordpress.com/2015/04/04/lets-test-2015-interview/
• ISO 29119 Petition – http://www.commonsensetesting.org/news/files/PetitionISO29119.html
• Professional Tester’s Manifesto – http://www.professionaltestersmanifesto.org/

Items of Interest for Testers

• Samsung Browser expected to arrive by end of the year – David Curry – http://www.itproportal.com/2015/03/30/samsung-browser-expected-arrive-end-year/
• The Internet Era before Facebook : AltaVista, GeoCities, Lycos, Netscape and Other Giants Of Web 1.0! – Maya Kamath – http://www.techworm.net/2015/03/internet-era-before-facebook-altavista-geocities-lycos-netscape-other-giants-web-1-0.html
• This is the new browser Microsoft wants you to use instead of Internet Explorer – Steve Kovach – http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-spartan-web-browser-first-look-2015-3
• You can now test Project Spartan, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer successor – Tom Warren – http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/30/8314935/microsoft-project-spartan-windows-10-preview-download

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