Testing Bits – 4/19/15 – 4/25/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 4/19/15 – 4/25/15.

Articles & Blogs

• An insight to Innovative Agile or Spiral Software Testing – Software Testing Genius – http://www.softwaretestinggenius.com/an-insight-to-innovative-agile-or-spiral-software-testing
• Communication Tips in Software Testing – Laszlo Szegedi – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/communication-tips-software-testing
• Developing an approach to responsive design website testing – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2015/04/developing-approach-to-responsive.html
• Difference between load and stress – using a metaphor – Will Yates – http://outspokenhobbit.blogspot.com/2015/04/difference-between-load-and-stress.html
• Expectations…again… – Isaac Howard – http://about98percentdone.blogspot.com/2015/04/expectationsagain.html
• Facade Design Pattern – Design Patterns in Automation Testing – Anton Angelov – http://automatetheplanet.com/facade-design-pattern/
• Getting Started with Performance Testing – the Performance Sherpa Mark Tomlinson Guides the Way – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/04/21/getting-started-with-performance-testing-the-performance-sherpa-mark-tomlinson-guides-the-way/
• Guest Blog: Flipboard transitioning from manual to automated UI testing – Derrick Lam – http://blog.testmunk.com/flipboard-transitioning-from-manual-to-automated-ui-testing/
• How is Regression Testing Performed? Can It be Done Manually? – Swati Seela – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/what-is-regression-testing/
• How to Switch Careers in the Software Industry – T.J. Maher – http://adventuresinautomation.blogspot.com/2015/04/how-to-switch-careers-in-software.html
• Just Say No to More End-to-End Tests – Mike Wacker – http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2015/04/just-say-no-to-more-end-to-end-tests.html
• Learning Linux as a tester – Viktor Slavchev – http://mrslavchev.com/2015/04/24/learning-linux-as-a-tester/
• Pairing – Seeing the flip-side of the coin – Ben Kelly – http://testjutsu.com/2015/04/pairing-seeing-the-flip-side-of-the-coin/
• People in Testing Q&A with Stephen Janaway – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2015/04/20/people-in-testing-qa-with-stephen-janaway/
• Peripheral vision and peripheral testing –  Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/2015/04/peripheral-vision-and-peripheral-testing/
• RESTful API testing with Chakram – Dan Reid – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2015/04/restful-api-testing-with-chakram/
• Test Count as Meaningful Metric – Josh Grant – http://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/117179486410/test-count-as-meaningful-metric
• Testing in an Agile Environment – Nikhil Kaul – http://blog.smartbear.com/agile-testing/testing-in-an-agile-environment/
• The Future of the Software Testing Profession: An Interview with Mike Sowers – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/future-software-testing-profession-interview-mike-sowers
• The Real World: Computers – Eight Bad Testing Ideas #3 – Kelli Searfos – https://www.scriptscribe.org/testing/the-real-world-computers-eight-bad-testing-ideas-3/
• To improve testing, snoop on the competition – Gojko Adzic – http://gojko.net/2015/04/23/to-improve-testing-snoop-on-the-competition/
• When Customers Catch the Bugs – Latest Apple iOS 8 Release has Users Angry – Mary Katherine Sullivan – http://blog.smartbear.com/user-experience/when-customers-catch-the-bugs-latest-apple-ios-8-release-has-users-angry/

Tools

• BDDfire [Refactored] : Automate Web and Native Mobile Apps with less code – Shashikant Jagtap – http://shashikantjagtap.net/bddfire-refactored-automate-web-and-native-mobile-apps-with-less-code/
• How Selenium WebDriver uses CSS Selectors – T.J. Maher – http://adventuresinautomation.blogspot.com/2015/04/how-selenium-webdriver-uses-css.html
• Productivity Tools for Software Testers – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – http://qainsights.com/productivity-tools-for-software-testers/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• AST working with Speak Easy for CAST 2014 – Michael Larsen – http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/2015/04/21/ast-working-with-speak-easy-for-cast-2015/
• Launch of ‘seleniumlondon.co.uk’ at #LDNSE 13 – Shashikant Jagtap – http://shashikantjagtap.net/launch-of-seleniumlondon-co-uk-at-ldnse-13/
• Organising Women-only conference – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/04/organising-women-only-conference.html
• Security Testing Meetup: Beginners Kali Linux w/ RailsGoat – T.J. Maher – http://adventuresinautomation.blogspot.com/2015/04/security-testing-meetup-beginners-kali.html

Attention Ohio Testers:

4/28 – Columbus, Ohio – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Interviewing & Hiring for Software Testing Jobs – http://bit.ly/1yl4Tb3

5/20 – Columbus, Ohio – The Path to Agility and Path to Craftsmanship – http://www.thepathtoagility.com/

Miscellaneous

• Magazines: April 2015 Edition – Download Free PDF – Ajoy Kumar Singha – http://www.testingcircus.com/april-2015/
• Podcast: News Of The Damned 4-21-2015 – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/news-of-the-damned-4-21-2015
• Podcast: Testing In The Pub Episode 17 – The Right Things vs. The Right Thing – Stephen Janaway, Dan Ashby – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/testing/testing-in-the-pub-episode-17-the-right-thing-vs-the-thing-right/

Items of Interest for Testers

• Mozilla to debut Firefox for iPhone ‘soon’ – Gregg Keizer – http://www.computerworld.com/article/2910829/mozilla-to-debut-firefox-for-iphone-soon.html

In Memory of Kenneth Pier:

• Saying Goodbye to a Giant – Matt Heusser – http://xndev.com/2015/04/goodbye-to-a-giant/
• When The Music’s Over – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2015/04/when-musics-over.html

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