Testing Bits – 5/24/15 – 5/30/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 5/24/15 – 5/30/15.

Articles & Blogs

• <sigh> Automation…again – Alan Page – http://angryweasel.com/blog/sigh-automationagain/
• 5 Important Things You’d NOT Want to Miss While Testing Video Games – Debasis Pradhan – http://www.softwaretestingtricks.com/2015/05/Game-Testing-Challenges-and-How-to-Overcome-Them.html
• Crowd Testing: Let Your Apps Take a Walk on the Wild Side – Joe Schultz – http://eyeonquality.com/crowdtesting-let-your-apps-take-a-walk-on-the-wild-side-2/
• Dominos to illustrate communication in pair testing – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2015/05/dominos-to-illustrate-communication-in.html
• Essential Skills For Test Automation & Load Testing – Alex Siminiuc – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2015/05/essential-skills-for-test-automation.html
• Flushing Out the Bugs – Randy Rice – http://randallrice.blogspot.com/2015/05/flushing-out-bugs.html
• Fridge Terrorism – Chris Ambler – http://testhuddle.com/fridge-terrorism/
• How browser automation helped me to find UI issue – Karlo Smid – http://zagorskisoftwaretester.blogspot.com/2015/05/how-browser-automation-helped-me-to.html
• In the Real World – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2015/05/in-real-world.html
• Internet of Things: iBeacon and it’s adoption in Travel – Vipul Gupta – https://vipulgupta1.wordpress.com/2015/05/26/ibeacon-all-i-need-to-know-about-it/
• Interview with Augusto Evangelisti– A true believer in delivering software that matters – Thanh Huynh – http://www.asktester.com/interview-with-augusto-evangelisti-a-true-believer-in-delivering-software-that-matters/
• Metrics, metrics everywhere (but where the heck do you start?) – Tammy Everts – http://www.soasta.com/blog/metrics-metrics-everywhere-but-where-the-heck-do-you-start/
• Modern Code Review Practices Are More Than Finding Software Bugs – Mary Katherine Sullivan – http://blog.smartbear.com/quality-assurance/modern-code-review-practices-is-more-than-finding-software-bugs/
• Must know programming languages for software testers – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – http://qainsights.com/must-know-programming-languages-for-software-testers/
• People in Testing Q&A with Tobias Geyer – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2015/05/26/people-in-testing-qa-with-tobias-geyer/
• Reducing Redundancy in Responsive Testing – Adam Rosenberg – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/reducing-redundancy-responsive-testing
• The Best way to Future Proof Your Career – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/05/25/the-best-way-to-future-proof-your-career-2/
• The Economics Of Testing – Gil Zilberfeld – http://testhuddle.com/the-economics-of-testing/
• Web Testing Tips – How to Test Web Applications – Amir Ghahrai – http://www.testingexcellence.com/web-testing-tips-how-to-test-web-applications/

Tools

• Cloud Test Lab by Google – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2015/05/29/cloud-test-lab-by-google/
• Finding the Best Bug Tracking Tool – Martin Poschenrieder – http://blog.testmunk.com/finding_the_best_bug_tracking_tool/
• How to integrate dynatrace with HP LoadRunner and Apache JMeter? – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – http://qainsights.com/how-to-integrate-dynatrace-with-hp-loadrunner-and-apache-jmeter/
• Intro to Page Objects and Design Patterns in Selenium WebDriver – T.J. Maher – http://adventuresinautomation.blogspot.com/2015/05/page-objects-and-design-patterns-in.html
• Managing Responsive Design Risk With Selenium – Justin Rohrman – http://blog.smartbear.com/testing/managing-responsive-design-risk-with-selenium/
• Your #1 BugMagnet requested feature now works – Gojko Adzic – http://gojko.net/2015/05/25/your-1-bugmagnet-requested-feature-now-works/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• GTAC 2015 Coming to Cambridge (Greater Boston) in November – Anthony Vallone – http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2015/05/gtac-2015-coming-to-cambridge-greater.html
• Managers, Why Send Your Staff to CAST? – Pete Walen – http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/2015/05/26/why-send-staff-to-cast/
• Mob testing at XP2015 – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/05/mob-testing-at-xp2015.html
• TinyTestBash and Other New Events! – Rosie Sherry – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2015/05/tinytestbash-and-other-new-software-testing-events/

Let’s Test 2015

• A reflection on Let’s Test 2015: Part I – Nicola Owen – http://nickytests.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-reflection-on-lets-test-2015-part-i.html
• A reflection on Let’s Test 2015: Part II – Nicola Owen – http://nickytests.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-reflection-on-lets-test-2015-part-ii.html
• Let’s Test 2015 – Day 1 – Hannes Lindblom – https://testinpeace.wordpress.com/2015/05/25/lets-test-2015-day-1/
• Let’s Test 2015 – Day 2 – Hannes Lindblom – https://testinpeace.wordpress.com/2015/05/26/lets-test-2015-day-2/
• Let’s Test 2015 – Day 3 – Hannes Lindblom – https://testinpeace.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/lets-test-2015-day-3/
• Let’s Test Day 1… What a Day! – Dan Ashby – https://danashby04.wordpress.com/2015/05/26/lets-test-day-1-what-a-day/
• Let’s Test 2015 – reflections – Stefan Theienius – http://abouttesting.blogspot.com/2015/05/lets-test-2015-reflections.html
• Tweet Bits from #LetsTest 2015 – Matt Hutchison – bit.ly/1RzTqKg

Attention Ohio Testers:

6/30 – Dublin, Ohio – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Topic TBD – facilitated by Matt Hutchison – http://www.meetup.com/Software-QA-Testing-Meetup/

Miscellaneous

• Book Review – Pride and Paradev – Software Testing Magazine – http://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/pride-and-paradev/
• Magazine: Software Testing Magazine – Testing Circus May 2015 Edition – Ajoy Kumar Singha – http://www.testingcircus.com/may-2015/
• Podcast: 9: What’s the point of process? – Testing Bias – Andy Tinkham, Ian Bannerman – http://www.testingbias.com/episodes/9
• Podcast: Episode 53: Seb Rose: Cucumber for Java – Keeping Your BDD Cucumbers Sweet [PODCAST] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/05/27/episode-53-seb-rose-cucumber-for-java-keeping-your-bdd-cucumbers-sweet-podcast/
• Podcast: Test Reactor Episode 4 – Be, Joe – http://podcast.testreactor.com/e/test-reactor-episode-4/
• Podcast: The Abuse and Misuse of Test Automation – Interview with Alan Page – Gareth Wilson – http://blog.fogcreek.com/the-abuse-and-misuse-of-test-automation-interview-with-alan-page/
• ISO 29119 Petition – http://www.commonsensetesting.org/news/files/PetitionISO29119.html
• Professional Tester’s Manifesto – http://www.professionaltestersmanifesto.org/

Items of Interest for Testers

• DVT launches global software testing hub in Cape Town – IT Web – http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=143491
• How Much Time Do You Spend Doing Your Job versus Learning Your Job? – Johanna Rothman – http://www.techwell.com/2015/05/how-much-time-do-you-spend-doing-your-job-versus-learning-your-job
• Software testing no longer stands alone – Christina Mulligan – http://sdtimes.com/software-testing-no-longer-stands-alone/

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