Testing Bits – 7/12/15 – 7/18/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 7/12/15 – 7/18/15.

Articles & Blogs

• 5 QA Gifs – Ben – http://www.qahipster.com/blog/5-qa-gifs2
• A collection of quality characteristics – Jean–Paul Varwijk – http://arborosa.org/2015/07/15/a-collection-of-quality-characteristics/
• Advanced Observer Design Pattern via IObservable and IObserver in Automation Testing – Anton Angelov – http://automatetheplanet.com/observer-design-pattern-iobserver/
• Are your test automation efforts holding you back? – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/are-your-test-automation-efforts-holding-you-back/
• Autism and Software Testing: A Symbiotic Relationship – Mukesh Sharma – http://www.techwell.com/2015/07/autism-and-software-testing-symbiotic-relationship
• Automation Gets No Respect – Matt Griscom – http://metaautomation.blogspot.com/2015/07/automation-gets-no-respect.html
• Behind My Test Automation Vision – Phillips Heath – http://www.thattestingguy.com/?p=127
• Blog: Very Short Blog Posts (29): Defective Detection Effectiveness    – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2015/07/very-short-blog-posts-29-defective-detection-effectiveness/
• Does Anyone Really Do All That Is Recommended by the ISTQB Tester Certifications? – Claire Lohr – http://www.stickyminds.com/better-software-magazine-article/does-anyone-really-do-all-recommended-istqb-tester-certifications
• From Manual Testing To Test Automation – Alex Siminiuc – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2015/07/from-manual-testing-to-test-automation.html
• How Beacons and the iBeacon Protocol Fit With the API and the Internet of Things – Jennifer Riggins – http://blog.smartbear.com/iot-2/how-beacons-and-the-ibeacon-protocol-fit-with-the-api-and-the-internet-of-things/
• How Testing Changes in Component Based Architectures – Justin Rohrman – http://blog.smartbear.com/apis/how-testing-changes-in-component-based-architectures/
• How to Improve Test Case Efficiency – Vijay Shinde – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/how-to-improve-test-case-efficiency/
• Humans and Machines: Getting The Model Wrong – Chris Kenst – http://www.kenst.com/2015/07/humans-and-machines-getting-the-model-wrong/
• Installation Testing – The ultimate checklist – David Tzhmach – http://www.dtvisiontech.com/2015/07/installation-testing-ultimate-checklist.html
• It’s Always Easy to Blame the Glitch – Dave Bolton – http://blog.utest.com/2015/07/13/its-always-easy-to-blame-the-glitch/
• Mobile page bloat: The average page served to mobile is 3X bigger than it was four years ago – Tammy Everts – http://www.soasta.com/blog/mobile-web-performance-page-bloat-july-2015/
• Mobile Testing Taster – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2015/07/mobile-testing-taster.html
• No progress over faking progress – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/07/no-progress-over-faking-progress.html
• Overcoming Cognitive Friction to Engineer Better Software – Nilanjan Bhattacharya – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/overcoming-cognitive-friction-engineer-better-software
• Re-writing Performance Non-functional Requirements using a BDD Approach – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2015/07/re-writing-performance-non-functional-requirements-using-a-bdd-approach/
• Room 101 – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2015/07/room-101.html
• Test Automation Advantages and Disadvantages – Amir Ghahrai – http://www.testingexcellence.com/test-automation-advantages-and-disadvantages/
• Testing & Tests: A Story – Simon Morley – http://testers-headache.blogspot.com/2015/07/testing-tests-story.html
• The Present and Future of Manual Testing – Alex Siminiuc – http://blog.utest.com/2015/07/14/the-present-and-future-of-manual-testing/
• The Word “Automation” Has Led Us Astray – Matt Griscom – http://metaautomation.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-word-automation-has-led-us-astray.html
• “Thinking like a tester” workshop – Pekka Marjamäki – http://how-do-i-test.blogspot.com/2015/07/thinking-like-tester-workshop.html
• Tips and Tricks creating Load Testing Scripts – Michael Dunagan – http://loadstorm.com/2015/07/tips-tricks-creating-load-testing-scripts/
• Top 3 skills needed for test automation – Alex Siminiuc – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2015/07/top-3-skills-needed-for-test-automation.html
• Triangulation: The Other Role of Tests – Gil Zilberfeld – http://www.everydayunittesting.com/2015/07/triangulation-the-other-role-of-tests.html

Tools

• Advantages of Grinder load testing framework – Karlo Smid – http://zagorskisoftwaretester.blogspot.com/2015/07/advantages-of-grinder-load-testing.html
• AWS Device Farm – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2015/07/13/aws-device-farm/
• Choosing the Right Tools for Your Testing Needs: An Interview with Tata Consultancy Services – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/choosing-right-tools-your-testing-needs-interview-tata-consultancy-services
• Favorite Chrome Extensions & Apps For Software Testing – Jason Ogayon – https://onesoftwaretester.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/favorite-chrome-extensions-apps-for-software-testing/
• Jmeter Results Analysis – Milin Patel – http://testacy.co.in/jmeter-results-analysis/
• Scale Testing Using Modern Scripting Languages and SCM Integrations In TC 11 – Nikhil Kaul – http://blog.smartbear.com/test-automation/scale-testing-using-modern-scripting-languages-and-scm-integrations-2/
• Test Automation Tips – dont use WebDriver APIs in your test script – Alex Siminiuc – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2015/07/dont-use-WebDriverAPI-in-test-scripts.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Black Ops Testing ‘Operation Sequence’ Webinar 13th July 2015 Debrief Notes and Webinar Replay – Tony Bruce – http://blackopstesting.com/post/event/webinar/debrief/20150713_js_sequence_diagram_webinar_debrief/
• Client-side Performance Testing Workshop in TechJam, 13th August 2015 – Anand Bagmar – http://essenceoftesting.blogspot.com/2015/07/client-side-performance-testing.html
• Lessons learned from Black Ops Testing – Testing a JavaScript library – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2015/07/lessons-learned-from-black-ops-testing.html
• Questions are powerful. Learn to use them workshop – 22nd October – Tony Bruce – http://dancedwiththesoftware.blogspot.com/2015/07/questions-are-powerful-learn-to-use.html
• Recap: What DevOps Is – and Why You Should Care [Webinar] – Bill McGee – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2015/07/recap-what-devops-is-and-why-you-should-care-webinar/
• STAREAST 2015 Interview with Rob Sabourin on Exploring Usability Testing for Mobile and Web Technologies – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/stareast-2015-interview-rob-sabourin-exploring-usability-testing-mobile-and-web
• Test Engineering Alliance Melbourne (TEAM)- Connecting Testers! – Rajesh Mathur – http://www.dogmatictesting.com/2015/07/test-engineering-alliance-melbourne.html
• Weekly Web QA team meetings are now recorded – Mozilla – https://blog.mozilla.org/webqa/2015/07/15/weekly-web-qa-team-meetings-are-now-recorded/
• Why CAST (Director’s Cut) – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-cast-directors-cut.html
• Why CAST? Thoughts from the Conference Chair for CAST 2015 – Pete Walen – http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/2015/07/15/why-cast/

Attention Ohio Testers:

7/28 – Dublin, Ohio – Software QA & Testing Meetup – “Testing vs. Checking” – facilitated by Matt Hutchison – http://bit.ly/1H5yPbs

Miscellaneous

• Fun: Software IQ Test: Software Testing Crossword [Interactive Puzzle] – Gregory Mooney – http://blog.smartbear.com/bugs/software-iq-testing-crossword/
• Podcast: The DevHops Podcast Ep. 3: How to Test for Enterprise Mobility – Noel Wurst – https://www.skytap.com/blog/the-devhops-podcast-ep-3-how-to-test-for-enterprise-mobility/
• Podcast: Ep 10: Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2015/07/16/ep-10-crouch-touch-pause-engage/
• Podcast: Episode 11 – Something Blue – Ben, Joe – http://podcast.testreactor.com/e/episode-10-something-blue/
• Podcast: EPISODE 60: How to Create a Successful Test Automation Strategy [PODCAST] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/07/15/episode-60-how-to-create-a-successful-test-automation-strategy-podcast/
• Podcast: News Of The Damned 6-18-2015 – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/news-of-the-damned-6-18-2015
• ISO 29119 Petition – http://www.commonsensetesting.org/news/files/PetitionISO29119.html
• Professional Tester’s Manifesto – http://www.professionaltestersmanifesto.org/

Items of Interest for Testers

• “I Am Mozilla Web QA” – meet Bob Silverberg – Mozilla – https://blog.mozilla.org/webqa/2015/07/16/i-am-mozilla-web-qa-meet-bob-silverberg/
• My Many Years in Testing and Automation Development – Jeremy Carey-Dressler – http://about98percentdone.blogspot.com/2015/07/my-many-years-in-testing-and-automation.html
• Nine Years – And That’s All – Joe Strazzere – http://www.allthingsquality.com/2015/07/nine-years-and-thats-all.html

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