Testing Bits – 8/9/15 – 8/15/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 8/2/15 – 8/8/15.

Articles & Blogs

• 4 Ways to Boost Your Test Process with Service Virtualization – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/4-ways-boost-your-test-process-service-virtualization
• A Little Lesson on Paired Work – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-little-lesson-on-paired-work.html
• Acceptance Criteria Abuse – Eric Jacobson – http://www.testthisblog.com/2015/08/acceptance-criteria-abuse.html
• Away from Fear: Kindness-driven dialogue-oriented testing community – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/08/away-from-fear-kindness-driven-dialogue.html
• Being a Driver in Strong-Style pairing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/08/being-driver-in-strong-style-pairing.html
• Considerations when Performance Testing Native Mobile Applications – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2015/08/considerations-when-performance-testing-native-mobile-applications/
• Creating a Unit Testing Strategy – Gil Zilberfeld – http://www.everydayunittesting.com/2015/08/creating-a-unit-testing-strategy-part-iv.html
• Explore Capabilities, Not Features – Gojko Adzic – http://blog.utest.com/2015/08/14/explore-capabilities-not-features/
• Is Test Automation For Testers? – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2015/08/is-test-automation-for-testers.html
• Layers of Testing abstractly applied to the assembly of a Chair – Gareth Waterhouse – http://www.testingthewaterhouse.com/2015/08/layers-of-testing-abstractly-applied-to.html
• Part of the Pipeline: Why Continuous Testing Is Essential – Adam Auerbach – http://www.techwell.com/2015/08/part-pipeline-why-continuous-testing-essential
• People in Testing Interview with José Díaz – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2015/08/10/people-in-testing-interview-with-jose-diaz/
• QA: The Misnomer That Never Dies – Alessandra Moreira – http://roadlesstested.com/2015/08/12/qa-the-misnomer-that-never-dies/
• Test-Driven Is Not (Necessarily) Test-First – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2015/08/test-driven-is-not-necessarily-test-first/
• Testing on Emulators vs Real Devices – Martin Poschenrieder – http://blog.testmunk.com/testing-on-emulators-vs-real-devices/
• Testing UI Changes In Large Web Applications – Sannie Kwakman – http://blog.xebia.com/2015/08/10/testing-ui-changes-in-large-web-applications/
• The pairing experience: foundations – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-pairing-experience-foundations.html
• The Whiplash approach to motivating testers – Neil Studd – http://blog.neiltest.com/2015/08/13/motivation-and-encouragement-the-whiplash-way/
• Using Aspects of Lean Coffee to Drive a Retrospective – John Stevenson – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2015/08/using-aspects-of-lean-coffee-to-dive.html
• What’s Your Story? How Testers Add Value – Matthew Heusser – http://www.techwell.com/2015/08/whats-your-story-how-testers-add-value
• Where do Testers Go With Agile – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/08/where-do-testers-go-with-agile.html
• Why Manual Testing Helps Your Release – Ashley Hunsberger – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2015/08/why-manual-testing-helps-your-release/
• Wireframes Testing – Part I – Parimala Hariprasad – http://curioustester.blogspot.com/2015/08/wireframes-testing-part-i.html

Tools

• A Few Observations – Josh Grant – http://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/126611076050/a-few-observations
• Announcement – UniTEE Ver 1.1 Released – Rahul Verma – http://www.rahulverma.xyz/announcement-unitee-ver-1-1-released/
• Dashboard for Agile Testing – Carl – https://qastuff.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/dashboard-for-agile-testing/
• Gatling : Things to know to work with Gatling – Nadim Saker – http://nadimsaker.blogspot.com/2015/08/gatling-things-to-know-to-work-with.html
• Groovy RESTful Service Testing – Philip Heath – http://www.thattestingguy.com/groovy-restful-service-testing/
• Lesson #18 -Selenium WebDriver – Design Pattern for Web Page Testing(C#) – David Tzhmach – http://www.dtvisiontech.com/2015/08/lesson-18-selenium-webdriver-design.html
• Speed up Selenium Tests through RAM Facts and Myths – Anton Angelov – http://automatetheplanet.com/selenium-tests-ram-facts-myths/
• Unitee – Data Driven Testing – Part 2 – Excel (XLS) File As Data Source – Rahul Verma – http://www.rahulverma.xyz/unitee-data-driven-testing-part2-excel-xls-file-as-data-source/
• Unitee – Data Driven Testing – Part 3 – INI File as Data Source – Rahul Verma – http://www.rahulverma.xyz/unitee-data-driven-testing-part-3-ini-file-as-data-source/
• Unitee – Data Driven Testing – Part 4 – Creating and Using a Custom Data Source – Rahul Verma – http://www.rahulverma.xyz/unitee-data-driven-testing-part-4-creating-and-using-a-custom-data-source/
• Visual Validation Testing using Selenium & Java – Mini Course [VIDEO] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/08/14/visual-validation-testing-using-selenium-java-mini-course/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• How to Evaluate a Workshop – Fiona Charles – http://quality-intelligence.blogspot.com/2015/08/how-to-evaluate-workshop.html
• Software QA & Testing Meetup – August 2015 Meetup Scheduled – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2015/08/10/software-qa-testing-meetup-august-2015-meetup-scheduled/
• (Some of) what I learned at Agile 2015 – Lisa Crispin – http://lisacrispin.com/2015/08/09/some-of-what-i-learned-at-agile-2015/
• STAREAST 2015 Interview with Dorothy Graham on Blunders in Test Automation – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/stareast-2015-interview-dorothy-graham-blunders-test-automation
• STAREAST 2015 Interview with Jason Arbon on Innovation from the Tester’s Viewpoint – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/stareast-2015-interview-jason-arbon-innovation-tester-s-viewpoint
• The Best STPCon Ever Is Coming! – Mike Lyles – https://mikelyles.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/stpcon-fall-2015/
• The Role of Testing: Thoughts from KWST5 – Adam Howard – https://solavirtusinvicta.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/the-role-of-testing-thoughts-from-kwst5/

CAST2015 & Test Retreat

• CAST 2015 ‘Did You Know?’ – Pete Walen – http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/2015/08/11/cast2015-did-u-know/
• CAST 2015: webCAST (livestream) Fun Facts – Pete Walen – http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/2015/08/10/cast-2015-livestream-fun-facts/
• On CAST 2015 Speaker Selection – Matthew Heusser – http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/2015/08/11/cast-2015-speaker-selection/

Attention Ohio Testers

8/17 – Columbus, Ohio – COSQAM Presents – Metrics: The Force Awakens – Joseph Ours – http://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/events/224424686/

8/25 – Dublin, Ohio – Software QA & Testing Meetup – CAST 2015 & Testing Language – facilitated by Matt Hutchison – http://bit.ly/1UzHgTg

Miscellaneous

• Book: Saving the Scrum – Serious This Time! – Matt Heusser – http://xndev.com/2015/08/saving-the-scrum-serious-this-time/
• Magazine: Testing Trapeze – 2015 – August Edition – Katrina Clokie – http://www.testingcircus.com/testing-trapeze-2015-august-edition/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 26 – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=84
• Podcast: Ep 14: Eternal Sunshine of the Testless Mind – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2015/08/13/ep-14-eternal-sunshine/
• Podcast: Episode 15 – Test Reactor – Ben, Joe – http://podcast.testreactor.com/e/episode-15-test-reactor/
• Podcast: EPISODE 64: Using WireShark to Attack Hard to Find Bugs [PODCAST] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/08/12/episode-64-using-wireshark-to-attack-hard-to-find-bugs-podcast/
• Podcast: The DevHops Podcast Episode 4: Continuous Testing – Noel Wurst – https://www.skytap.com/blog/the-devhops-podcast-episode-4-continuous-testing/
• ISO 29119 Petition – http://www.commonsensetesting.org/news/files/PetitionISO29119.html
• Professional Tester’s Manifesto – http://www.professionaltestersmanifesto.org/

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