Testing Bits – 8/23/15 – 8/29/15

Testing Bits – 8/23/15 – 8/29/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 8/23/15 – 8/29/15.

Articles & Blogs

• 9 Reasons Microservices Matter to Architects, Developers & Testers – Les Worley – http://blog.smartbear.com/readyapi/9-reasons-microservices-matter-to-architects-developers-testers/
• 10 Ways To Initiate Change In An Organisation That Doesn’t Want To Change – Rob Lambert – http://thesocialtester.co.uk/10-ways-to-initiate-change-in-an-organisation-that-doesnt-want-to-change/
• Accessibility & Usability Testing Pathway – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2015/08/accessibility-usability-testing-pathway.html
• Bad Requirements – A Software Tester’s Nightmare! – Namita Kohli Arora – http://www.testingexcellence.com/bad-requirements-software-testers-nightmare/
• Getting the Existing Team On Board with Automation (Scripts) – Greg Sypolt – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2015/08/getting-the-existing-team-on-board-with-automation-scripts/
• How Many Words Do You Have Left In You? – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2015/08/how-many-words-do-you-have-left-in-you.html
• How to practice software testing – Erik Brickarp – http://erik.brickarp.se/2015/08/practice-software-testing.html
• How to Test an Application without Requirements? – Swati Seela – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/how-to-test-an-application-without-requirements/
• I Don’t Want to Talk about Bugs: Let’s Change the Conversation: An Interview with Janet Gregory – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/i-don-t-want-talk-about-bugs-let-s-change-conversation-interview-janet-gregory
• Illustration of traditional vs. strong-style pairing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/08/illustration-of-traditional-vs-strong.html
• Interview With Pradeep Soundaraarajan – Expert in Software Testing, Found of Moolya and Appachhi, India – Thanh Huynh – http://www.asktester.com/pradeep-soundararajan/
• Mobile UX Issues Caused by Device Fragmentation – Martin Poschenrieder – http://blog.testmunk.com/mobile-ux-issues-caused-by-device-fragmentation/
• Pains of learning mob programming – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/08/pains-of-learning-mob-programming.html
• Rotation Tour in Mobile Testing – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2015/08/24/rotation-tour-in-mobile-testing/
• Schools of Software Testing: A Debate with Rex Black – Cem Kaner – http://kaner.com/?p=437
• Taking Ownership of Testing’s Future – Philip Heath – http://www.thattestingguy.com/taking-ownership-of-testings-future/
• Testing Like a Gamer – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2015/08/testing-like-a-gamer/
• Testing Vs. Checking Applied – Testing Trapeze August 2015 issue – Rajesh Mathur – http://www.dogmatictesting.com/2015/08/testing-vs-checking-applied-testing.html
• The Beginner’s Guide to ERP Testing (SAP Testing) – Part 1 – Balu A – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/guide-erp-testing-sap-testing-1/
• The Power of Continuous Performance Testing – Don Prather – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/power-continuous-performance-testing
• Traditional pairing on adding some Selenium tests – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/08/traditional-pairing-as-comparison-point.html
• Ways to force yourself to enjoy mobile app testing – Dhanasekar S – https://testingideas.wordpress.com/2015/08/23/ways-to-force-yourself-to-enjoy-mobile-app-testing/
• What to Expect When You’re Automating Testing – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/08/28/what-to-expect-when-youre-automating-testing/

Tools

• Finding Child Elements in WebDriver using findElements – Dwarika Dhish Mishra – http://www.abodeqa.com/2015/08/26/finding-child-elements-in-webdriver-using-findelements/
• Gatling : How to download and install Gatling and its folder structure – Nadim Saker – http://nadimsaker.blogspot.com/2015/08/gatling-how-to-download-and-install.html
• Mobile emulation in Google Chrome using Selenium WebDriver – Dwarika Dhish Mishra – http://www.abodeqa.com/2015/08/28/mobile-emulation-in-google-chrome-using-selenium-webdriver/
• Selenium WebDriver in C#: How to use the existing window of Chrome Browser – Mohammad Saad – http://binaryclips.com/2015/08/25/selenium-webdriver-in-c-how-to-use-the-existing-window-of-chrome-browser/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Rapid Software Testing Course Notes – Rajesh Mathur – http://www.dogmatictesting.com/2015/08/rapid-software-testing-course-notes.html
• STAREAST 2015 Interview with Liana Gevorgyan on Measuring Quality – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/stareast-2015-interview-liana-gevorgyan-measuring-quality
• Unicom – 12th NextGen Testing Conference – Gareth Waterhouse – http://www.testingthewaterhouse.com/2015/08/unicom-12th-nextgen-testing-conference.html

Attention Ohio Testers:

9/17/2015 – Columbus, Ohio, COQAA – Testing Inside the Sprint – Daryl Kulak – http://coqaa.org/id1.html

9/29/2015 – Dublin, Ohio – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Topic TBD – facilitated by Matt Hutchison – http://bit.ly/1H5yPbs 

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: Ep 16: Creativity in Time and Space – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2015/08/27/ep-16-creativity-in-time-and-space/
• Podcast: Episode 17 – Flash – Ben, Joe – http://podcast.testreactor.com/e/episode-17-flash/
• Podcast: EPISODE 66: Selenium Page Objects are SO 2007 – We Can Do Better [PODCAST] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/08/26/episode-66-selenium-page-objects-are-so-2007-we-can-do-better-podcast/
• Podcast: Official Release of Working As Designed: the uTest Podcast, Episode 1 – Hannah Lowry – http://blog.utest.com/2015/08/26/official-release-of-working-as-designed-the-utest-podcast-episode-1/
• ISO 29119 Petition – http://www.commonsensetesting.org/news/files/PetitionISO29119.html
• Professional Tester’s Manifesto – http://www.professionaltestersmanifesto.org/

Items of Interest for Testers

• These world maps show how the most popular web browsers have battled for dominance since 2008 – Nathan McAlone – http://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-web-browser-popularity-since-2008-2015-8
• Windows 95 Nostalgia – Alan Page – http://angryweasel.com/blog/windows-95-nostalgia/

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