Testing Bits – 9/20/15 – 9/26/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 9/20/15 – 9/26/15

Articles & Blogs

• 5 Things Your Boss Doesn’t Understand about Test Automation – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/09/22/5-things-your-boss-doesnt-understand-about-test-automation/
• 5 Ways Testers Can Mitigate Practical Risks in an Agile Team – Nishi Grover – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/5-ways-testers-can-mitigate-practical-risks-agile-team
• Adapting To Exploratory Testing Is Not Easy For Every Tester – Jan Jaap Cannegieter – http://testhuddle.com/adapting-to-exploratory-testing-is-not-easy-for-every-tester/
• Blog: Oracles from the Inside Out, Part 6: Oracles as Extensions of Testers – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2015/09/oracles-from-the-inside-out-part-6-oracles-as-extensions-of-testers/
• How I stopped hating QA – Paul Littlebury – http://jaffamonkey.com/how-i-stopped-hating-qa/
• Learning Letters – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2015/09/learning-letters.html
• Let me be myself – all testers are not the same – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/09/let-me-be-myself-all-testers-are-not.html
• Manual Test to MetaAutomation, Continous Testing and DevOps – Matt Griscom – http://metaautomation.blogspot.com/2015/09/manual-test-to-metaautomation-continous.html
• On the Value of Interested, Dedicated, and Fascinated People – Anders Dinsen –  http://blog.asym.dk/2015/09/20/on-the-value-of-interested-dedicated-and-fascinated-people/
• Performance Testing without Requirements – Bill Long – http://eyeonquality.com/performance-testing-without-requirements/
• Sarbanes-Oxley & scripted testing – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/09/24/sarbanes-oxley-scripted-testing/
• Security Testing Pathway – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2015/09/security-testing-pathway.html
• Seeing what is there, away from the eyes – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/09/seeing-what-is-there-away-from-eyes.html
• Test Environment Responsibilities – Eric Jacobson – http://www.testthisblog.com/2015/09/test-environment-responsibilities.html
• Testers Who Code Get More Respect – Elizabeth Zagroba – https://murphyslawtester.wordpress.com/2015/09/23/testers-who-code-get-more-respect/
• Testing skills #2 – Influencing by listening – John Stevenson – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2015/09/testing-skills-2-influencing-by.html
• The Simple Guide to Localization and Internationalization Testing – Vijay Shinde – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/localization-and-internationalization-testing/
• The Slight Edge At Work – Rob Lambert – http://thesocialtester.co.uk/the-slight-edge-at-work/
• The Survival Guide for Testers and Test Managers: An Interview with Bart Knaack – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/survival-guide-testers-and-test-managers-interview-bart-knaack
• Things That Really Matter in Testing—Today and Tomorrow: An Interview with Bj Rollison – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/things-really-matter-testing-today-and-tomorrow-interview-bj-rollison
• Thoughts on Enterprise Mobile Strategy – Robert Bayer – http://blog.testmunk.com/thoughts-on-enterprise-mobile-strategy/
• Volkswagen Test Rigging: Who’s to Blame for Cheating Software? – Nikhil Kaul – http://blog.smartbear.com/news/volkswagen-test-rigging-whos-to-blame-for-cheating-software/
• Volkswagen Test Rigging: Who’s to Blame for Cheating Software? Part 2 – Nikhil Kaul – http://blog.smartbear.com/news/volkswagen-test-rigging-whos-to-blame-for-cheating-software-part-2/
• Why ISO 29119 Is a Flawed Quality Standard – James Christie – http://www.stickyminds.com/better-software-magazine-article/why-iso-29119-flawed-quality-standard
• Women (like me) in Testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/09/women-like-me-in-testing.html

Tools

• How To Generate a Selenium WebDriver Html Report – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2015/09/how-to-generate-selenium-webdriver-html-report.html
• How To Write Better Test Automation Code With Test Driven Development – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2015/09/how-to-write-better-automation-code-with-TDD.html
• Mobile Testing with Bug Radar – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2015/09/21/mobile-testing-with-bug-radar/
• Top 25 Tools for Automated Testing of JAVA Applications (Part 3) – Padmavaty S. – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/java-testing-tools/
• Using the ExtentReports TestNG listener in Selenium Page Object tests – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/using-the-extentreports-testng-listener-in-selenium-page-object-tests/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• BBST Foundations Week 2 In Review – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/bbst-foundations-week-2-in-review/
• Live From SoftTest – How to Stay Relevant – Stephen Janaway – http://stephenjanaway.co.uk/stephenjanaway/experiences/live-from-softtest-how-to-stay-relevant/
• Live From SoftTest – The $1 Million Bag of Hammers – Stephen Janaway – http://stephenjanaway.co.uk/stephenjanaway/conferences/live-from-softtest-the-1-million-bag-of-hammers/
• Live From SoftTest – Transforming Business Users Into Test Drivers – Stephen Janaway – http://stephenjanaway.co.uk/stephenjanaway/conferences/live-from-softtest-transforming-business-users-into-test-drivers/
• Mob Testing at Testival – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/09/mob-testing-at-testival.html
• Re: Toronto Testing Meetup, September Workshop – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2015/09/25/re-toronto-testing-meetup-september-workshop/
• Report on Testival.eu – Karlo Smid – http://zagorskisoftwaretester.blogspot.com/2015/09/report-on-testivaleu.html
• SeConf2015: Notes from Simon Stewart’s Keynote Address about WebDriver – T.J. Maher – http://adventuresinautomation.blogspot.com/2015/09/seconf2015-notes-from-simon-stewarts.html
• Selenium Conference 2015 – it simply came, and went so fast – Anand Bagmar – http://essenceoftesting.blogspot.com/2015/09/selenium-conference-2015-it-simply-came.html
• Selenium Conference 2015 Wrap-up Notes – Stephen Donner – https://blog.mozilla.org/webqa/2015/09/21/selenium-conference-2015-wrap-up-notes/
• Softtest 2015 Conference Slides – SoftTest – http://softtest.ie/softtest-2015-conference-slides/

Attention Ohio Testers:

9/29/2015 – Dublin, Ohio – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Testing in Agile: Challenges, Problems & Coping With Them – facilitated by Matt Hutchison – http://bit.ly/1K1xBgC

Miscellaneous

• InfoGraphic – API Virtualization Infographic from ServiceV Pro – Paul Bruce – http://blog.smartbear.com/apis/api-virtualization-infographic-from-servicev-pro/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 28 – Alan Page, Brent Jenkins – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=91
• Podcast: Ep 20: Landmark/Interlude – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2015/09/24/ep-20-landmarkinterlude/
• Podcast: Episode 21 – Legends – Ben, Joe – http://podcast.testreactor.com/e/episode-21-legends/
• Podcast: EPISODE 70: AWESOME MOBILE CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION [PODCAST] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/09/24/episode-70-awesome-mobile-continuous-integration-podcast/
• Podcast: TESTING IN THE PUB EPISODE 20 – THE 3 EPIPHANIES OF SECURITY TESTING – Stephen Janaway, Dan Ashby – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/podcast/testing-in-the-pub-episode-20-the-3-epiphanies-of-security-testing/
• Podcast: The Latest Show… – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/latestngreatest
• ISO 29119 Petition – http://www.commonsensetesting.org/news/files/PetitionISO29119.html
• Professional Tester’s Manifesto – http://www.professionaltestersmanifesto.org/

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