Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 10/11/15 – 10/17/15.
Articles & Blogs
- A Cross-referencing Experiment – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2015/10/12/a-cross-referencing-experiment/
- Audit and Agile (part 1) – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/10/14/audit-and-agile-part-1/
- Audit and Agile (part 2) – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/10/15/audit-and-agile-part-2/
- Blog: Oracles from the Inside Out, Part 7: References as Checks – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2015/10/oracles-from-the-inside-out-part-7/
- Context Driven Mind – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2015/10/13/context-driven-mind/
- Designing a Gamification Productivity Tool – Jonathan Kohl – http://www.kohl.ca/2015/designing-a-gamification-productivity-tool/
- Four sessions of remote pair testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/10/four-sessions-of-remote-pair-testing.html
- Fractal Exploratory Testing Revisited – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2015/10/fractal-exploratory-testing-revisited.html
- How 6 Elite Industry Experts Approach API Testing – Bob Reselman – http://blog.smartbear.com/apis/how-elite-industry-experts-approach-api-testing/
- How About “The Yellow Face” Heuristic? – Ajay Balamurugadas – http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com/2015/10/how-about-yellow-face-heuristic.html
- How to Use Web Accessibility Testing Tools – A Step-by-Step Guide (Part 2) – Vijay Shinde – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/web-accessibility-testing-tools/
- Making Your Testing Effective – Simon Prior – https://priorsworld.wordpress.com/2015/10/17/making-your-testing-effective/
- Managing a Mobile Device Lab – Martin Poschenrieder – http://blog.testmunk.com/managing-a-mobile-device-lab-for-enterprise-level-manual-testing/
- Managing Test Automation Data – Why Your Tests Need to be Independant – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/10/13/managing-test-automation-data-why-your-tests-need-to-be-independant/
- My Love/Hate Relationship With APIs – Matt Heusser – http://blog.smartbear.com/apis/21909/
- On Service, Servants and Software – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2015/10/on-service-servants-and-software.html
- People in Testing with Katrina Clokie – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2015/10/12/people-in-testing-with-katrina-clokie/
- Preparing for Your Presentation – Trish Khoo – http://trishkhoo.com/2015/10/preparing-for-your-presentation/
- Prezo Prep – Alan Page – http://angryweasel.com/blog/prezo-prep/
- Seven Signs of Great Agile Leadership – Lanette Creamer – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/seven-signs-great-agile-leadership?page=0%2C0
- Testers listen to Sceptoid – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2015/10/14/testers-listen-to-sceptoid/
- Testing Skills #5 – Remote Experiential Learning – John Stevenson – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2015/10/testing-skills-5-remote-experiential.html
- The Simple Guide to Web Accessibility Testing (Part 1) – Vijay Shinde – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/what-is-web-accessibility-testing/
- This week, I will be mostly documenting – Paul Littlebury – http://jaffamonkey.com/this-week-i-will-be-mostly-documenting/
- Unit testing is about Asserts – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/10/unit-testing-is-about-asserts.html
- Using BDD To Automate Testing Of Single Page Apps (SPA) In Clinical Trials – Mihai Balint – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2015/10/using-bdd-to-automate-testing-of-single-page-apps-spa-in-clinical-trials/
- Using Modern Automated Testing Tools to Verify Mainframe and Midrange Batch Functions – Scott Jefferies – http://eyeonquality.com/using-modern-automated-testing-tools-to-verify-mainframe-and-midrange-batch-functions/
- Web Analytics and the new kids in town! – Anand Bagmar – http://essenceoftesting.blogspot.com/2015/10/web-analytics-and-new-kids-in-town.html
- When is testing not really testing? – Matt Parker – http://www.testingtackled.co.uk/is-script-execution-really-testing/
Tools
- Appium Tip #5: Ready to Rumble with Ruby? – Lasse Häll – http://testdroid.com/news/appium-tip-5-ready-to-rumble-with-ruby
- Create Selenium WebDriver HTML Reports With The Allure Framework – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2015/10/create-selenium-html-reports-with-allure-framework.html
- Selenium WebDriver 2.48.0 now Available – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/10/16/selenium-webdriver-2-48-0-now-available/
- TestBash NYC Competition – 5 Free Tickets!!! – Richard Bradshaw – http://www.thefriendlytester.co.uk/2015/10/testbash-nyc-competition-5-free-tickets.html
- Testing with SauceLabs – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2015/10/testing-with-saucelabs/
Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training
- AST Grant Program, KWST 2015 – Eric Proegler – http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/2015/10/11/grant-program-kwst2015/
- MEWT 4 – Simon Knight – https://mewtblog.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/mewt-4/
- MEWT4 Post #1 – Sigh, It’s That Pyramid Again – Richard Bradshaw – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2015/10/mewt4-post-1-sigh-its-that-pyramid.html
- My Slides from Accessibility Camp Toronto 2015 – Adrian Roselli – http://adrianroselli.com/2015/10/my-slides-from-accessibility-camp-toronto-2015.html
- PACE COLT: KWSQA 2015 “Targeting Quality – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2015/10/15/pace-colt-kwsqa-2015-targeting-quality/
- STAR WEST Virtual Wrap-up – Philip Heath – http://www.thattestingguy.com/star-west-virtual-wrap-up/
- Weekend Testing: Bug Rehab Report – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/weekend-testing-bug-rehab-report/
- Women Who Test – Alison Wade – http://blog.utest.com/2015/10/16/women-who-test/
Miscellaneous
- eBook: Everything You Need to Know about UserTiming, NavigationTiming and ResourceTiming [EBOOK] – Tammy Everts – http://www.soasta.com/blog/ebook-usertiming-performance-monitoring/
- Magazine: Testing Trapeze – 2015 – October Edition – Katrina Clokie – https://www.testingcircus.com/testing-trapeze-2015-october-edition/
- Podcast: Ep 23: You can’t teach a fish to climb a tree – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2015/10/15/ep-23-you-cant-teach-a-fish-to-climb-a-tree/
- Podcast: Episode 23 – My name is Oliver Queen – Ben, Joe – http://podcast.testreactor.com/e/episode-23-my-name-is-oliver-queen/
- Podcast: EPISODE 73: CONTINUOUS DELIVERY AUTOMATION [PODCAST] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/10/15/episode-73-continuous-delivery-automation-podcast/
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