Testing Bits – 10/25/15 – 10/31/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 10/25/15 – 10/31/15.

Articles & Blogs

• A bug that taught that we’re implementing too much – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-bug-that-taught-that-were.html
• A course on testing, pairing and mobbing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-course-on-testing-pairing-and-mobbing.html
• A Test Group’s Declaration of Intent – Beren Van Daele – https://enquiretst.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/a-test-groups-declaration-of-intent/
• Automated Verifications Deserve Better than Flight-Recorder Logs – Matt Griscom – http://metaautomation.blogspot.com/2015/10/automated-verifications-deserve-better.html
• Being a Good Teammate – Quality Captain – http://www.qualitycaptain.com/being-a-good-teammate/
• Confidence playes a role in testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/10/confidence-playes-role-in-testing.html
• DevOps: Find Solutions, Not More Defects: STARWEST 2015 Interview with Andreas Grabner – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/devops-find-solutions-not-more-defects-starwest-2015-interview-andreas-grabner
• Good Tests vs Bad Tests with Description Languages – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2015/10/good-tests-vs-bad-tests-with-description-languages/
• How I write my blog – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2015/10/how-i-write-my-blog.html
• It’s Time we get our dues! – Namita Kohli Arora – http://www.testingexcellence.com/time-get-dues/
• On Motivation, part 1 – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2015/10/on-motivation-part-1.html
• People in Testing with Viktor Johansson – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2015/10/26/people-in-testing-with-viktor-johansson/
• Principles for Testing? – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/10/29/principles-for-testing/
• Team Capacity Planning – Joe Nolan – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2015/10/team-capacity-planning/
• Test Management Pitfalls – Justin Rohrman – http://blog.smartbear.com/software-quality/test-management-pitfalls/
• Testers Find Your Special Purpose – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/testers-find-your-special-purpose/
• Testing Skills #7 – Reflection – John Stevenson – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2015/10/testing-skills-7-reflection.html
• That sinking feeling: are we ready to ship? – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/that-sinking-feeling-are-we-ready-to-ship/
• The Laws of Sport and Automation – John Stevenson – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-laws-of-sport-and-automation.html
• Top 7 Major Goals of A Software Tester – Are You a “Made” Tester or “Chosen” One? – Bhumika Mehta – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/goals-of-a-software-tester/
• Understand the importance of a mobile testing strategy – Gerie Owen – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Understand-the-importance-of-a-mobile-testing-strategy
• Viewing Through a Different Lens – Philip Heath – http://www.thattestingguy.com/viewing-through-a-different-lens/
• What Does Quality Strategy Mean? – Greg Sypolt – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2015/10/what-does-quality-strategy-mean/
• You don’t need a different person to test what you did – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/10/you-dont-need-different-person-to-test.html

Tools

• Animated GIFs on Bug Reports – Alister Scott – http://watirmelon.com/2015/10/29/animated-gifs-on-bug-reports/
• Announcing the GTAC 2015 Agenda – Anthony Vallone – http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2015/10/announcing-gtac-2015-agenda.html
• Announcing the Program for Let’s Test 2016 – Johan Jonasson – http://lets-test.com/?p=4751
• Appium Tip #7: Mastering Appium Through the Command Line – Lasse Häll – http://testdroid.com/news/appium-tip-7-mastering-appium-through-the-command-line
• Creating mock RESTful APIs using Sandbox – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/creating-mock-restful-apis-using-sandbox/
• Getting started with MongoDB and Python – Rajeswari Gali – http://qxf2.com/blog/getting-started-with-mongodb-and-python/
• Getting Started with WebDriverJS & Mocha – Alister Scott – http://watirmelon.com/2015/10/28/getting-started-with-webdriverjs-mocha/
• Make Test Automation Scripts Fast Using HTML Parsing Frameworks – Alex Siminiuc – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2015/10/use-html-parser-for-test-automation.html
• Using C# with Selenium WebDriver – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2015/10/using-c-with-selenium-webdriver/
• WebDriverJS & Mocha Part 2: Hooks – Alister Scott – http://watirmelon.com/2015/10/30/webdriverjs-mocha-part-2-hooks/
• WebDriverJS & Mocha Part 3: Page Objects – Alister Scott – http://watirmelon.com/2015/10/30/webdriverjs-mocha-part-3-page-objects/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• A single source of testing truth… – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-single-source-of-testing-truth.html
• Don’t #PayToSpeak, join European Testing Conference as a speaker – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/10/dont-paytospeak-join-european-testing.html
• The road to become a successful tester – Andrei Contan – http://andrei.contan.ro/the-road-to-become-a-successful-tester/
• TinyTestBash or my first speaking event – Kim Knupp – https://punkmiktests.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/tinytestbash-or-my-first-speaking-event/

Meetups in Ohio

11/10/2015 – COQAA – How to Convince a Skeptic  with Steve Bender – http://coqaa.org/id1.html

11/17/2015 – COSQAM Presents – Panel Discussion – What is the value of QA in your organization – http://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/events/226257191/

Miscellaneous

• Magazine: Women Testers – October 2015 Edition – Jyothi Rangaiah – http://www.womentesters.com/women-testers-october-2015-edition/
• Mindmap: Use Mind Maps Daily to Keep Your Technical Skills Sharp – Clark Hamilton – https://clarkhamiltonblog.wordpress.com/2015/10/25/use-mind-maps-daily-to-keep-your-technical-skills-sharp/
• Podcast: EPISODE 75: Continuous Performance Testing with BlazeMeter [PODCAST] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/10/28/episode-75-continuous-performance-testing-with-blazemeter-podcast/

Items of Interest for Testers

• Firebug Will Be Integrated with Firefox’s DevTools – Screenshot Tour – Softpedia – http://news.softpedia.com/news/firebug-will-be-integrated-with-firefox-s-devtools-screenshot-tour-495479.shtml

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