Testing Bits – 11/1/15 – 11/7/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 11/1/15 – 11/7/15.

Articles & Blogs

• 3 Design Patterns for More Reliable and Maintainable UI Tests (SEETEST Conference 2015 Best Paper Award) – Anton Angelov – http://automatetheplanet.com/3-design-patterns-for-more-reliable-and-maintainable-ui-test/
• Contextual Keypad – Engaging Users via Mobile Inputs – Parimala Hariprasad – http://curioustester.blogspot.com/2015/11/contextual-keypad-engaging-users-via.html
• Evangelizing Quality – Ashley Hunsberger – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2015/11/evangelizing-quality/
• Humility and how to avoid becoming an expert – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/humility-and-how-to-avoid-becoming-an-expert/
• Managing A Mobile Device Lab – Robert – http://testhuddle.com/managing-a-mobile-device-lab-2/
• Multivariate Testing and A/B Testing Simplified: How to Test Webpage Optimization Techniques – Vijay Shinde – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/multivariate-testing-and-ab-testing/
• Performance in Front – Justin Rohrman – http://blog.smartbear.com/software-quality/performance-in-front/
• Principles Not Rules, part 1 – Iain McCowatt – http://exploringuncertainty.com/blog/archives/1141
• Retrospective at the Crossroads – Philip Heath – http://www.thattestingguy.com/retrospective-at-the-crossroads/
• Shadow Work in Testing.  Automation. – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2015/11/06/shadow-work-in-testing-automation/
• Single Source Of Truth Is A Lie – Duncan Nisbet – http://www.duncannisbet.co.uk/single-source-of-truth-is-a-lie
• Software Testing Bug Reporting Cock-ups Not To Make – Jonathan Ross – http://warptest.com/2015/11/software-testing-bug-reporting-cock-ups-not-to-make/
• Survival techniques for testers, beyond the T-shape tester – Derk-Jan de Grood – https://djdegrood.wordpress.com/2015/11/05/survival-techniques-for-testers-beyond-the-t-shape-tester/
• Teaching in a mob format – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/11/teaching-in-mob-format.html
• Testing Skills # 8 – Being a Skeptic – John Stevenson – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2015/11/testing-skills-8-being-skeptic.html
• Testing Usability for Mobile Applications – Mukesh Sharma – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/testing-usability-mobile-applications
• The Art of Bug Reporting: How to Market and Get Your Bugs Fixed? – Vijay Shinde – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/bug-reporting-get-your-bugs-fixed/
• The Living Test Strategy – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2015/11/the-living-test-strategy.html
• The software testing identity crisis – Jonathan Hare-Winton – https://www.theguardian.com/info/developer-blog/2015/nov/02/the-software-testing-identity-crisis
• The wrong question: What percentage of tests have you automated? – Dorothy Graham – http://dorothygraham.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-wrong-question-what-percentage-of.html
• We’re all Testers Now – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/11/03/were-all-testers-now/

Tools

• Appium Tip #8: How to Take Screenshots on Failure – Lasse Häll – http://testdroid.com/news/appium-tip-8-how-to-take-screenshots-on-failure
• Mobile Performance Testing using Monkop – NaveenKumar N – http://qainsights.com/mobile-performance-testing-using-monkop/
• Notes on testing in golang – Grig Gheorghiu – http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2015/11/notes-on-testing-in-golang.html
• Robot Framework And The Keyword-Driven Approach To Test Automation – Part 1 Of 3 – Michael Hallik – http://blog.xebia.com/2015/11/04/robot-framework-and-the-keyword-driven-approach-to-test-automation-part-1-of-3/
• Running a single Mocha Test – Alister Scott – http://watirmelon.com/2015/11/06/running-a-single-mocha-test/
• Testing The Arbitrary: Mind Mapping a Stapler – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/testing-the-arbitrary-mind-mapping-a-stapler/
• Tools for Mobile Apps Testing – ST Magazine – http://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/tools/tools-for-mobile-apps-testing/
• Waiting in WebDriverJs – Alister Scott – http://watirmelon.com/2015/11/04/waiting-in-webdriverjs/
• WebDriverJS & Mocha Part 4: More Page Objects & Config – Alister Scott – http://watirmelon.com/2015/11/02/webdriverjs-mocha-part-4-more-page-objects-config/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• GTAC 2015 is Next Week! – Anthony Vallone – http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2015/11/gtac-2015-is-next-week.html
• Women Who Test: STARWEST 2015 Interview with Alison Wade – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/women-who-test-starwest-2015-interview-alison-wade-0

EuroSTAR 2015

• Day 1 EuroSTAR Review (the long version) – Colin Cherry – http://itesting.com.au/2015/11/04/day-1-eurostar-review-the-long-version/
• EuroSTAR 2015 – First keynote about “Trendz 2030” – Patrick Prill – https://testpappy.wordpress.com/2015/11/04/eurostar-2015-first-keynote-about-trendz-2030/
• EuroSTAR 2015 – my first day – Patril Prill – https://testpappy.wordpress.com/2015/11/04/eurostar-my-first-day/
• EuroSTAR 2015 – Second keynote about “Testing Kanban and Lego” – Patrick Prill – https://testpappy.wordpress.com/2015/11/04/eurostar-second-keynote-about-testing-kanban-and-lego/
• Notes from the Eurostar Mobile Deep Dive 2015 – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2015/11/notes-from-eurostar-mobile-deep-dive.html
• Day 2 EuroSTAR 2015 Review: A slightly different perspective – Colin Cherry – http://itesting.com.au/2015/11/05/day-2-eurostar-2015-review-a-slightly-different-perspective/
• EuroSTAR 2015 – my second day – Patrick Prill – https://testpappy.wordpress.com/2015/11/05/eurostar-2015-my-second-day/
• EuroSTAR Day 3 Review – from the heart – Colin Cherry – http://itesting.com.au/2015/11/06/eurostar-day-3-review-from-the-heart/

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

• Podcast: Ep 25: A Year In The Life Of – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2015/11/05/ep-25-a-year-in-the-life-of/
• Podcast: EPISODE 76: An Automation Success Story [PODCAST] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/11/05/episode-76-an-automation-success-story-podcast/

Items of Interest for Testers

• Better late than never: Firefox is finally getting an iOS app – Karissa Bell – http://mashable.com/2015/11/02/mozilla-firefox-ios-app/#E3LPgw.bD5ql
• Inside the economics of hacking – Andrea Peterson – https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/11/05/inside-the-economics-of-hacking/
• Post 200 – looking back, and planning forward … – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2015/11/post-200-last-post-on-testing.html

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