Testing Bits – 11/15/15 – 11/21/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 11/15/15 – 11/21/15.

Articles & Blogs

• 4 Steps to Level Up Your Testing Game and Advance Your Career – Andreas Grabner – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/4-steps-level-your-testing-game-and-advance-your-career
• A BDD lesson from my past – Part One – Tony Bruce – http://dancedwiththesoftware.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-bdd-lesson-from-my-past-part-one.html
• Are you sure? The reassurance in uncertainty – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/are-you-sure-the-reassurance-in-uncertainty/
• Being (and Hiring) A Test Specialist – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2015/11/being-and-hiring-a-test-specialist/
• Bugs Happens – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/bugs-happens/
• Exploring, Testing, Checking, and the mental model. – Patrick Prill – https://testpappy.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/exploring-testing-checking-and-a-mental-model/
• How to have successful conversations – Toby Sinclair – https://tobythetesterblog.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/how-to-have-successful-conversations/
• My approach to being a Speak Easy Mentor – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/11/my-approach-to-being-speak-easy-mentor.html
• “So you think you can test?” – Sami Söderblom – http://theadventuresofaspacemonkey.blogspot.com/2015/11/so-you-think-you-can-test.html
• SPEEDLOADS – API Mnemonic – Daniel Donbavand – http://www.testingtesting321.com/2015/11/speedloads-api-mnemonic/
• The 10 Do’s, and 500* Don’ts of Automated Acceptance Testing – Alister Scott – http://watirmelon.com/2015/11/20/the-10-dos-and-500-donts-of-automated-acceptance-testing/
• To Move Forward in Your Test Planning, Try Going Backward – Laszlo Szegedi – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/move-forward-your-test-planning-try-going-backward
• Why the dichotomy of testing versus checking is the core of our craft – Anders Dinsen – http://blog.asym.dk/2015/11/16/why-the-dichotomy-of-testing-versus-checking-is-the-core-of-our-craft/
• Why the testing/checking debate is so messy – a fruit salad analogy – Joep Schuurkes – https://testingcurve.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/why-the-testingchecking-debate-is-so-messy-a-fruit-salad-analogy/

Tools

• Appium Tip #10: Making Tests Fail Faster/Slower and Catch Errors – Lasse Häll – http://testdroid.com/news/appium-tip-10-making-tests-fail-fasterslower-and-catch-errors
• Getting started with: JGiven – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/getting-started-with-jgiven/
• Protractor : How to install protractor environment? – Nadim Saker – http://nadimsaker.blogspot.com/2015/11/protractor-how-to-install-protractor.html
• Selenium and Vendor Based Tools – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/11/17/selenium-and-vendor-based-tools/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Agile Testing Days 2015 – At the Lab – Joris Meerts – https://patternsofproof.wordpress.com/2015/11/18/agile-testing-days-2015-at-the-lab/
• Announcing Austin Test Automation Bazaar Jan 15-16, 2016 – Bret Pettichord – https://testingwithvision.wordpress.com/2015/11/21/announcing-austin-test-automation-bazaar-jan-15-16-2016/
• Dockerizing BDD : Presentation at #BDDX15 Conference London – Shashikant Jagtap – http://shashikantjagtap.net/dockerizing-bdd-presentation-at-bddx15-london/
• General Thoughts After Agile Testing Days 2015 – Maaike Brinkhof – http://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2015/11/general-thoughts-after-agile-testing-days-2015/
• Herman Ching – Caveman first painting – Richard Bradshaw – http://www.thefriendlytester.co.uk/2015/11/herman-ching-caveman-first-painting.html
• Lost in San-Francisco Depot – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2015/11/17/lost-in-san-francisco-depot/
• Melissa Eaden – TestBashNYC == Mind Nova!! – Richard Bradshaw – http://www.thefriendlytester.co.uk/2015/11/melissa-eaden-testbashnyc-mind-nova.html
• My EuroSTAR 2015 Storybook – Colin Cherry – http://itesting.com.au/2015/11/17/my-eurostar-2105-storybook/
• New, new perspectives (EuroSTAR 2015 Lightning Talk) – Rikard Edgren – http://thetesteye.com/blog/2015/11/new-new-perspectives-eurostar-2015-lightning-talk/
• Out of the Test Cave: Starting a Meetup Group – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/out-of-the-test-cave-starting-a-meetup-group/
• The Agile Testing Days 2015: Nuggets – Stephan Kamper – http://seasidetesting.com/2015/11/15/the-agile-testing-days-2015-nuggets/
• The Test Lab: STARWEST 2015 Interview with Bart Knaack and Wade Wachs – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/test-lab-starwest-2015-interview-bart-knaack-and-wade-wachs
• The Torch of Truth – Duncan Nisbet – http://www.duncannisbet.co.uk/the-torch-of-truth
• Yousaf Nabi – Ermahgerd TestBash New York City Y’all – Richard Bradshaw – http://www.thefriendlytester.co.uk/2015/11/yousaf-nabi-ermahgerd-testbash-new-york.html

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 30 – Alan Page, Bren Jenkins – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=97
• Podcast: Ep 27: #FML – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2015/11/19/ep-27-fml/
• Podcast: EPISODE 78: Schools of Testing [PODCAST] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/11/19/episode-78-schools-of-testing-podcast/
• Podcast: Testing in the Pub Episode 22 – Mobbing and Pairing with Maaret Pyhäjärvi – Stephen Janaway, Dan Ashby – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/podcast/testing-in-the-pub-episode-22-mobbing-and-pairing-with-maaret-pyhajarvi/

PerfBytes

• Podcast: An Evening With Dynatrace Gurus – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/an-evening-with-dynatrace-gurus
• Podcast: Don’t Skew-Er Your Results – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/dont-skew-er-your-results
• Podcast: News Of The Damned 9-8-2015 – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/news-of-the-damned-9-8-2015
• Podcast: News Of The Damned 9-18-2015 – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/news-of-the-damned-9-18-2015_2
• Podcast: News Of The Damned 10-5-2015 – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/news-of-the-damned-10-5-2015
• Podcast: PerfBytes Live! At Dynatrace PERFORM 2015 Day 1 – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/perfbytes-live-at-dynatrace-perform-2015
• Podcast: PerfBytes Live! At Dynatrace PERFORM 2015 Day 2 – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/dynatrace-perform-2015-day-2
• Podcast: PerfBytes Live! STPCON Fall 2015 – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/perfbytes-live-stpcon-fall-2015
• Podcast: Preparing For Cyber Madness 2015 – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/preparing-for-cyber-madness-2015
• Podcast: Tools Of The Trade – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/tools-of-the-trade

Items of Interest for Testers

• Standard platform, operating system and browser recommendations (November 15) – Martin Cunnington – http://www.spritecloud.com/2015/11/standard-platform-operating-system-and-browser-recommendations-november-15/
• Technically Speaking and Public Speaking Goals 2016 – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2015/11/technically-speaking-and-public.html

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