Testing Bits – 11/29/15 – 12/5/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 11/29/15 – 12/5/15.

Articles & Blogs

• 6 ways QA can work better with developers – Ori Bendet – http://techbeacon.com/6-ways-qa-can-work-better-developers
• 10 Years Independent – Simon Schrijver – https://simonsaysnomore.wordpress.com/2015/11/29/10-years-independent/
• A 7-part guide to sanity check the hysteria behind holiday website outages – Tammy Everts – http://www.soasta.com/blog/website-outage-web-performance-testing-black-friday/
• An Inside Look into Automated Testing at Presinder – Robert Bayer – http://blog.testmunk.com/automated-testing-presinder/
• Bug Automation – Pete Houghton – http://www.investigatingsoftware.co.uk/2015/12/bug-automation.html
• Digital Taylorism & the drive for standardisation – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/12/02/digital-taylorism-the-drive-for-standardisation/
• Exploratory Testing – Daniel Donbavand – http://www.testingtesting321.com/2015/12/181/
• In on the act: Six testing players – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.wordpress.com/2015/12/02/in-on-the-act-six-testing-players/
• One year of blogging – Christian Kram – http://www.testknight.de/one-year-of-blogging/
• Permission to think – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/12/03/permission-to-think/
• Testing The Arbitrary: Mind Mapping a Vending Machine – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/testing-the-arbitrary-mind-mapping-a-vending-machine/
• The Fourth Amigo – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2015/11/the-fourth-amigo.html
• The Impact of Quality-Driven Development – Praveena Ramakrishnan – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/impact-quality-driven-development
• The (Quality) Road Ahead – Ashley Hunsberger – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2015/12/the-quality-road-ahead/
• Unit tests are your specification  – Seb Rose – http://claysnow.co.uk/unit-tests-are-your-specification/
• Use Test Data Automation to Hypercharge Test Execution – Jessica Paddock – http://eyeonquality.com/use-test-data-automation-to-hypercharge-test-execution/
• Verifying PDF file contents – Freddy Varga – http://vgp-miami.blogspot.com/2015/12/verifying-pdf-file-contents.html
• Which API Metrics Even Matter? – Justin Rohrman – http://blog.smartbear.com/apis/which-api-metrics-even-matter/
• Whiteboard Testing Has Arrived – Richard Bradshaw – http://www.thefriendlytester.co.uk/2015/11/whiteboard-testing-has-arrived.html
• Why integration testing matters more than ever: 6 best practices for CI – Rami Honig – http://techbeacon.com/6-best-practices-integration-testing-ci-environment
• Why you should do your job better than you have to – Anders Dinsen – http://blog.asym.dk/2015/12/01/why-you-should-do-your-job-better-than-you-have-to/

Tools

• Appium Tip #12: Useful Timeout Capabilities and Commands – Lasse Häll – http://testdroid.com/news/appium-tip-12-useful-timeout-capabilities-and-commands
• Distributed Load Testing with JMeter – No Automated Testing – http://www.seleniumtests.com/2015/12/distributed-testing-with-jmeter-when.html
• Review of Visual vs. Functional Testing with pDiff and Applitools – Greg Sypolt – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2015/12/review-of-visual-vs-functional-testing-with-pdiff-and-applitools/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• EuroSTAR 2015 Review – What Is Your Why? – Nick Shaw – https://testhuddle.com/eurostar-2015-review-what-is-your-why/
• Re: Toronto Testing Meetup, November Workshop – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2015/11/30/re-toronto-testing-meetup-november-workshop/
• ROI Robbers in Test Automation: STARWEST 2015 Interview with Greg Paskal – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/roi-robbers-test-automation-starwest-2015-interview-greg-paskal
• TestBashNY – Part 1 – Quality Captain – http://www.qualitycaptain.com/testbashny-part-1/
• The BBST Foundations course: Week 2 – Beren Van Daele – https://enquiretst.wordpress.com/2015/11/29/the-bbst-foundations-course-week-2/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 31 – Alan Page, Bren Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=100
• Podcast: Ep 29 – Next Best Thing? – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2015/12/03/ep-29-next-best-thing/
• Podcast: EPISODE 80: Performance Testing in New Contexts [PODCAST] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/12/03/episode-80-performance-testing-in-new-contexts-podcast/

Items of Interest for Testers

• Browser Trends December 2015: the Fight for Firefox’s Future – Craig Buckler – http://www.sitepoint.com/browser-trends-december-2015-fight-firefoxs-future/
• Perfecto Mobile releases Mobile Device Coverage Report – http://go.perfectomobile.com/test-coverage-index/
• XBOSoft Releases All About Agile Testing Survey Report 2015 – http://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/15/11/p6010251/xbosoft-releases-all-about-agile-testing-survey-report-2015

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