Testing Bits – 12/20/15 – 12/26/15

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 12/20/15 – 12/26/15.

Articles & Blogs

• 9 lessons learned from the most popular Performance Beacon posts of 2015 – Tammy Everts – http://www.soasta.com/blog/2015-popular-posts-web-performance/
• An Excellent Way of Data Testing Using XML Technologies (White Paper) – Vijay Shinde – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/data-testing-using-xml-technologies/
• Automate Amazon: Sketch out a Use Case – T.J. Maher – http://adventuresinautomation.blogspot.com/2015/12/automate-amazon-sketch-out-use-case.html
• Balancing Documentation With Speed – Ashley Hunsberger – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2015/12/balancing-documentation-with-speed/
• Debunking Myths of Exploratory Testing – Bernie Berger – http://bernieberger1.blogspot.com/2015/12/debunking-myths-of-exploratory-testing.html
• Exploratory Charters in GitHub – Chris Kenst – http://www.kenst.com/2015/12/exploratory-charters-in-github/
• How the Golden Circle can help you become a Great Tester – Gareth Waterhouse – http://www.testingthewaterhouse.com/2015/12/the-golden-circle-of-testing.html
• Rules Design Pattern in Automation Testing – Anton Angelov – http://automatetheplanet.com/rules-design-pattern/
• Should you separate UX testing and software testing? – Gerie Owen – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/answer/Should-you-separate-UX-testing-and-software-testing
• Talking About Testing – Stephen Janaway – http://stephenjanaway.co.uk/stephenjanaway/experiences/talking-testing/
• Test Automation skills for 2016 – Aditya Kalra – http://go-gaga-over-testing.blogspot.com/2015/12/test-automation-skills-for-2016.html
• Test Case Pains – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/test-case-pains/
• Test Execution Model – updated – John Stevenson – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2015/12/test-execution-model-updated.html
• Testing the Design – Part I – Jyothi Rangaiah – http://chroniclesoftesting.blogspot.com/2015/12/testing-design.html
• The Year of Gerald Weinberg – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2015/12/21/the-year-of-gerald-weinberg/
• Top 10 Reasons for Flaky Automated Tests – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2015/12/21/top-10-reasons-for-flaky-automated-tests/
• Using the Silo Effect to Your Advantage – Jon Hagar – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/using-silo-effect-your-advantage
• Wireframes – Should They Really Be Tested? And If So, How? – Bhumika Mehta – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/wireframes-prototype-testing/
• You Meta Watch Out – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2015/12/you-meta-watch-out.html

Tools

• Appium Tip #15: Breaking Off From Restrictions of Appium – Lasse Häll – http://testdroid.com/news/appium-tip-15-breaking-off-from-restrictions-of-appium
• Browser extensions for testing – Aditya Kalra – http://go-gaga-over-testing.blogspot.com/2015/12/browser-extensions-for-testing.html
• Selenium tests with pytest – Dave – http://blargon7.com/2015/12/selenium-tests-with-pytest/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• The BBST Foundations course: Week 4 – Beren Van Daele – https://enquiretst.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/the-bbst-foundations-course-week-4/
• The Fundamentals of Agile: STARWEST 2015 Interview with Jeff Payne – Jennifer Bonine – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/fundamentals-agile-starwest-2015-interview-jeff-payne

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: News Of The Damned 12-10-2015 – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/news-of-the-damned-12-10-2015
• Podcast: Testing in the Pub Episode 24 – Leaving Testing – Stephen Janaway & Dan Ashby – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/testing/testing-in-the-pub-episode-24-leaving-testing/

Items of Interest for Testers

• 5 Traits of successful uTesters – Part 2 – Lucas Dargis – http://lucasdargis.com/5-traits-of-successful-utesters-part-2/
• New uTest Community Offers QA and QE Software Testing Network – Richard Harris – https://appdevelopermagazine.com/3455/2015/12/22/New-uTest-Community-Offers-QA-and-QE-Software-Testing-Network/

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