Testing Bits – 1/17/16 – 1/23/16

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 1/17/16 – 1/23/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 2016 – for testing it’s that kind of year, again, again – Mikkel Korsgaard – http://testing4tw.blogspot.com/2016/01/2016-for-testing-its-that-kind-of-year.html
• (Almost) Total Recall – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2016/01/almost-total-recall.html
• A Simple Approach for XML to Database Testing – Vijay Shinde – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/xml-to-data-testing/
• Accepting the Tester into the DevOps Fold – Rajini Padmanaban – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/accepting-tester-devops-fold
• Ain’t Misbehavin’: Eight Bad Testing Ideas #7 – Kelli Searfos – https://www.scriptscribe.org/testing/aint-misbehavin-eight-bad-testing-ideas-7/
• Assisting with inquiries: Part one – your audience – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/assisting-with-inquiries-part-one-your-audience/
• Become Certified Book Reading Tester – Majd Uddin – http://knowledgetester.org/2016/01/19/become-certified-book-reading-tester/
• Coding Without a Net – Chris Kenst – http://www.kenst.com/2016/01/coding-without-a-net/
• Crowdsourcing and what to think of it – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/01/crowdsourcing-and-what-to-think-of-it.html
• Customer Empathy Based Testing – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/01/19/customer-empathy-based-testing/
• Exploratory testing while writing code – Meike Mertsch – http://agiletester.webnode.com/news/exploratory-testing-while-writing-code/
• Getting Serious, Get a Budget – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/getting-serious-get-a-budget/
• Is it Possible to Automate Stories During the Sprint? – Amir Ghahrai – http://www.testingexcellence.com/automate-stories-during-sprint/
• Moving Teams Toward Automation: Perils, Pitfalls, and Promise – Steve Gibson – http://www.stickyminds.com/better-software-magazine-article/moving-teams-toward-automation-perils-pitfalls-and-promise
• Noted! – Danny Dainton – http://dannydainton.com/2016/01/23/noted/
• Outdated testing concepts #2 – Viktor Slavchev – http://mrslavchev.com/2016/01/21/outdated-testing-concepts-2/
• Peer 102: The MacGuffin effect in testing … – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/01/peer-102-macguffin-effect-in-testing.html
• People in Testing Interview with Dan Billing – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2016/01/18/people-testing-interview-dan-billing/
• Test Types – B, C – Jean–Paul Varwijk – http://arborosa.org/2016/01/20/test-types-b-c/
• Testers, start using your time wisely – Andrei Contan – http://andrei.contan.ro/510-2/
• The end of my crowdsourcing experience – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-end-of-my-crowdsourcing-experience.html
• Understanding How To Do Accessibility Testing – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2016/01/18/understanding-how-to-do-accessibility-testing/
• Users reporting bugs – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/01/users-reporting-bugs.html
• What It Takes to Run A Gigantic Mobile Device Farm – Radoslaw Mezik – http://testdroid.com/testdroid/what-it-takes-to-run-a-gigantic-mobile-device-farm
• What Mobile Challenges Do Software Testers Face In 2016? – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2016/01/18/what-mobile-challenges-do-software-testers-face-in-2016/
• What Mobile Challenges Do Software Testers Face In 2016? – Rosie Sherry – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2016/01/what-mobile-challenges-do-software-testers-face-in-2016/
• What On Earth Can Just 2 Days of Testing Do for a Project? – Katrine Kavli – http://www.houseoftest.se/2016/01/earth-can-just-2-days-testing-project/
• Which UI tests should we automate? – Clark Hamilton – https://clarkhamiltonblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/which-ui-tests-should-we-automate/

Tools

• An Overview of Reusable Page Object Model Framework in Selenium – Brian Van Stone – http://www.asktester.com/reusable-page-object-model-framework-in-selenium/
• Appium Tip #18: How To Use XPath Locators Efficiently – Lasse Häll – http://testdroid.com/tech/appium-tip-18-how-to-use-xpath-locators-efficiently
• Create dependent automation scripts with Test NG – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2016/01/create-dependent-automation-scripts.html
• Extracting a value from JSON with JMeter – Oliver Erlewein – http://hellotestworld.com/2016/01/21/extracting-a-value-from-json/
• How To Use Selenium for Cross Browser Testing on Mobile Devices – Ville-Veikko Helppi – http://testdroid.com/tech/how-to-use-selenium-for-cross-browser-testing-on-mobile-devices
• Key Points For Learning Selenium WebDriver – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2016/01/key-points-for-learning-selenium.html
• Selenium Grid Tutorial: Playing With Node Registration Parameters in Grid – Dwarika Dhish Mishra – http://www.abodeqa.com/2016/01/17/selenium-grid-tutorial-playing-with-node-registration-parameters-in-grid/
• Selenium Grid Tutorial: Running Hub and Nodes Using JSON – Dwarika Dhish Mishra – http://www.abodeqa.com/2016/01/20/selenium-grid-tutorial-running-hub-and-nodes-using-json/
• Selenium Grid Tutorial: Setting Up Hub and Nodes – Dwarika Dhish Mishra – http://www.abodeqa.com/2016/01/17/selenium-grid-tutorial-setting-up-hub-and-nodes/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• How to Keep Your Software and Identity Secure: STARWEST 2015 Interview with Mike Benkovich – Jennifer Bonine – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/how-keep-your-software-and-identity-secure-starwest-2015-interview-mike-benkovich
• Just the Fracts, Ma’am – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2016/01/just-fracts-maam.html
• QA or the Highway 2016 – Speaker Series – Featuring Karen Johnson – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2016/01/19/qa-or-the-highway-2016-speaker-series-featuring-karen-johnson/
• QA or the Highway 2016 – Speaker Series – Featuring Pradeepa Narayanaswamy – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2016/01/21/qa-or-the-highway-2016-speaker-series-featuring-pradeepa-narayanaswamy/
• The first TEAM meetup of 2016 – starting as we mean to go on – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2016/01/22/the-first-team-meetup-of-2016-starting-as-we-mean-to-go-on/

Attention Ohio Testers

1/26/16 – Dublin, OH – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Finding Your “Testing Spark” w/ Matt Hutchison – http://www.meetup.com/Software-QA-Testing-Meetup/events/227815604/

2/4/16 – Worthington, OH – COQAA – (Almost) Everything I know about testing I learned playing poker w/ Matthew Eakin – http://coqaa.org/id1.html

2/4/16 – Columbus, OH – Columbus ATDD Developers Group – Docker for Test Engineers w/ Donavan Stanley – http://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/events/227858276/

2/16/16 – Columbus, OH – QA or the Highway 2016 – http://qaorthehighway.com/

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: Bugs at the bar – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2016/01/bugs-at-bar.html
• Magazine: Women Testers – January 2016 Edition – Jyothi Rangaiah – http://www.womentesters.com/women-testers-january-2016-edition/
• Podcast: Ep 35: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2016/01/21/ep-35/
• Podcast: EPISODE 86: How to Test Mobile Apps with Appium [PODCAST] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/01/21/episode-86-how-to-test-mobile-apps-with-appium-podcast

State of Testing Survey 2016 – It’s Here

• State of Testing survey 2016 – Huib Schoots – http://www.huibschoots.nl/wordpress/?p=2359
• State of Testing Survey 2016 – Patrick Prill – https://testpappy.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/state-of-testing-survey-2016/
• State of Testing Survey 2016 – Derk-Jan de Grood – https://djdegrood.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/state-of-testing-survey-2016/
• State of Testing Survey 2016 – Get Involved! – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2016/01/state-of-testing-survey-2016-get.html
• State of Testing Survey – Last Chance – Joe Strazzere – http://www.allthingsquality.com/2016/01/state-of-testung-survey-last-chance.html
• The State of Testing, and a Clean Slate of Testing – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2016/01/the-state-of-testing-and-clean-slate-of.html

Additional Items of Interest

• Adventures in Automation is One Year Old! – T.J. Maher – http://adventuresinautomation.blogspot.com/2016/01/adventures-in-automation-is-one-year-old.html
• Brave is the name, ad-blocking the game of new browser – Gregg Keizer – http://www.computerworld.com/article/3025252/web-browsers/brave-is-the-name-ad-blocking-the-game-of-new-browser.html